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07/15/2025 - 3:28pm
KLEMME – At their July 7 meeting, the Klemme City Council award the contract for asbestos removal from the former school building to Site Services of Algona for $78,800. Mayor Ken Blank said thecity received a grant from the DNR for asbestos removal...

Opinion

06/25/2025 - 11:20am
After an unprecedented effort from 12 Iowa Republican senators to get a bill (HF639) to the floor for a vote our hopes of passage were dashed by Gov. Reynolds’ veto. This bill protected property owners and their rights from the use of eminent domain...

Sports

07/15/2025 - 2:50pm
The Top of Iowa West Division announced All-Conference Team picks for baseball and softball. Included are athletes from Bishop Garrigan, Eagle Grove, Forest City, Lake Mills, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, North Union, West Hancock and Belmond-Klemme...

Obituaries


Janice Janssen
07/11/2025 - 9:53am
Janice E. Janssen, age 86 of Lake Mills, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at her home in Lake Mills. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 21, 2025 at Schott Funeral Homes-Mittelstadt Chapel, 902 E. Main St....

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