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Friday, April 20, 2018 - 3:48pm
When severe weather strikes, many residents in Wright County are relying on the Code Red emergency notification system to warn them of approaching severe weather.
Wright County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Lester reminds residents the Code...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 11:36am
It was two years ago that Karissa Everson, Eagle Grove Area School District Instructional Strategist and Instructional Coach, discovered the #lovemyschoolday social media movement. After seeing how school across the nation were promoting the great...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 11:19am
Wright County Economic Development hopes to take advantage of the Prestage hog processing development to create further economic opportunities through related industries. A truck wash, office supplier, cold storage, and other businesses could find...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 11:04am
It’s been nearly three years since Jess and Tiffini Toliver first met their soon-to-beson’s birth mother. They had been chosen to be the adoptive parents of little Gabriel. At only five months into the pregnancy, the Tolivers were an...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 3:57pm
Searching for something hidden for the chance to win a prize sounds like a lot of fun, but the cause it’s supporting is no laughing matter.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and this blue pinwheel, sponsored by the Prevent Child...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 3:54pm
On July 29, 2002, Kent and Angela Wesselink gave birth to their third child - a boy, Cael. He was a sweet baby, adored by his parents and as his two older brothers. But as the days turned into two months, Angela started to notice a few differences...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 3:51pm
“I originally thought I was going to be a teacher of business and a big time coach,” Mel Sampson of Eagle Grove said with a little smile and chuckle as he talked about his 50 year career as an accountant.
He spent forty-five of those...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 3:49pm
The Eagle Grove Hotel and Convention Center Committee held five separate informational meetings last week to deliver information and answer questions to possibly interested investors.
According to Eagle Grove City Administrator Bryce Davis, who is...
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 8:17am
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Andrew Schroeder, 36, of Waterloo with Third Degree Burglary following an incident at a rural residence east of Belmond Saturday afternoon.
The Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the...
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 4:46pm
-At this past Monday’s meeting of the Eagle Grove City Council, members approved the appointment of I&S Group as engineers for drainage district #15, and authorized them to prepare a preliminary report for the repair and/or improvement of...
