IOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of March 4, 2015
Donna Van Lancker, 78 Memorial service for Donna L. Van Lancker, 78, Marengo, formerly of Victor, was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Kloster Funeral home, Marengo. She died Monday, Feb. 23, 2015,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Agenda for March 6, 2015
IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 970 COURT AVE MARENGO IA 52301 (319) 642-3041 AGENDA Friday, March 6, 2015 — 9:00 A.M. Approve the Agenda Approve the Minutes Communications Open Forum 9:30 a.m. –...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Kristen Miller stepping down as Iowa County auditor
For the third time since January 2014, Iowa County officials will be replacing one of their officials. Kristen Miller, who has been the Iowa County Auditor since March 2010, and has worked for the...
View ArticleMarch 14 benefit aims to help Brooklyn’s Jim Manatt beat cancer
Event to feature meal, silent and live auctions and various raffles and drawings By J.O. PARKER joparker@registermedia.com Friends and family of Jim Manatt are working hard behind the scenes to give...
View ArticleHLV SCHOOL BOARD – Agenda for March 11, 2015
HLV BOARD OF EDUCATION – REGULAR MEETING HLV Community School District Board of Education Meeting Room 402 5th Street Victor, Iowa MARCH 11, 2015 – 5:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL AND...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES — Week of March 11, 2015
Ethel Voigt, 72 Memorial service for Ethel L. Voigt, 72, will be held Thursday, March 12, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Spring, Texas. She died Feb. 28, 2015. Memorials may be made to Resurrection...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES — Week of March 18, 2015
Marguerite Kahler, 92 Funeral service for Marguerite A. Kahler, 92, Marengo, was held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 13, at First United Methodist Church, Marengo. She died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Rose...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS – Jessica Stohlmann named county’s new auditor
The Iowa County Board of Supervisors appointed Jessica Stohlmann as the county’s new auditor during a special meeting Saturday, March 21. Stohlmann, who had been a deputy in the Iowa County Auditor’s...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of March 25, 2015
George Grothman, 88 George Grothman, 88, Marengo, fell asleep in death Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Marengo Memorial Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 1:30...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of April 1, 2015
Dorothy Krakow, 88 Funeral service for Dorothy L. Krakow, 88, Marengo, was held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 30, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Marengo. She died Friday, March 27, 2015, at Rose Haven...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of April 8, 2015
Thomas Peska, 54 Funeral service for Thomas D. Peska, 54, Marengo, was held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Marengo. He died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at his home. The...
View ArticleIowa farmland values drop 11 percent in past year
By DONELLE ELLER of the Des Moines Register Iowa farmland values fell for a second year, a new real estate report shows, dropping 11 percent in conjunction with falling corn and soybean prices. The...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Iowa-Poweshiek Road project starting later...
MPC STAFF REPORT Last fall, as Iowa County officials were putting the finishing touches on the new bridge crossing Bear Creek near Victor, they were hoping to complete another project – the paving of...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS – Lynch to step down as HLV superintendent
After 35 years as superintendent of the HLV School District, Bill Lynch has announced he is retiring at the end of the school year. Lynch announced his plans in a resignation letter at the school board...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS — Agenda for April 10, 2015
IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 970 COURT AVE MARENGO IA 52301 (319) 642-3041 AGENDA Friday, April 10, 2015 — 9:00 A.M. Approve the Agenda Approve the Minutes Communications Open Forum 9:30 a.m. –...
View Article‘Be the Match’ event gives hope to former Grinnell graduate
Sam Coster of St. Louis has Stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and is in need of a stem cell transplant J.O. PARKER joparker@registermedia.com Family, friends, neighbors and former classmates at Grinnell...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of April 15, 2015
George Mittelbach, 93 Funeral service for George P. Mittelbach, 93, Amana, was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana. He died Saturday, April 11, 2015,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of April 22, 2015
Bessie Capper, 98 Celebration of life for Bessie M. Capper, 98, Williamsburg, was held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Asbury United Methodist Church, Wellman. She died Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of April 29, 2015
Charles Alford, 63 Funeral service for Charles E. Alford, 63, Marengo, was held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 27, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. He died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Marengo Memorial...
View ArticleReally! I’d rather be fishing!
I love to fish. Nothing new, right? In fact, I’m looking forward to the day that I retire and can go out and do some extreme fishing. But I have a catch (pun intended). I’m in need of someone who can...
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