Author Archives: Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

Quilt memorializes 500 Buchanan County WWII vets

Posted September 13, 2011 4:15 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

INDEPENDENCE – A 66-year-old quilt unveiled to the public this week memorializes more than 500 Buchanan County residents who served in the armed forces during World War II. The quilt was made during the war by Bernice Dodge of Independence, … Continue reading →

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Party welcomes home Iowa Guard soldiers

Posted August 26, 2011 3:51 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

A welcome home party for members of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team will be held from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011,  at the Third Street Saloon, 1202 ½ Third St. SE, in Cedar … Continue reading →

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Wind disrupts detasseling

Posted July 11, 2011 7:03 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

DYSART – The wind storm that swept through central Iowa this morning disrupted the summer ritual of seed corn detasseling. Detasseling, a process that aids development of hybrid seed corn varieties, was to have begun Monday on acreage contracted by … Continue reading →

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Garrison on road to recovery

Posted July 11, 2011 6:24 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

GARRISON – Hard hit by today’s wind storm, this Benton County town was on the road to recovery by nightfall, according to Fire Chief Steve Meyer. “The people are together, helping each other out. We are in recovery mode,” the … Continue reading →

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Gas leak forces Garwin evacuation

Posted July 11, 2011 6:00 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

GARWIN — The Tama County town of Garwin evacuated most of its 585 residents this morning after a gas leak was discovered at an apartment complex, Fire Chief Tim Laffoon said. Laffoon said his pager went off shortly after 4 … Continue reading →

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Wind storm displaces livestock

Posted July 11, 2011 5:49 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

DYSART – Several livestock confinement facilities were damaged or destroyed by the strong winds that swept through east-Central Iowa this morning. About 2,500 nearly full-grown market hogs were exposed to the hot sun after the winds destroyed a confinement barn … Continue reading →

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Supervisors appoint 4 Lake Delhi trustees

Posted June 30, 2011 5:07 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

The Delaware County supervisors today appointed four people to seats on the Lake Delhi Combined Recreation and Water Quality Taxing District. The four – Larry Peter, Mary Kray, Steve Leonard and Laurie Kramer — take office Friday on a larger … Continue reading →

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Supervisors see eye to eye on Lake Delhi applicants

Posted June 23, 2011 4:18 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

MANCHESTER – The three Delaware County supervisors, after independently reviewing 19 applicants for four appointed seats on the Lake Delhi Combined Recreation and Water Quality Taxing District, selected the exact same eight applicants for further review. Coincidence? Not according to … Continue reading →

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Alleged open meeting law violations at center of lawsuit

Posted June 6, 2011 8:20 am by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

POSTVILLE — A lawsuit alleging open meetings law violations by Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission pits the city of Postville against an agency that recently moved its headquarters from Postville to Decorah. But that move, which has understandably rankled Postville … Continue reading →

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Gone but not forgotten at Alburnett graduation

Posted May 15, 2011 5:48 pm by Orlan Love/SourceMedia Group News

ALBURNETT – The 44 members of the Alburnett High School class of 2011 honored a boy who’d have been the 45th if childhood cancer had not ended his life in sixth grade. Ben Ries, who faced cancer with cheerful optimism … Continue reading →

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