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Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:34am
When the Eldora firemen moved out to the old Tri-Rinse building on the south edge of town, they found a new home with space to grow in.
Enough, it turns out, the fire station could, to some degree, serve as a shelter for a big part of the community in case of something dire. The department had...
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:33am
ne of the constants of recent years has been the repeated need for the city to involve itself in the upkeep and sometimes disposal of Eldora’s stock of old buildings.
They have included residences and commercial, and in one case a structure that stayed part of the local scene for as along as...
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:31am
The Eldora Area Chamber of Commerce is making plans as the holiday season nears.
First, it is extending an invite to anyone in the community who’d like to take part in the, now almost year and a half old, effort to rebuild the chamber itself here in town.
For a number of years the business...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 8:21am
South Hardin High School Homecoming king and queen are Trevor Olmstead and Sybil Below
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 2:41pm
The Hardin County Board of Supervisors acknowledged the receipt of an application to double the size of a hog site in Alden Township during Wednesday morning’s regular meeting.
A public hearing on the matter has been set for Wednesday, September 26, at 10:03 a.m. in the courthouse conference...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 1:27pm
Hardin County Conservation will be hosting the annual Monarch Butterfly Tagging event, at Calkins Nature Area on Wednesday, September 19th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Bring the family out to learn about monarch butterflies and get the opportunity to catch, tag, and release your own monarch...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 9:50am
The general plan for headquartering the Eldora EMS has been known for a few months, but now after a couple of years of study, debate and some controversy, the plan is inching toward construction. The city will begin seeking quotes on the project in the next few weeks.
The hope is to have thejob...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 9:49am
The 2018 SHHS homecoming court: left to right: Braden Nelson, Palmer Drum, Jacob VanderWilt, Cauy Teske, Trevor Olmstead, Claire Estes, Jordan Carr, Sybil Below, Alicia Bonin, and Ellie Cook.
Homecoming week includes the Tuesday September 18 coronation and activities night events starting at 7 p.m...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 5:11pm
In the latest of a series of announcements about new initiatives, Grand JiVante’ has added a mental health counselor to its staff.
A recent release says TaLana Holman, a licensed mental health counselor, has joined the Ackley-based organization.
Holman holds a masters of science in psychology...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 5:09pm
Amidst an ongoing discussion over perceived incivility and the combative nature of conversations at recent county meetings, Auditor Jessica Lara stormed out of the conference room after a heated exchange with Supervisor Lance Granzow on Wednesday morning.
“I’m tired of taking the fall...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 5:08pm
Collecting vintage tractors has become a multigenerational ritual in the Diamond family, and last week, brothers Don and Dave, who farm next to each other in western Grundy County between Conrad, Grundy Center and Eldora, pulled all 33 of them out for a group photo and display.
“It’s...
Monday, August 27, 2018 - 7:46am
ELDORA – The city council chose to wait before paying the last of a bill from a contractor which had removed the burned out remains of the once-YMCA building on the south side of the square. The city will ask its consulting engineers to help determine the nature and sources of...
