Work starts next month on wind turbine project

Work will start in April on the Beaver Creek Wind Park in northeastern Greene County, with the first job putting in the roads to the turbine sites. Greene County zoning coordinator Chuck Wenthold updated the supervisors at their meeting Monday. He said once the 85-turbine project is under way MidAmerican will send him, secondary roads, the sheriff’s office and all…

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Clean air and water? Or not?

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Why would the Republican Administration want to cut billions from the Environmental Protection Agency? Its Clean Water Act of 1972 has managed to clean up dead lakes, polluted rivers and trashed canals. I remember how appalled we were back then to learn of lakes that caught fire, rivers full of dead fish, ponds harboring amphibians…

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Scranton visioning groups highlight assets, barriers

A good-sized group of Scranton community residents participated Saturday in the Iowa Living Roadways Community Visioning Program focus groups. Notes were kept and photos were taken to be compiled into a report that will be available later at the community visioning website: www.communityvisioning.org. The focus groups were divided into categories: older adults, active recreationalists, parents, mobility impaired individuals and youth.…

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Ryan Mortensen, 1982-2017

Ryan L. Mortensen, 35, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017, with his loving family by his side. Memorial services were held Saturday, April 1, at 11 am at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny. The family was assisted by Ankeny Funeral Home in Ankeny.

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Beverly Lehman, 1929-2017

A memorial service will be held Friday, March 31, at 11 am at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Bev Lehman, 87, of Jefferson. Interment will be at the Paton Township Cemetery in a private family service. Beverly Janice (Condit) Lehman was born on October 2, 1929 to Boyd and Hazel (Hansen) Condit.  Bev was raised in the town and…

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County supervisors exploring county-based public health

Special meeting Wednesday with IDPH consultant The board will hold a special meeting Wednesday for information and discussion of public health services with Heather Bombei, regional community health consultant with the Iowa Department of Public Health. The county supervisors are exploring the possibility of returning to a county-based public health department to combat escalating costs.

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