Iowans are still waiting to hear Gov Kim Reynolds’ next steps to reopen the Iowa economy after being slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, despite her saying Monday she’d have an announcement Tuesday. At her Tuesday press briefing Reynolds said she’s still reviewing information, and that she’ll have an announcement Wednesday. “I know Iowans and businesses are eager to know what’s…
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Jim Lawton, 1938 – 2020
James (Jim) Eugene Lawton was born January 14, 1938, near Linden at the home of his grandparents Clem and Lelah Gibbons. His parents were Isabelle Lydia (Gibbons) and John Peter Lawton who lived near Cooper Iowa at the time. The family moved to Dawson Township on a farm near Paton in 1943. At a young age his mother and siblings…
Read MoreIn the neighborhod
May 11, 2020 It’s unfortunate our libraries continue to be closed, but an example of the somewhat hidden volumes on our own shelves is shared by a longtime user and supporter of the libraries in the communities she lived in, including being a librarian at some time in those moves she made.
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