‘Yard of the Month’ underway in Belle Plaine

by jschlesselman on May 24, 2013

  Belle Plaine Partners for Beautification is again sponsoring Yard of the Month, a contest recognizing residents for their efforts to make Belle Plaine a more beautiful place to live. With growing season now underway and gardens beginning to pop with color, residents are encouraged to nominate friends, neighbors or even themselves for Yard of [...]

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Van Horne Newsletter, May/June 2013

by jmagdefrau on May 24, 2013

Van Horne Community Newsletter May/June 2013 Greetings Van Horne area residents! It has come to the City Council’s attention that there are several people abusing our water shut-off policy. If you have not paid your water bill by noon on the 20th of the month and delivered it to city hall, your water will be [...]

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Trash pickup delayed next week in Belle Plaine

May 24, 2013 Star Press Union

Due to  Memorial Day, trash pickup in Belle Plaine will be delayed one day the week of May 27. The Benton County Landfill will be closed on Memorial Day, May 27.

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Main Street Iowa honors Belle Plaine

May 23, 2013 Star Press Union

  The City of Belle Plaine and Belle Plaine Community Development Corp. were honored with three awards at the 27th annual Main Street Iowa Awards ceremony held May 17 in Des Moines. The community’s downtown revitalization streetscape and façade master plan project, originally nominated under the New Construction category, was instead selected for Main Street [...]

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BP baseball opens season against BGM, Tri-County

May 23, 2013 Belle Plaine sports

BGM 12, Belle Plaine 2 Belle Plaine lost its opening season game Tuesday, May 21, to BGM, 12-2, in SICL baseball action. Losing pitcher Reece Kimm threw for five innings, allowing nine hits, eight runs, four earned runs, walking five and striking out three. Zack Clement threw for two outs, allowing two hits, four runs, [...]

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Benton area parks close due to flooding

May 23, 2013 Star Press Union

Benton County Conservation These are the following areas that are currently closed due to rising floods on the Cedar River. 1.       Wildcat Bluff Park, boat ramp 2.       Benton City Park, boat ramp & bottom tent campground at Benton City Park. 3.       Milroy’s Access 4.       Hoefle-Dulin’s Campground 5.       Vinton Boat Ramp near Dudgeon State Park These [...]

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VICTOR CITY COUNCIL – Victor looks to sell bonds for sewer project

May 23, 2013 Pioneer Republican

By BRIAN RATHJEN With an eye on interest rates and another on savings, Victor city officials agreed at their meeting Wednesday, May 15, to begin the process of possibly refinancing the city’s sewer loan. The city’s 2006 general obligation bonds, to finance a sewer project, have approximately $716,000 left in the life of the loan, [...]

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SKYDIVING STIEFEL – HLV senior makes leap into adulthood with jump at Brooklyn skydiving area

May 23, 2013 Pioneer Republican

By BRIAN RATHJEN BROOKLYN – If there were a final composition class assignment that high school seniors had to write about what they did on their graduation weekend, HLV graduate and class valedictorian Joe Stiefel would have an interesting story to tell. Yes, he had his reception following Sunday’s graduation, but the day before, he [...]

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2013 SCHOLARSHIPS – Iowa Valley

May 23, 2013 Marengo news

Iowa Valley High School awarded thousands of dollars of scholarships to seniors during Senior Night Friday, May 18, at the high school. Megan Kaestner was named valedictorian, while Mackensie Sauerbrei was salutatorian. Honor students – those having grade point averages of 3.25 or higher – were Clay Gunzenhauser, Raelynn Jasper, Logan Loftus, Leah Messamer, Clayton [...]

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2013 SCHOLARSHIPS – HLV

May 23, 2013 Pioneer Republican

• Senior Art Award: Kelli Read • Bear Creek Whitetails Scholarship: Kyle McWilliams. • Ken Benda Memorial Scholarship: Molly DeRycke. • Bill Beran Memorial Scholarship: Kyle McWilliams. • Ray and Irene Memorial Scholarship: Evan VanOtegham. • Leonard Bloethe Memorial Scholarship: Layla Hagen. • Raymond Blomme Memorial Scholarship: Michael Wiedemeier. • Colton Blomme Memorial Scholarship: Layla [...]

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