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Sheffield City Council moves forward with Police Chief hiring process
The Sheffield City Council discussed cigarette permits, the local pool, legal action, the Police Chief hiring process, speed bumps, and the city park in their regular meeting on Monday, June 13. To begin, the council heard from a member of the former beautification committee in Sheffield during the public forum. Roger Madsen, a resident of […]
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Iowa House Bill Gives More Time to Mail Ballots
Election officials would have more time to mail absentee ballots to voters under a bill that advanced Tuesday, February 15, 2022 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Currently, early in-person voting and the mailing of absentee ballots begin 20 days before Election Day. Lawmakers voted along party lines (57 to 37) in February 2021 to […]
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Elsie Jean Gauley Vega, 94
Elsie Jean Gauley Vega died peacefully in her sleep on August 24, 2022, at Lantern Park in Coralville, Iowa. She was 94 years old and under hospice at the time. She has donated her body to science. There will be a memorial service in celebration of her life to be announced at a later date. […]
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Rockwell City Council approves resolutions
ROCKWELL — The Rockwell City Council unanimously approved a pair of resolutions to highlight its Dec. 1 regular meeting. The first resolution, 2021-14, was for the annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2021. The second resolution, 2021-15, was for the resignation of Larry Wentz from his position on the City Council […]
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Franklin County Supervisors brainstorm wind farm ordinance
The Franklin County Board of Supervisors laid out the groundwork for a new ordinance regulating the development of wind farms during their regular meeting on Monday, February 14. Spurred on by concerns from area residents over the planned development of a new wind farm northwest of Sheffield, the supervisors have been discussing the matter with […]
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Chad K. Shaw, 51
Chad K. Shaw, 51, of Garner, passed away on Friday August 26, 2022, in an ATV accident in South Dakota. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 2, 2022, at The Dock, Zion on Main, in Clear Lake. Visitation was Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at The Dock. Burial will take place at […]
West Fork Seniors compete at State Speech
On Saturday, March 12, 2022 three West Fork Seniors competed at the State Individual Speech Contest. Tanishka Daver received a II rating in poetry, entitled “Planet Earth”; Taylor Kothenbeutel earned a I rating in prose with his humorous piece “Straw, Sticks and Bricks” portraying the Big Bad Wolf’s account in the story, “The Three Little […]
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Alliant weighs in on wind farm ordinance
The Franklin County Board of Supervisors continued their work on developing a new wind farm ordinance for the county during their regular board meeting on Monday, April 11. Last week, the supervisors held a public hearing for one version of the proposed ordinance, but decided to go back to the drawing board following its first […]
Franklin County Farm Bureau hosts Ag Fair
HAMPTON — Third graders from across Franklin County visited the Fairgrounds on Thursday, Sept. 30 for an Ag Fair hosted by the Franklin County Farm Bureau. At the fair, students visited 14 stations where they learned about many aspects of modern agriculture. Even though Franklin County is made up of rural communities, many students do […]
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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
Hank Williams Jr. said it best in his gridiron twist of his song “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” – Are you ready for some football? Ready or not, here comes the season for the West Fork football team. Fortunately, the Warhawks will begin the season in friend confines, hosting Hampton-Dumont-CAL at 7:30 […]