Before you send those old sneakers or your running shoes to the landfill, why not help the Wilton Fine Arts Guild lend a hand to the planet, those less fortunate, and clear your clutter.
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10/12/23
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Twenty-two Wilton JH/HS choir students participated in the River Valley Conference Honor Choir, hosted in Wilton on Oct. 2. Guest conductors Jesse Bunge from Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School directed the seventh and eighth grade choir, and Tim McMillin from the Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines Vocal Arts Ensemble and Simpson College directed the high school choir. It was a great day of making music, ending with an awesome concert!
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10/12/23
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Congratulations goes out to three Wilton JH Choir students for being accepted into the Iowa OPUS Honor Choir. OPUS is the “All State Choir” for fifth-ninth grade students, and is a great achievement! These students will attend rehearsals in Ames on Nov. 16, and culminate the day with a concert in Stephens Auditorium, featuring a fifth and sixth grade mixed choir, and seventh and eighth grade Treble Clef Choir, a seventh and eighth grade Bass Clef Choir and a ninth grade Mixed Choir.
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10/12/23
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There is something special about Wilton, Iowa, and the communities surrounding it.
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10/12/23
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Ken Bland won Week Six of the Advocate’s Football Contest by missing two, and he will receive the $25 first prize.
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10/12/23
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United Way of Muscatine is excited to bring its Reading Mentors Program to the first-grade classrooms at Wilton Elementary School!
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10/12/23
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The Tri County Community Club hosts a blood drive 2-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Durant Community Center, 606 Fifth Ave., Durant.
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10/12/23
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After having its original website hosted by the Chamber and Development Alliance, the City of Wilton has officially launched its own, brand-new website.
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Erin M. Gentz, A-N Interim Editor
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10/12/23
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Wilton Certified Local Government Commission (WCLGC) was established in 2017 to support, promote and identify historic districts, sites and buildings in our community. Since that time, we have completed many projects such as working with an historian to do an intensive level survey and then list Wilton’s downtown commercial district on the National Register.
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Becky Allgood, Executive director, Wilton Development Corporation
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10/12/23
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Jerry Hilgenberg is a name well-known to longtime Iowa Hawkeyes fans, but his distinguished career began 75 years ago in Wilton.
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Erin M. Gentz, A-N Interim Editor
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10/12/23
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Wilton police report
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10/19/23
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The Durant Music Boosters are pleased to have received support from several local groups to make instrument upgrades possible.
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10/19/23
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Members of four neighboring Legion auxiliaries came to the West Liberty Legion on Saturday, Oct. 14.
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10/19/23
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Cindy Austin won Week 7 of the Advocate News Football Contest, the only contestant to miss two. She bested 12 other contestants to take the $25 first prize.
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10/19/23
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Area residents in the market for a new vehicle had the opportunity to help Durant high school athletes on Oct. 11.
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Erin M. Gentz, AN Interim Editor
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10/19/23
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The Wilton School District is looking for ways to make parent/teacher conferences more “user friendly.”
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Erin M. Gentz, AN Interim Editor
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10/19/23
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The city of Durant has accepted a donation of 0.7 acres of land north of Feldhahn Park from IGW Trust.
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Erin M. Gentz, AN Interim Editor
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10/19/23
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The Wilton Community Pool identified a series of items to be classified as surplus.
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Erin M. Gentz, AN Interim Editor
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10/19/23
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Several Durant junior high and high school students participated in the RVC Honor Choir, held Oct. 2 at Wilton High School.
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10/19/23
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On Saturday, Oct. 7, seven Wilton HS Choir basses participated in the RitterSing Tenor/Bass Choir Festival at Wartburg College. The guys got to sing with about 500 other tenors and basses from Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota, as well as one of the best vocal jazz groups in the world, “m-pact.”
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10/19/23
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