IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Agenda for July 10, 2015
IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 970 COURT AVE MARENGO IA 52301 (319) 642-3041 AGENDA Friday, July 10, 2015 — 9:00 A.M. Approve the Agenda Approve the Minutes Communications Open Forum 9:30 a.m. – Nick...
View Article‘Tremendously proud’
By BRIAN RATHJEN MARENGO – A year ago, it was just a pile of dirt, ready to be moved, set in place, a foundation to be poured on top and walls to be erected. Almost exactly one year later, it was a...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – July 1, 2015
James (Jim) Jones, 62 Celebration of life service for James (Jim) A. Jones, 62, Greeley, Colo., was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 25, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg. He died June 18, 2015,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – July 8, 2015
Laurence Bine, 81 Laurence R. Bine, 81, Marengo, died Monday, June 29, 2015, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in the Koszta...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – July 15, 2015
Nicholas Hursh, 56 Celebration of life service for Nicholas P. Hursh, 56, Parkersburg, was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at Kearns Funeral Service Kimball Chapel, Waterloo. He died Friday, July 3,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – July 22, 2015
Billy Jo Olson, 68 Billy Jo “Ole” Olson, 68, Marengo, died Friday, July 17, 2015, at Marengo Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 24, at the Marengo American Legion....
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of July 29, 2015
Corey Yardley, 26 Funeral service for Corey J. Yardley, 26, Victor, formerly of Marengo, was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at the Iowa Valley High School auditorium. He died Monday, July 20, 2015,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Agenda for Aug. 7, 2015
IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 970 COURT AVE MARENGO IA 52301 (319) 642-3041 AGENDA Friday, August 7, 2015 — 9:00 A.M. Approve the Agenda Approve the Minutes Communications Open Forum 9:30 a.m. –...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – Agenda for Aug. 28, 2015
IOWA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 970 COURT AVE MARENGO IA 52301 (319) 642-3041 AGENDA Friday, August 28, 2015 — 9:00 A.M. Approve the Agenda Approve the Minutes Communications Open Forum 9:30 a.m. –...
View Article2015 SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS – Write-ins, newcomers fill out area school boards
MPC STAFF REPORT Some of it happened through write-in votes. Others was simply by electing newcomers. Either way, four area school districts will see change on their boards of education as the result...
View Article2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – Gov. Scott Walker to come to Amana
A “meet and greet” for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the Republican hopefuls for president, will be Sunday, Sept. 20, at Serena’s Coffee Café, 728 47th Ave., Amana. The event is set to begin at...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of Sept. 2, 2015
Karen Evans, 68 Karen Ann Evans was born Dec. 18, 1946, in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Lawrence and Doris (Jegglie) Guglielmetti. She graduated from East High School in Rockford. Karen was united...
View Article2015 GONE COLD:Years later, deaths of hitchhiker, hotel guests remain a mystery
By BRIAN RATHJEN The front pages of Iowa County’s newspapers from Oct. 28, 1971, and Sept. 18, 1980, each carried the typical small-town news of the day. The Pioneer-Republican that mid-fall day in...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of Sept. 9, 2015
Ruth Morton Ruth Ellen Morton entered into eternal rest Wednesday, Sept. 2, after a well-fought battle with congestive heart failure. Services were Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church,...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of Sept. 16, 2015
Chester Render, 82 Celebration of life service for Chester W. Render, 82, was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the New Life Fellowship Church, Keswick. He died Tuesday morning, Sept. 8, 2015, at...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of Sept. 23, 2015
Donald Starkweather, 85 Graveside memorial service for Donald E. “Starky” Starkweather, 85, Marengo, was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Bishop Cemetery, Marengo. He died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015,...
View Article2015 CITY ELECTIONS – Most interest is at Marengo
By BRIAN RATHJEN The winds of change are blowing at Marengo City Hall. Happenings relating to the separation agreement between elected officials and the city administrator, plus the decision of all...
View ArticleAUTUMN 2015 – IOWA COUNTY: Oktoberfest, Fall Festival highlight Iowa County...
By BRIAN RATHJEN Already, there’s been lots of fun in Iowa County during the first couple of weeks of the fall season. But there’s plenty more going on this fall throughout the county, ranging from the...
View ArticleVICTOR CITY COUNCIL – Council holds off on road paving, fence permit decisions
MPC STAFF REPORT VICTOR – Two big issues. Three city council members present. No decisions on either of those topics. With only council members Dan Cavin, Joan Robinson and Justin Smith at the Victor...
View ArticleIOWA COUNTY OBITUARIES – Week of Sept. 30, 2015
Alice Martin, 91 Alice T. Martin, 91, Williamsburg, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Sept. 23, 2015, at her daughter’s home in Iowa City. Memorials may be made to Iowa City...
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