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It might not be flashy, but sometimes progress means replacing 100-year-old infrastructure and reversing course on decades of apathy. City administrator Kelly Litwiller and mayor Ryan Miller talked …
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Interview by Cheryl Allen |
1/31/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
For the past 20 years, the Wellman Food Pantry has served the community from the basement of Asbury United Methodist Church, making sure families are fed and households adequately stocked …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/31/25 08:00 AM
People flooded into the Parkside banquet room on Wednesday night, Jan. 22, for the Wellman Rotary’s soup supper, which served as a fundraiser for a new veterans/first responders memorial in town. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/31/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Inauguration Day– neither kept the Wellman City Council from meeting on Monday, although some council members were eager to get back to celebrating the return …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/24/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
Local grocers Freeman Foods and JW’s Foods were among 20 recipients of Rural Innovation Grants announced Jan. 9 by Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (EIDA). …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
When the City of Wellman purchased the high-visibility lot on the corner of 8th Avenue and Highway 22 last March – vacant, but for an LED sign – they had an inkling of what they wanted …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
His bright smile, his penchant for humor and laughter, his positivity and joy. These are the traits that come to mind when people think David Tornow, a “great guy with a big heart” who …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/10/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
With work set to begin on replacing the 9th Avenue/Gingko Avenue bridge as soon as Monday, Jan. 13, the Wellman City Council spent the bulk of their meeting Monday night looking at the …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/10/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
The ice storm that kept most of us home on Saturday, Dec. 14 was ill-timed, falling precisely at a moment where many had holiday events to attend and shopping to do. It might have been an …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/3/25 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Prior to owning Kalona Coffee House with wife Rhonda, as he has since 2010, Jeff Yoder was never really that into coffee. She was the passionate one, learning the ropes at Caribou Coffee …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/27/24 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON
The ribbon cutting at the Washington YMCA’s new Aquatic Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10 was nothing short of a “momentous event.” The gathering of donors and community members from …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
In an unusually long year-end meeting Monday night, the Wellman City Council reflected on a host of services, from those offered by the library and Goodwin Senior Dining to the adequacy of …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
DES MOINES
When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
Unfortunately for many area residents on Saturday, Dec. 14 predictions by the National Weather Service largely proved true. The ice storm, which began overnight, produced ice-covered roads …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
Smiles abounded Wednesday night at the Riverside Casino’s ballroom, where representatives of area cities and nonprofits gathered for the Washington County Riverboat Foundation’s …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/13/24 08:00 AM
The Council of Mid-Prairie Churches is sponsoring two mission projects this year, one local and one national, that they hope you will consider supporting as part of your gift-giving this holiday …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/13/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
For the past two years, the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department has created a pop-up toy shop of sorts at the fire station downtown, where area parents could pick out holiday gifts for their …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/13/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Water system upgrades topped the agenda again Monday night for the Wellman City Council. Several water mains will be replaced in areas of the city, and to help fund the project, the City …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/6/24 08:00 AM
The City of Wellman and Wellman Community Club hosted a fun and festive Light the Night downtown on Saturday, Nov. 30.
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Photos by Allyson Swartzentruber |
12/6/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
For six hours a week, often more, you’ll find 15 high school students working nights and weekends in the basement of a building at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
They aren’t …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/29/24 08:00 AM