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If your kid is into nature, the Muscatine County Conservation Board welcomes area youngsters from preschool to eighth grade to participate in one of six summer nature camps slated to begin in June at …
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Tim Evans
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4/9/24
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Easter Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of a historic tornado outbreak that occurred Friday, March 31, 2023, in eastern Iowa. More than 150 tornadoes touched down across the state and the …
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Jacob Lane
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4/2/24
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In what’s being proclaimed as the “social event of the spring,” the 126th annual Wilton High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, April 6, at the Wilton Community Center.
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Tim Evans
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4/2/24
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As a humble Kiley Langley waited for the announcement of the Muscatine Fair Queen, she wondered which one of the five other girls in the contest would be crowned.
Little did she know, the Wilton …
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Tim Evans
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4/2/24
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The Durant Volunteer Ambulance Service (DVAS) had the ultimate high of delivering a baby.
On scene the crew of Andy Gruman, Dan Sterner, and Brent Whitlock thought they had time to transport the …
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4/2/24
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In a busy session, the City of Durant approved a contract to build a new shelter in Feldhahn Park, discussed a request by a local restaurant to build an ADA-compliant entrance and heard about several …
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Tim Evans
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4/2/24
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Come on over the Wilton Public Library and check out all the new books. Here are a some titles that have recently arrived!
Adult Fiction: A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
Debut …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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4/2/24
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It didn’t take long for Durant Elementary School counselor Kristen Milott to implement a new idea she discovered at a state school counselor’s conference in November, putting into place …
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Tim Evans
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4/2/24
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As Stephanie Peterson of Calamus-Wheatland and Colin Telsrow of Durant were looking for a place to host the reception for their wedding in October 2019, there “weren’t a lot of good …
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Tim Evans
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4/2/24
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Nichols residents, Gene & Vickie Hammons have given $10,000 for storage at the Muscatine County Fair Event Center Project.
The Hammon’s have a hobby farm right outside of Nichols. They …
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4/2/24
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In response to the ongoing drought conditions plaguing Iowa, Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack declared 24 Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas.
The proclamation addressed to …
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Jacob Lane
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4/2/24
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Wilton Police
March 24
-Assisted Wilton FD on a call in the 600 block of W Wate Street.
-Responded to a report of suspicious activity in the 100 block of S Sycamore Street. Issue was …
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4/2/24
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The Lower Cedar Watershed Winter Banquet was held Thursday, Feb. 29, in the Durant Community Center, during which Heartland Co-Op praised the community.
“This is one of the most active and …
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Jacob Lane
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3/27/24
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Plenty of laughter filled the Wilton Community Center during the Wilton Fine Arts Guild performance of “The Complete History of America Abridged,” on Friday, March 15.
But, …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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3/27/24
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“There is no guarantee of success,” says Pastor John Brown, “But we know this, if we don’t try, we’ll never succeed. So, we’re going to try and see where God takes …
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Jacob Lane
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3/27/24
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The Wilton Community School District had a regular board meeting on Wednesday, March 13.
Present at the meeting were board members Tom Fitzer, Robert Metzger, Sam Wilson, President Tim Barrett …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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3/27/24
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The Durant Chamber of Commerce set their annual meeting and planned a breakfast fundraiser Monday, March 11, at their regular monthly meeting held at the Durant Community Center.
A breakfast …
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Tim Evans
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3/27/24
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Nancy Stockwell has been working with the elderly since the early 2000s. She seems to have a knack for relating to the elderly.
“I was the only child of older parents,” …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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3/27/24
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Wilton Chamber & Development Alliance has two community events planned for May, the Citywide Garage Sale and Elder Park Market and the Muscatine County Freedom Rock Smorgasbord.
Citywide …
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3/27/24
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Wilton Public Library
April will be a busy month at the Wilton Public Library. From Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 19, there will be an escape room for grades 8-12; the theme is outer …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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3/27/24
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