BC board to meet Feb. 19 in Norway
BENTON COMMUNITY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR BOARD MEETING 7:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,2014 NORWAY CENTER MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM 100 SCHOOL DRIVE, NORWAY, IA 52318 PUBLIC HEARING SCHOOL CALENDAR –...
View ArticleBelle Plaine HS student investigates future career with FBI
By NANCI YOUNG Workplace Learning Connection Mackinze Urbanek from Belle Plaine High School feels that gathering intelligence on a future career warrants a thorough search process. Her method of doing...
View ArticleBelle Plaine City Council Agenda, Feb. 18, 2014
Committee of the Whole Meeting February 18, 2014, 5:00 p.m. City Hall, Council Chambers Tentative Agenda Work Session Items presented on the Committee of the Whole agenda are for review and discussion...
View ArticleSchwenn is third at district
IHSAA 1A Dist. 5 – Pleasantville Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 146.0 West Marshall, State Center 86.0 Iowa Valley 83.0 Sigourney-Keota 81.0 B-G-M 34.0 Cardinal, Eldon 29.0 Wayne,...
View ArticleBenton advances two to state
IHSAA 2A District 5, Marion Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 Team scores Union 118.0 Mount Vernon 82.5 Solon 77.0 Williamsburg 49.0 East Marshall 46.0 Vinton-Shellsburg 44.0 Center Point-Urbana 39.0 Tipton 35.0...
View ArticleBelle Plaine Bowling, Feb. 19, 2014
Star League Feb. 11, 2014 Heartland Co-op 65.5-26.5 Dave Vogel Ent. 59.5-32.5 U.S. Cellular 53.5-38.5 D&P Lounge 45.5-46.5 Dan Martin Repair 36-56 HTS: Heartland Co-op 1935 HTG: Heartland...
View ArticleStatehouse News: Dawn Pettengill
Casinos “All parties to the negotiations, including the commission, shall consider that the dog racetracks were built to facilitate the development and promotion of Iowa greyhound racing dogs in this...
View ArticleBelle Plaine High School student participates in prestigious World Food Prize...
Kayla Toennies of Belle Plaine High School was among the top students in the country selected to attend the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute, Oct. 17-19, 2013, in Des Moines, during the Borlaug...
View ArticleBelle Plaine FFA looks back on a busy year
This past year of the Belle Plaine FFA Chapter has been very busy. From our banquet in 2013, all the way to National FFA Week this 2014, our chapter has done a lot! Last March was the 2013 annual...
View ArticleLooking back on a busy year for Benton FFA
By BURGANDY FRESE Benton FFA Reporter FFA members have many opportunities to be involved in numerous activities throughout the year. They can compete from sub-districts all the way to the national...
View ArticleCrystal Ball, Feb. 19, 2014
Technology!!!!! %$#@ We got a new copy machine at the office last week. I realize this may not be cause for celebration among most people but if you work in an office, you will understand the feeling...
View ArticleSour Grapes, Feb. 19, 2014
It was a time to recharge the journalistic battery a few weeks ago when I traveled to Des Moines for the Iowa Newspaper Association convention. I enjoy the trip. I’ve been there many times. The...
View ArticleBenton County Letters, Feb. 19, 2014
False Facts? “If you like your insurance plan, you can keep it.” Would that be considered a false fact? In the first place, a false fact does not exist. A fact is actual and therefore not false. If...
View ArticleIowa DOT urges caution as another round of winter weather heads this way
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 19, 2014 – Two storm systems are headed for Iowa after midnight tonight, with a blizzard warning issued for portions of central and northern Iowa. The systems will bring combinations...
View ArticleVan Horne Newsletter – February / March
Van Horne Community Newsletter February/March 2014 Well this winter reminds me of some of the winters in the ‘60s. I was 10 to 12 years old and remember walking over the clothesline in our yard as well...
View ArticleIOWA CLASS 2A STATE WRESTLING –Grinnell advances 4;W’burg, Benton have tough...
At the end of the first day of the Iowa Class 2A state wrestling meet, four wrestlers – all from Grinnell – won their first round matches, while three others kept their seasons going with...
View ArticleFUNERAL: Evelyn H. Brecht
MARENGO – Evelyn H. Brecht, 98, Marengo and Norway, died Sunday Feb. 16, 2014, at her home. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Norway United Methodist Church, Norway, with...
View ArticleBP school board plans work session Feb. 26
BELLE PLAINE BOARD OF EDUCATION BOARD WORK SESSION Belle Plaine Community School District Meeting Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., Longfellow Elementary School, 707-7th Street, Belle Plaine,...
View ArticleTim Kapucian, Feb. 20, 2014
Greetings from under the Golden Dome As we are bracing for yet another winter storm, we wrapped up the first funnel week for the 2014 Legislative session. Nearly 69,000 Iowans suffer from Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleAREA SCHOOL BOARD INSERVICE – School officials plead for allowable growth,...
By BRIAN RATHJEN A 6-percent in allowable growth for the 2015-2016 school year, as proposed by Senate Democrats, seems like a good idea on paper. But holding true to that promise and making it...
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