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2nd Annual Road Trip to Honor Memory of Harley McDonald
The public is invited to celebrate the memory of a Greene County teen with a fundraiser. The 2nd Annual Road Trip in Memory of Harley McDonald takes place tomorrow at the Scranton Community Center. Registrations for the ride are from 9-11am with a $20 fee. The route for the ride can be found below, but it starts and ends at the Scranton Community Center. Nina McDonald says at noon the beer garden opens, followed by the 515 Cornhole Tournament at 2pm. Dinner is then served at 6pm, along with a variety of raffles at 7pm and a live auction at 7:15pm. The event wraps up with live musical entertainment at 8pm with Dirt Road Divide.
Iowa, Illinois, & Wisconsin Could Soon Experience A ‘Rodent Rampage’ In Their Homes
You may need to charge rent to a few critters before too long. Some of us have had to deal with snakes and bugs in our houses or on our property this summer. And now, one of the best parts of fall is that all of those crawl back into the earth where they belong.
Iowa lands $1.5 million award to build advanced space equipment
NASA funding also will provide students greater access to advanced space instrument training. https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2024/08/iowa-lands-1-5-million-award-build-advanced-… The University of Iowa, a long-standing leader in the design and building of instruments for space-based missions, has been awarded nearly $1.5 million from NASA to purchase state-of-the-art equipment needed to build instruments for future missions....
Homeless schoolchildren across Iowa benefit from American Rescue Plan Act funds
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa school children experiencing homelessness are getting some help in the form of $424,000 in federal funding. But now the shocker: it’s headed to 25 different school districts. “I bet it would baffle you,” says Jen Durham, who battled homelessness with her young children...
School districts working to comply with Iowa’s book ban before students return
SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) - A court challenge to the Iowa law that restricts certain books and topics ended - which means teachers, principals and curriculum directors are having to make sure they’re not in violation. The law bans school books that depict or describe sex acts. It also prohibits...
Disability Rights Activist Pushes Government To Let Him Participate in Society
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Garret Frey refuses to be sidelined. Frey has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than 37 of his 42 years. He has spent decades rejecting the government’s excuses when he and others with disabilities are denied the support they need to live in their own homes and to participate in society.
Grassley, wife Barbara mark 70th anniversary at favorite date spot
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and his wife Barbara marked their 70th wedding anniversary Thursday at their favorite date spot. “Barbara & I went to the Hickory House in Waterloo when we were 1st dating 2nite we celebrate our 70th wedding anniversary where it all started,” Grassley said in a post on the social platform X.…
Mason City resident enters a guilty plea from a shooting incident
A 19-year-old Mason City resident, who was originally charged with attempted murder, entered a guilty plea this week to two counts of willful injury in Cerro Gordo County District Court. The state alleged that Jerrell McKnight shot a male outside of MidTown Liquor and Vape in the 800 block of...
Road closure in place for rail replacement in Mason City starting Monday
CERRO GORDO COUNTY, Iowa-- A two-week closure will be in place for an area in southwest Mason City. The City stated South Pierce Avenue will be closed to through traffic between 9th Street SW and 15th Street SW beginning on Monday, August 26. During the closure, The Canadian Pacific Railroad...
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