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Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:25pm
History was made this month in New Providence, as the town approved the sale of alcoholic beverages for the first time.
According to local history, in 1882 the community of 250 people voted on whether or not to allow a saloon in the town, with all but two votes going against it. Since then, there...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:22pm
HARDIN COUNTY – It’s become as routine as the arrival of fall. But the gathering of 75-year home county loyalists always marks something unique to Hardin County
The Hardin County Three Quarter Century Club met again just a few days ago. You don’t find commemorations like this very...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:20pm
Ten members of the high school BCLUW Art Club spent a weekend touring Omaha, NE. Students were excited and engaged at every turn during this tour. On Saturday, the first stop we visited was the Joslyn Art Museum. Students learned about two- and three-dimensional works of art that spanned different...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:17pm
HARDIN COUNTY – Stocks of LP gas are playing an out-of-the-ordinary role in this year’s corn and bean harvests.
It has become a regional phenomena across the upper Midwest – a shortage of the fuel – which has evidenced itself here in Hardin County, too.
Read the full...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:16pm
STEAMBOAT ROCK – Back in August presenters made clear that the Steamboat Rock dam hasn’t slipped off the DNR radar screen. The state says the dam is critically in need of a fix up.
Options were said to range from complete removal of the dam to other more abbreviated types of...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:13pm
IVCCD – This time proved the charm for the Iowa Valley Community College District, which had been asking voters in its central Iowa area to approve $32 million in spending for a variety of construction and other needs.
Iowa Valley is the administrative body for Marshalltown Community College...
Monday, November 11, 2019 - 12:12pm
At the National Wheelchair Games, Kenny Lloyd participated in various sports and won four gold and one silver medal!
“The Paralyzed Veteran’s of America helps veterans become more active in their lives and communities – and, in some cases, reach higher levels of national and...
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 2:08pm
ELDORA – Jim Brown of Hardin County Savings Bank was recently honored by the Iowa Bankers Association for more than 50 years of service at a bank.
The award was presented to Brown during the IBA Annual Convention on September 24 in Des Moines. He was one of 12 individuals recognized for...
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 2:06pm
HARDIN COUNTY - By any measure it was bound to be a huge undertaking – unearthing the names of hundreds and then thousands of veterans and verifying their ties to Eldora.
There were big project decisions made, about design and funding and other matters, but nothing was more...
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 2:03pm
HARDIN COUNTY – Christmas comes to the square on December 1 in Eldora. Organizers of a seasonal fest in the Eldora downtown came to the county board of supervisors last week for permission to use a portion of the courthouse square.
Leslie Perry, owner of Opalane Boutique, and friends are...
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 2:02pm
SOUTH HARDIN – South Hardin players are presenting “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. It’s by special arrangement with Tams-Whitmark (arts distributing).
It is another example of a a high school collaboration on a professional level presentation.
For more...
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 2:01pm
The Boards of Education for Eldora-New Providence and Hubbard Radcliffe came together for a joint South Hardin school board meeting on Monday, Oct. 21.
Read the full article in Section A of the November 5 edition of the Eldora Herald-Ledger.
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