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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 3:05pm
After standing trial in Franklin County District Court from July 11-14 and ultimately being found guilty of Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury and First-Degree Kidnapping, Charles Albright, 42, of Meservey, was sentenced to life in prison without...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 3:04pm
After almost 25 years of running a practice in Sheffield, local dentist Dr. Eric Wagner has retired from dentistry, and sold his former Gilman Street location this summer to Central Park Dentistry, based out of Mason City.
Wagner, originally from...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 3:02pm
New to the Hampton business community this season is Flowers On Fourth, a floral shop, taking the former location of Sandee’s Flower Shop, 707 4th St NE, Hampton. Under the new ownership of Tiffany Winkowitsch, a Bristow-native, Flowers on...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 3:00pm
After a fire that sparked and caused irreparable damage to five of the Sheffield Sunrise Apartments this past spring, the complex’s local board of directors has made the difficult decision to not rebuild them moving forward.
Back on April 2,...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 2:58pm
The Thornton City Council met on Monday, August 7, to discuss multiple property related and general maintenance topics.
The possibility of the city purchasing the property at 337 Main Street was brought up, and council member Rob Duff addressed the...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 2:54pm
With the Iowa school election to select school district and community college officers just a few weeks away, three seats are up for re-election on the West Fork Board of Education.
To be decided by vote on September 12 will be one seat in Director...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 2:49pm
Rockwell held its annual chicken barbecue on Sunday, August 13, bringing hundreds of people out to Zeidler Park to raise money for the Rockwell Aquatic Center.
The city’s pool board coordinated this year’s barbecue to raise money for the...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 3:31pm
The dignitaries have been selected for the People in the Park celebration to be held on Saturday, Aug. 19. The CC Gilman Award recipients are Larry and Becky Tull. Tom and Marlene Severes have been named the Outstanding Citizens, and David Schoning...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 3:22pm
As part of his “Back to our Roots” RV Tour, United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue stopped by Sukup Manufacturing in Sheffield on August 5 to tour the industrial complex before making his way to Des Moines to be the keynote...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 3:18pm
The West Fork Board of Education selected the legislative priorities for the school district over the 2017-18 school year during their meeting on July 24.
Every year, school districts throughout Iowa are asked to select four legislative priorities...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 3:16pm
Construction is nearly complete on a new True Value hardware store joining Rockwell, which will be attached to the Rockwell Area Market.
Ever since owner Nick Graham purchased the grocery store last March, he wanted to build a hardware store to...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 3:14pm
The Rockwell Lions Club held a consignment auction on Saturday, August 5, to raise money for different community projects and scholarships.
This year marked the 13th time that the Lions Club has done a consignment auction as a fundraising activity....
