Local News

Green Hills AEA board meeting scheduled

The Board of Directors of the Green Hills AEA will hold their regular monthly meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at the Red Oak Regional Office, 212 E. Coolbaugh St. Detailed mat ... Read More »

Barns of Madison, Clarke, and Decatur counties featured during June tour

Unusual, rarely seen, and historic barns in Madison, Clarke, and Decatur counties will be featured on the annual June “area tour” sponsored by the Iowa Barn Foundation from 8: ... Read More »

Sports

Clarke tennis sweeps SCC Tourney

KNOXVILLE — Clarke’s dominance of tennis in the South Central Conference continued here Monday, as both the boys and girls teams won the team titles.The Clarke boys edged out ... Read More »

Clarke boys fifth, girls sixth at SCC Meet

CHARITON — The Clarke boys track team finished fifth with 64.50 points and the girls team finished sixth with 58 points here Monday at the South Central Conference Meet.The tw ... Read More »

Obituaries

Marcia Craig – Cedar Rapids

Marcia L. Craig, 87, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died May 13, 2013, at Seasons Hospice Palliative Care in Naperville, Ill.Services were 3 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Cedar Memoria ... Read More »

John Strawn – St. Charles

Funeral services for John Henry Strawn, 97, of St. Charles will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, at St. Charles Parish Church. Interment will be in St. Charles Cemetery. Visitation ... Read More »

Opinion

Springtime blessings

On the Saturday before Palm Sunday, a metal post-driver landed on my head. I’m still not sure just how that driver jumped off the post I was pounding and took its revenge on m ... Read More »

Sharing of ideas

By Rep. Joel Fry House District 27 joel.fry@legis.state.ia.us ... Read More »

Neighbors

Robins card shower planned

The family of Audra Robins of Weldon is hosting a card shower in honor of her 98th birthday Wednesday, May 22.Cards may be sent to her at302 2nd Ave. W., Weldon, IA 50264. ... Read More »

Letters

JUST SAY NO

By Steve WatermanOsceolaSome of you will remember the ‘70s and ‘80s, and the concerns about the drug culture and other law-breaking actions of those times.It was time for some ... Read More »

Refresher on reservoir project

By Jeff KaufmannFormer Speaker Pro Tem, Iowa House of Representatives Current Cedar County Board of SupervisorsIn reading the Clarke County Friends of Water flyer in your ... Read More »


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