Clarion council approves property and inspection ordinances on second reading
The Clarion City Council kept its meeting short on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, approving the second readings of ordinances dealing with property maintenance…
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Clarion council reviews health plan, airport plan and annual reports
The Clarion City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, was the last before newly elected members joined the council, and the business on…
C-G-D school board honors Beth Jackson after 14 years
The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Board of Education used its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, to recognize Beth Jackson, who was leaving the board after…
First COVID-19 vaccines reach Iowa health care workers before Christmas
Iowa’s first COVID-19 vaccinations went to health care workers in the week before Christmas 2020.
Supervisors hear from county libraries as COVID count reaches 1,413
Wright County’s libraries reported to the Board of Supervisors at its last meeting of 2020, on Monday, Dec. 28.
Wright County adds 86 COVID cases in a week
Wright County’s COVID-19 count jumped by 86 cases in the first week of November 2020, county epidemiologist Sandy McGrath told the supervisors.
Heartland Museum adds two resources for researching veterans
With Veterans Day coming in November 2020, the Heartland Museum in Clarion added two new resources for people researching family members who served.
Kids Korner asks C-G-D board for three more years in elementary school
The October 2020 meeting of the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Board of Education opened with a letter from the board of Kids Korner, the child care center that…
Iowa Specialty Hospital begins offering rapid COVID-19 tests
Starting Oct. 16, 2020, Iowa Specialty Hospital made rapid COVID-19 tests available to any of its patients with symptoms that suggested the virus.
Reynolds lets bars reopen in four Iowa counties
Gov. Kim Reynolds allowed bars to reopen on Sept. 16, 2020, in four of the six Iowa counties she had closed as COVID-19 hot spots: Black Hawk, Dallas…