Light snow and colder temperatures send a flock of ducks scurrying up the banks of Duck Creek looking for shelter from the wind. After reaching 50 degrees Dec. 8, the weather has now returned to more normal winter temperatures.
PLEASANT VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Pleasant Valley, Iowa BOARD OF EDUCATION, REGULAR MEETING, BELMONT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE Monday, December 1, 2003, 7:00 P.M., C.S.T.
Ducks gather along the Mississippi River shoreline at Leach Park. The Mississippi River flyway is a major migratory route each summer and fall for waterfowl.
A western Iowa teacher who was fired after publicly commenting that she wouldn’t miss activist Charlie Kirk after his death last year has been awarded jobless benefits.
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