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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 1:26pm
“Each time a person stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 12:00pm
Road construction on Highway 3 recently reached Clarion, where the route locally becomes Central Avenue.
According to Roy Gelhaus, Resident Construction Engineer at the Iowa Department of Transportation, tile work and patching has already been...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 11:55am
After more than two decades of farming with his dad and siblings, Fr. Jerry Blake, at the age of 38, decided if he wanted to enter the seminary, this was the time to do it.
Now, looking back more than 20 years later, Blake is happy he took the...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 11:53am
At their July 21 meeting, The Wright County Supervisors approved contracts with the Mid-Iowa Development Association (MIDAS) Council of Governments to continue offering public transportation. They also approved sub-contractor contracts with the...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 11:50am
Upper Des Moines Opportunity wants to make sure all students head back to school on Monday, Aug. 18, with a new backpack filled with the supplies they need to have an A+ year. Last year, they helped in excess of 200 students, and that number...
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 9:32am
Earl Cramer, 91, of Clarion passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Clarion Wellness and Rehab Center in Clarion.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 11:10am
Emilia first came to the U.S.A. in 1996.
She walked five days through the desert before she was intercepted and returned to Mexico. She set out again and was again sent back. By the time she and her fellow travelers made it on their fifth try,...
