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It’s official – Iowa’s Ride is back
Friday, June 5, 2020 - 2:00pm
ELDORA – A week ago the organizers of Iowa’s Ride confirmed that the ride is back on next summer’s calendar, and it will be making an overnight stop in Eldora on July 20. The cross-state ride, which had fallen victim to the pandemic and prohibitions against large crowds, had once...
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Backwoods Gallery: 20 years in 2020
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ELDORA – They say, when one door closes, another opens and Eldora resident Rosanne Primus had just had a door close - she needed a job. Primus was employed at Dodger Industries in Eldora and when she received notice she would be laid off, she decided, “I’ll create my own job....
COVID gardening: The new Victory
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 2:00pm
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Primary Election voting changes
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 12:00pm
ELDORA – Hardin County will be split into two precincts for the June 2 (today) primary election. The voting locations are the Eldora Emergency Operation Center at 1031 Edgington Ave., Eldora; and the Ellsworth Equine Center Ag and Renewable Energy Center Classroom, 709 Ellsworth Ave., Iowa...
Memorial Day remembrances
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 2:00pm
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Camping Kick-Off
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Some things do not change
Sunday, May 31, 2020 - 2:00pm
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Jumping into a rabbit hole
Saturday, May 30, 2020 - 2:00pm
I saw a white rabbit on the doorbell camera. Granted it was at dusk and everything is fuzzy right before the camera changes to night mode, but it was a rabbit, and as far as I could tell, it was white. Best part was, I had proof. Except after showing the playback to others, the obvious white color...
2019 brought biggest courthouse renewal in years
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 2:00pm
HARDIN COUNTY – Well, winter is over, and there is, so far, only speculation about how much money was saved. One thing was for sure, Eldora’s was a state of the art winter – at least as far as the Hardin County Courthouse is concerned. It marked the first run-through for a lot of...
Current pandemic echoes flu epidemic 100 years ago
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 2:00pm
ELDORA – It was 100 years ago, and another pandemic was up and rolling across the nation. But, perhaps because the county had spent the first half of the year concerned with World War I, you might not have known there was a flu epidemic, at all. At least based on accounts in the Eldora...
South Hardin High School Class of 2020 Awards Night Program
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 2:00pm
SOUTH HARDIN – The South Hardin High School carried through with a long-standing tradition, bestowing awards and scholarships on  member of the class of 2020.  Awards night is always an opportunity for local benefactors to support students bound for post secondary education and...
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