Sheldon, Iowa — More than eleven hundred school board members, including a contingent from the Sheldon Community Schools, are gathered in Des Moines this week for the 74th annual Iowa Association of School Boards Convention. Read more
Low Gas Prices; Busy Roads Predicted For Thanksgiving
Statewide Iowa — It’s predicted tens of thousands of Iowans will be traveling at least 50 miles from home next week to share a Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. Rose White, at Triple-A-Iowa, says the state’s highways and interstates will be especially busy, no matter what the weather forecast may hold.
Rock Valley Senior Living Complex To Be Rebuilt
Rock Valley, Iowa — The $6.5 million senior living facility that was destroyed in a July fire in Rock Valley is going to be rebuilt. That’s from the secretary of the board of investors of the RiverView Ridge Senior Living Center. Read more
Jeremy Camp To Perform Again At RiseFest
Sheldon, Iowa — Another artist has been added to the roster for next summer’s RiseFest Christian music festival in Sheldon. Read more
Iowa’s Senators Call For Feds To Force Pipelines To Deliver More Propane
Statewide Iowa — (RI) — Iowa’s two U-S senators are pushing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider its options and prioritize pipeline shipments of propane to Iowa. Read more
MidAmerican Energy Buys ThermoCell Property
Sheldon, Iowa — At Monday’s meeting of the O’Brien County Board of Supervisors, the supervisors passed a resolution to allow the sale of the former ThermoCell building in south Sheldon to MidAmerican Energy Company. Read more