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Rock Valley schools set plan for new school year
ROCK VALLEY, Iowa (Sioux County Radio) - The school year will begin a couple of weeks late in Rock Valley this fall as the community recovers from flooding. According to Sioux County Radio, classrooms aren’t expected to be ready on time. Students in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade will start classes at Trinity Christian Reformed Church. Third, fourth, and fifth graders will start in cleaned and sanitized, but unfinished, classrooms.
Sioux Center Parks envisions future projects
SIOUX CENTER—Sioux Center’s business community got the inside scoop during the July 10 Chamber of Commerce meeting on the recent activities and planning for the next few years done by Lee Van Meeteren and his crew at the Sioux Center Parks Department. As parks director, Van Meeteren oversees...
KLEM News for Saturday, July 20
Friday, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office conducted a targeted traffic enforcement project from 8 AM to noon. Four additional deputies were out along Iowa 60 and U.S. 75, focusing on speeding, seatbelt use, and distracted driving. This resulted in 11 citations, including two for speeding, and two for seatbelt use – and 40 warnings, including ten for speeding and three for seatbelt use. This project is funded in part by a grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau. Iowa has had 154 fatality crashes this year. In 43% of those crashes, a seatbelt was not used.
Ireton council OKs quick sale of lot to Van Buskirk
IRETON—The Ireton City Council at its Monday meeting approved the sale of a lot for a Hawarden resident to build a new home in Ireton. Kendra Van Buskirk, who was present at the meeting, lost her home in the June 21 flooding in Hawarden. She’s interested in purchasing lot seven, which is the south corner lot at the at the intersection of Sunset Circle and Washington Street.
Hoogestraat working to get housing to help locals stay
HAWARDEN—Hawarden city officials held a second town hall meeting last Thursday evening to give updates and information about the recent Big Sioux River flood and the recovery efforts that are happening. A meeting in English was first and then a Spanish-speaking meeting followed. Interim city administrator Gary Tucker said...
Vos: Final two Civil War veterans remembered
After Sheldon was founded in 1872, many veterans of the Civil War 1861-65 moved westward into Iowa and into the Sheldon area to either start businesses or to homestead land. Sheldon had its own Civil War veterans’ organizations: McKenzie Post 72, and Grand Army of the Republic. When the American Legion was established and more veterans died, the Civil War veterans became less active.
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