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Wrestling in front of the home crowd at their district meet last Saturday, the Wilton Beavers dominated the Class 1A District 12 meet, sending ten onto this week’s traditional state wrestling …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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2/14/24
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Durant senior Macyn Huston and freshman Ashlynn Watkins qualified for next week’s state bowling tournament with outstanding individual efforts in Monday’s state qualifying meet in New …
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Ross Shinberg
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2/14/24
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The Wilton Beavers had an exciting week of basketball, collecting three wins in 72 hours to end the regular season with a 14-7 record.
Wilton beat Durant in Durant on Tuesday, February 6 …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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2/14/24
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Durant’s girls’ basketball team won a playoff game last week. But that was just the second-best reason to celebrate.
A few days earlier, senior Isabelle DeLong scored her 1,000th …
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Ross Shinberg
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2/14/24
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Durant’s boys’ wrestling team will have representation in Des Moines as sophomore Trey Ramer earned himself a spot in the state tournament with a second-place finish at the …
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Ross Shinberg
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2/14/24
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Durant Police Department
Jan. 28-Feb. 9, 2024
Jan. 28
Traffic stop 5th Street and 8th Avenue. Driver was given a warning for this violation.
Jan. 29
Speak with officer …
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2/14/24
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Wilton Police Department
Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2024
Jan. 28
Traffic stop W 5th Street and Oak Street. Driver was given a verbal warning for the violation.
Medical call occurred …
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2/14/24
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Really wanting to live a farm life, Bill Vetter chose what he figured was the next best thing – becoming an agriculture banker.
“Ag banking was a way to keep close to the farm …
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Tim Evans
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2/7/24
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Late last year the City of Wilton benefited from a donation from a local manufacturer, helping cut costs on a capital improvement water main replacement project on the west end of First Street.
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Tim Evans
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2/7/24
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Three Wilton students received a division 1 rating at state competition on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Lilly Shuger, Senior, Cece Robinson, …
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Tim Evans
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2/7/24
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Seventh and Eighth grade students sang in the SE ICDA Honor Choir festival held at Assumption High School in Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Dr. Christopher Nakielski from Cornell College …
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2/7/24
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LattaHarris, a leading Eastern Iowa CPA firm for its commitment to excellence, proudly announces the addition of three distinguished professionals, Mitch Richman, Vance Glaser, and Elainie Turner, to …
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2/7/24
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This week I will explain my continued opposition to the AEA bill. Before I get into the why I oppose it, I want to acknowledge an opinion that has been nearly unanimous – there is room …
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Bobby Kaufmann, State Representative
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2/7/24
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August 20, 1874, on a hot and dusty day, a blaze started at Reed and Dow’s grain elevator on Railroad Street. First a spark and the whole complex began to burn. The fire was born, …
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Anita Heartley
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2/7/24
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Local farmer Adam Maurer recently directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to Wilton Hustlers 4-H Club. Wilton Hustlers 4-H Club will use the funds to improve …
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2/7/24
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Warren Orven Voss, age 77, of Muscatine, formerly of New Liberty, died surrounded by family on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.
Warren was born on …
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2/7/24
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Derby Lee Babcock, age 66, of Wilton, died on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
A visitation was held Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at Bentley Funeral Home in …
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2/7/24
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Deborah Joyce Norton, age 70, of Wilton, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at Bentley Funeral Home, …
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2/7/24
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Wilton’s Girl Scout Troop 3046 considers themselves “over achievers.”
The seven members of the sixth-grade troop are hoping to sell as many as 3,000 boxes of the popular Girl …
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Tim Evans
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2/7/24
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Have you ever wondered what events will be organized by the Wilton Chamber and Development Alliance in the community? Well, wonder no more!
Following is a list of all the events they have …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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2/7/24
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