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Rev. Jennifer Van Nostrand is settling in as the new pastor of the First United Methodist Church at 600 E. Hammond St.Van Nostrand has been the pastor of the Villisca church since July of 2021, and took over as part-time pastor of Red Oak in November 2022. Van Nostrand was born in eastern Colorado...
Iowa Rep. Tom Moore and State Sen. Tom Shipley are expecting an active legislative session this year. Moore and Shipley took over Montgomery County as part of their legislative districts this session due to redistricting. Moore said the transition from his prior district to this has been fairly...
Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education are partnering with the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC) and its chairman Jake Steinfeld to participate in the DON’T QUIT! campaign which aims to reverse growing trends in mental illness and childhood obesity. NFGFC...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is reducing the number of planning and zoning commission members from six to five.The commission is currently made up of Barb Allen, Bryant Amos, Bill Jacobs, Naomi McCunn, and Randy Pendleton. The commission’s sixth member, Vicki Rossander, resigned from...
The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold traveling office hours focused on the 2023 Farm Bill in multiple counties. Iowans seeking information or wishing to share views on matters related to the Farm Bill may stop by to express their opinions during the scheduled hours.
Grassley will be...
liminary review of the district facilities assessment and preliminary master plan document at its Feb. 1 work session.The board met with Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture representatives Rick Hauptman and Chandler Green. Hauptman said the firm took a deep dive into the district’s facilities...
Clarinda Regional Health Center’s foundation, Partners in Exceptional Care, is excited to host the 11th Annual Platinum Ball in support of CRHC’s mission, vision, and goals.
The Platinum Ball will be held in-person on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Deer Ridge at Lexington located at 2242 Lake Rd,...
Efforts to complete construction on a technology park on the northeast edge of Stanton have taken another step forward.The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on issuing a subdivision plat for the Stanton Technology Park Subdivision at its meeting Jan. 31.Plans for the park...
Multiple area first responders tackled a fire in Villisca on Feb. 9.
At 6:49 a.m. the Villisca Fire and Rescue Dept was dispatched to 303 E 5th Street in Villisca, owned by Cecil E. McCuen, Jr., for a reported structure fire.Upon fire crews’ arrival, heavy smoke was coming from the strcture. It was...
The play “Boeing Boeing” will be taking flight this weekend at the Wilson Performing Arts Center.This is the first play directed for the WPAC stage by Kristi Hardwick. The farce, set in the 1960s, centers on an American in Paris who thinks he can have it all and then some, by having three airline...