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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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Durant elementary currently has one of the largest kindergarten classes it has seen in years. This is a result of open enrollment into the district, 25 out of the 51 current kindergartners are open …
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1/11/24
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Celebrating its 30th year, Muscatine’s’ Eagles & Ivories Music Fest opens 2024 as the cradle of ragtime in the historic city on the Mississippi River.
Presented by the …
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Tim Evans
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1/11/24
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The Wilton Public Library is starting out the New Year with a Book club for fourth through eighth graders.
Participants will be reading “I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, …
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Rebecca Bovenmyer
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1/11/24
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To kick off bowling action in 2024, the Durant boys’ and girls’ teams took the short bus ride to Rose Bowl in Muscatine for the Louisa-Muscatine invite on Saturday, January 6.
At …
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Ross Shinberg
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1/11/24
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The Wilton girl’s wrestling team traveled to Riverside on Saturday, January 6 to compete at the Highland girl’s wrestling tournament.
There, 17 teams battled for team …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/11/24
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The Wilton girls’ basketball team got an early Christmas present on Tuesday, December 19 when they beat rival Durant by nine points, 40-31 to finish their 2023.
The Beavers improved …
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Ryan Stonebraker
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1/11/24
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Durant’s girls’ basketball team earned their first conference of the season, as well as their first win of 2024, with a 45-30 victory over Anamosa last Thursday (Jan. 4).
It was a …
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By Ross Shinberg
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1/11/24
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