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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 3:39pm
Kevin Meyer, 63, of Ackley, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at his home in Ackley. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday August 24, 2019 at St. John's U.C.C. in Ackley with burial in the Washington Reformed Church Cemetery....
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 12:07pm
Four shows down, four more to go and growing attendance has “Mary’s Team” writ-er/director/actor Dave Hisler excited about the play’s suc-cess.
“We’ve had a lot of posi-tive responses and a lot of laugher and that...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 12:05pm
Fourth District U.S. Congressman Steve King of Iowa conducted another in his series of town hall meetings last Wednesday afternoon at the Rockwell Community Center.
King, who is seeking re-election to his post, was greeted by protesters outside the...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 12:01pm
Keninger Family Farms in Franklin County was among the dozens of farms across the state to be recognized with the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award at the Iowa State Fair on Wednesday, August 14.
Created in 2012 by the State of Iowa, the Iowa...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 11:59am
Emerald Ash Borer has been found in Franklin County, prompting a discussion during the regular workshop meeting of the Hampton City Council on Monday, August 19.
At the meeting, the council met with Mike Kintner, an entomologist with the Iowa...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 11:57am
Hampton’s skyline may look a little different by the end of the week.
Radcliffe, Iowa based Terminal Solutions is scheduled to begin demolition soon on the Landus Cooperative concrete elevator and houe. Since July 22, the crew has also removed...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 11:55am
Upmeyer Column: I recently saw that we had a number of local students participate in the World Food Prize’s Iowa Youth Institute. Each student researched an idea to solve global food security challenges and then wrote a paper and presented it...
