~by Jean Borgeson Sept. 30, 2019 MANY GUESTS – Last week, Toni and Phil Roberts enjoyed several visits from family and friends on Friday, September 20. Phil’s first cousin, Dick Roberts and wife, Jackie from Oregon, visited prior to Dick’s class reunion in Perry that evening. They enjoyed chatting about their common ancestors that both had recently looked up on…
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Hoskins show sheep at Iowa State Fair
Hoskins Stock Farm of Jefferson had a number of entries in the Suffolk Sheep show at the Iowa State Fair. The following is a list of classes and how they ranked: Yearling Ram, third; March & After Ram Lamb, fourth; Pair of Ram Lambs, fourth; Yearling Ewe, fifth; Yearling Ewe, third; Fall Ewe Lamb, third; January Ewe Lamb, fifth; January…
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Iowa DNR staff is still working on a report of the fish kill in Hardin Creek in August. Jake Theis, environmental specialist at the Atlantic DNR office, said he hopes the report will be complete by early next week, although he admitted he’s said that for the past two weeks. “Sometimes these things take longer. We need it to be…
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