Demolition and reconstruction of Duck Creek Plaza is well under way with site preparation now in full swing for the new Home Depot (on the east end of the property) and Walgreen's (at the corner of Middle and Kimberly Roads), shown above.
The youth baseball season is in full swing despite the cold spring weather. The youngsters in the coach-pitch Pinto league play a game at Edgewood Park.
Bid from Hy-Brand of Muscatine, Iowa in the amount of $168,000 approved for the construction of improvements to the Life Fitness Center Cardio/Womenís Locker Room Addition.
With the weather getting warmer and days getting longer, Splash Landing awaits its opening Memorial Day weekend after a year closure for reconstruction and expansion.
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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