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PUBLIC NOTICE : Durant City Council will meet in regular session at 402 6th Street City Hall, Monday January 22, 2023 at 6:00 PM. A budget work session will follow council meeting.
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1/18/24
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About two inches of new snow will begin falling Thursday afternoon, according to today's National Weather Service update.
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1/18/24
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The Muscatine County Fair will be holding a Pizza, Puzzle, and Pub night on Feb. 3. at 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds.
Sign up by emailing
muscatinecountyfair@gmail.com or call- …
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1/17/24
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The weather quickly took a turn for the worst in Wilton and Durant last week, with nearly two feet of snow fall and temperatures dipping to nearly 40 below due to wind chill.
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Jacob Lane
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1/17/24
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The Wilton Chamber and Development Alliance held its annual member luncheon Wednesday, Jan. 10, in the Wilton Community Center.
“We thank all of you for your support and the great …
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Jacob Lane
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1/17/24
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Nearly $180,000 in traffic fines has been collected by the City of Durant over the past nine months thanks to the city’s three-year commitment to a moveable automatic traffic enforcement (ATE) …
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Tim Evans
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1/17/24
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Reestablishing board policies, setting committees and approving meeting dates was all on the agenda for the initial meeting of 2024 for the Durant City Council Monday night at City Hall.
After …
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Tim Evans
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1/17/24
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Although waiting for federal funding, the Wilton City Council approved a resolution to borrow as much as $8.3 million to help fund creating a turning lane on U.S. Route 6 (Fifth Street) at their …
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Tim Evans
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1/17/24
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Terry Goerdt, of Tipton, was honored at and presented the prestigious award of "Building Official of the Year" for the State of Iowa at the annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Building …
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1/17/24
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The Durant Fire Department received a matching grant from the Cedar County community foundation to purchase nine new sets of turnout gear.
Turnout gear has greatly improved over the years. The …
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1/17/24
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John Henry Heyden, age 90, of Davenport, Iowa, died on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at Bentley Funeral Home in Du-rant. A funeral …
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1/17/24
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The Wilton Community School District had a regular board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Business included a new bus and a new district activity calendar.
Present at the meeting were four of the …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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1/17/24
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The Wilton boy’s wrestling team remains unbeaten in dual meets with two weeks left before the end of the regular season. The Beavers collected wins over Tipton 60-15, Bellevue 70-9, and Monticello 61-16.
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/17/24
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Wilton’s girls’ basketball team picked up a big River Valley Conference win at West Branch last Thursday, 40-37.
The game was supposed to happen last Tuesday, but a winter storm …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/17/24
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The Wilton boys’ basketball team had to navigate a long break and now winter weather.
The Beavers got two games in in the last ten days, but those days are more than they have had …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/17/24
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In one of the larger meets they have competed in this season, the Wilton Beaver girl’s wrestling team placed fifth out of 19 scoring teams at the meet.
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/17/24
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The Beavers saw some good competition at the annual Gary Curtis Invitational at Highland High School on Saturday, January 6.
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/17/24
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Secretary Pate spoke to hundreds of students, grades 3-12, in the Durant High School gymnasium, during which he emphasized voter education with the young generation.
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Jacob Lane
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1/11/24
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A seemingly simple task of cleaning out a used tank turned into an emergency odor dilemma that had Durant residents scrambling for answers early last week.
The Durant Fire Department sent two …
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Tim Evans
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1/11/24
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“Why did that happen?”
“Something to do with the mail.”
“I liked it the way it was.”
When the founding fathers prepared to plat our town in 1854, …
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Anita Heartley
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1/11/24
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