In the second year of sanctioned girls’ wrestling in the state of Iowa, both Wilton and Durant are sending two girls to Coralville.
Beavers Audra Coss and Kaydence Boorn, and Wildcats …
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Ross Shinberg and Ryan Stonebraker
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1/31/24
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Impacting lives in the name of her late daughter Emily, former Durant elementary school teacher Suzy Bohnsack takes a lot of pride in hosting a special “Green Out” night every year at …
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Tim Evans
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1/31/24
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The Wilton City Council met Monday, Jan. 22, in the council chambers, where they discussed Oakdale Cemetery, the last major snow event, incentive grants and road use tax.
To begin, the council …
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Jacob Lane
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1/31/24
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Twenty years ago, Connie Brown asked the librarian at the Wilton Public Library if there were any book clubs in town. Little did she know what that innocent question would lead to.
“Well, …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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1/31/24
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Wilton Public Library
Join us at the Wilton Public Library for the following activities in February.
On Monday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. Nancy Stockwell from the Beacon of Hope Hospice …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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1/31/24
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At their Monday, Jan. 8 noon meeting at the Durant Community Center (DCC), the Durant Chamber of Commerce discussed setting an annual meeting.
They also made plans to replant flowerpots in the …
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Tim Evans
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1/31/24
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Acting on the consent of voters from November, the Durant School Board approved $3.5 million in School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds.
This occurred Monday, Jan. 8, …
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Tim Evans
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1/31/24
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Wilton Police Department
Jan. 21
-Took a report of fraud it is still under investigation.
-Took a report of a no contact order violation that occurred in the 100 block of Vine Street. …
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1/31/24
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The Muscatine County Fair is about to embark on its biggest project since it began upgrading the grounds in 2015, a $2 million Event Center which will replace the Activity Center.
“It will …
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Jacob Lane
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1/31/24
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By Jacob Lane
Index Editor
Over 325 head gathered Saturday, Jan. 27, for the Muscatine County Cattlemen’s Association 10th Annual Banquet in the Activity Center of the Muscatine …
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Jacob Lane
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1/31/24
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Scott, Cedar and Muscatine County landowners have more power than legislators to stop carbon waste pipelines planned through the counties, said two state legislators eager to see Iowa eliminate …
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Mark Ridolfi
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1/31/24
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Jerry Hilgenberg, three-year starter for the Iowa Hawkeyes, assistant coach on Iowa's 1958 national championship team and pivotal member of Wilton’s first high school football team, died Jan. …
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Dave Selvig, Quad City Times and Jacob Lane, Advocate Editor
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1/24/24
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From a young age, Bobby Jo Salm faced the burden of chronic disease, the loss of her mother and the painful experience of abuse and addiction.
She describes her life as a series of uphill …
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Jacob Lane
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1/24/24
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The main topic of the night was a major schedule change, Jan. 8, during the Durant Community School District Board meeting.
Principal Joel Diederichs reported that students in seventh grade …
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Tim Evans
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1/24/24
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Former president Donald Trump dominated the Republican Caucus in Iowa, earning 51 percent of the vote, netting him over 56,000 votes across the state on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
In what has been …
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Jacob Lane
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1/24/24
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For nearly four years the Wilton Parks and Recreation Board hasn’t been active, but that all changed last Wednesday, Jan. 17, when a new board was named in a special meeting at Wilton City …
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Tim Evans
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1/24/24
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The Wilton School District will be holding enrollment for preschool and kindergarten for the 2024/25 school year at Wilton Elementary School.
For preschool, online enrollment will begin …
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1/24/24
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Both the Wilton and Durant American Legions would like to invite community members to bring tattered and faded flags to one the various locations listed below for proper retirement.
Flags can be …
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1/24/24
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The Cedar County Fair Board is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to raise around $850,000 to build a new Cedar County Farm Bureau Agriculture Center on the fairgrounds in Tipton.
Calling it a …
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Tim Evans
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1/24/24
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The Cedar County Fair and its facilities will both benefit from the third annual 4-H Endowment Gala on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Mathews Building on the fairgrounds in Tipton.
A pit beef dinner …
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Tim Evans
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1/24/24
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