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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...
The start of 2023 was encouraging for water resources in Iowa. Precipitation for the month was 1.82 inches, nearly double the normal moisture. All of Iowa’s reporting stations reported near to above-average precipitation. The US Drought Monitor remained largely unchanged for the month....
Montgomery County’s first legislative coffee of the year was held at the Montgomery County Family YMCA Feb. 4.Attendees heard comments from new county representatives Sen. Tom Shipley of Nodaway, who is beginning his ninth year in the legislature, and Rep. Tom Moore of Griswold, who is beginning...
The Red Oak School Board is looking to add three new buses to the districts’ vehicle fleet. On the agenda of the Jan. 25 meeting was discussion on the lease of three new 77-passenger buses. Superintendent Ron Lorenz said the lease would include one bus with a luggage rack to replace three currently...
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has decided to leave its inclement weather procedures unchanged.At the regular meeting Jan. 24, the procedures were brought up by supervisors chairman Mike Olson, who said the subject had been a hot topic in many courthouses around the area.“There’s been...