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Designs For Living & You opens in Hubbard

Published by admin on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 8:54am

HUBBARD – Although Diana Raska-Goecke doesn’t live in Hubbard, she recently opened her business Designs for Living & You, LLC there because it’s in between where she lives and where she works.

“I’m currently an Occupational Therapist at Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City,” the 1995 Hubbard-Radcliffe graduate said, noting she currently lives in Union with her husband Robb. “Hubbard seemed like a center. The area I’m covering is central and north central Iowa.”

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Candidate candor: Meggers, Nazario hold town hall forum

Published by admin on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 8:47am

IOWA FALLS – Joshua Meggers of Grundy Center, and Robert Nazario of Iowa Falls, Republican candidates for Iowa House District 54, held a town hall forum May 17 at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. The newly formed District 54 includes Hardin, Grundy and a small portion of Black Hawk County.

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Eldora-New Providence Elementary Field Day

Published by admin on Wed, 05/18/2022 - 2:19pm

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South Hardin High School Graduation 2022

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 9:13am

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Pay increase to city administrator

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 8:52am

ELDORA - It took some deliberation but in the end, Eldora City Council members, with one exception, split the difference and gave City Administrator Aaron Budweg a 7 percent job performance pay raise. He was already due 3 percent starting July 1 under terms of his contract. Budweg has been on the job since early 2021.

The action last Tuesday night raised his salary from $56,309 to $60,250.

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School pins hope on bond issue

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 8:48am

ELDORA - This year has brought advances and retreats, and now maybe another big advance, as the Eldora-New Providence School pursues its longtime plans for buildings and grounds.

Last week, the E-NP board met and launched a drive to secure enough signatures to put a bond issue before voters in September. If approved, the bond would raise almost 10 million dollars to finance a host of projects at the downtown elementary campus and at the high school. Most notably, it would also cover the cost of replacing the downtown Eldora middle school gymnasium.

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Seniors with class

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 8:41am

These South Hardin High School seniors attended the Honors & Awards Night at the high school on May 10. More than 125 scholarships and awards were handed out to the senior class. Please visit the Herald-Ledger website for photos of the event and see page XX for a complete list of winners. Elaine Loring/Herald-Ledger photo

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Hoelscher to lead Timothy Christian

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 8:39am

RADCLIFFE – It will be bittersweet, but on June 1, Tyler Hoelscher will embark on a new career. He will leave his post as Music Instructor at South Hardin Middle School and Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary and become the new Administrator at Timothy Christian School near Wellsburg, replacing current administrator Rebecca Johnson.

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Teacher resigns after incident

Published by admin on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 8:36am

HUBBARD – A middle school teacher involved in a verbal altercation with a student last month is no longer an employee in the South Hardin School District.

According to a press release from South Hardin School Superintendent Dr. Adam Zellmer, “The Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School Board, and South Hardin Middle School teacher Paul Miller, have mutually agreed to a resignation agreement on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

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School’s policy challenged: Brother wants sister’s homeschooled credits honored

Published by admin on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 8:00am

ELDORA – What started as a petition from a caring brother, turned into a full-blown conversation about how homeschooling credits may not be enough for a student to walk across the stage during their high school commencement ceremony.