Benton approves leadership and administrative job descriptions
Board also sticks with calendar for next year after request from Touch of Class for setup day By JIM MAGDEFRAU Star Press Union editor NORWAY – The Benton Community Board of Directors approved the job...
View ArticleBelle Plaine school looks at its goals
Administrators present seven goals for this school year By JIM MAGDEFRAU Star Press Union editor Looking to the future. Belle Plaine Community School’s Administration gave a list of goals they will be...
View ArticleBelle Plaine Library, Feb. 21, 2014
HOURS Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to noon Find our website, at www.belleplaine.lib.ia.us. If you’d like a password to renew materials from home,...
View ArticleBP COUNCIL: Belle Plaine gets wells ready
BELLE PLAINE – It’s been a long winter for dealing with water in Belle Plaine. City Administrator Bill Daily stressed No. 6, which is an artesian well, is not being used yet. It has met approval for...
View ArticleBP COUNCIL: Landfill fees take a $1 increase
BP COUNCIL: Landfill fees take a $1 increase Belle Plaine learned the per capita fee for the Benton County Landfill is $33, at the Belle Plaine City Council Feb. 18 meeting. This is up $1. It was...
View ArticleBelle Plaine looks for interim to help with administrator duties
Council feels hiring from within will help with search for new administrator By JIM MAGDEFRAU Star Press Union editor BELLE PLAINE – On March 31, Belle Plaine will be without a city administrator....
View ArticleOBITUARY: Harold (Harry) C. Schmitt
WATKINS – Harold (Harry) C. Schmitt, 83, Watkins, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 at his family’s home. Services are Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Norway with the...
View ArticleIOWA CLASS 2A STATE WRESTLING – Four remain in contention for medals
There’ll be no state champions this year, but four area wrestlers are still in the hunt for Class 2A medals after the second-round consolation matches Friday morning at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines....
View ArticleBelle Plaine City Tournament Results
Feb. 3-8, 2014 Team Score State Farm 2652 Martin Repair 2651 Flaming Hot 2644 Grieder Motors 2638 Doubles Deanne Grieder & Lindsey Mumby 1439 Danny Viall & Drew Beck 1404 Trelys Mitchell Jr...
View ArticleBelle Plaine Bowling, Feb. 21, 2014
Star League Feb. 18, 2014 Heartland Co-op 69.5-26.5 Dave Vogel Ent. 62.5-33.5 U.S. Cellular 54.5-41.5 D&P Lounge 45.5-50.5 Dan Martin Repair 40-56 HTS: Dave Vogel Ent. 1856 HTG: Dave Vogel...
View ArticleOBITUARY: LuElla (Womochil) Koopman
LuElla (Womochil) Koopman, 52, died Friday Feb. 21, 2014. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at Brosh Chapel, 2121 Bowling Street SW, Cedar Rapids. Burial will follow at Hala...
View ArticleBenton at State Wrestling
2014 IHSAA State Championships Results for Benton Community Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA 2A-126 – Dylan Beaver (14-9) Champ. Round 1 – Parker Witthuhn (Roland-Story, Story City) 31-9 won by fall...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Dennis Lee Koopman
NEWHALL – Dennis Lee Koopman, 54, died Feb. 21, 2014 in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St. in Vinton,...
View ArticleSupervisors to meet Tuesday morning in Vinton
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING February 25, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Board of Supervisors Room 1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order 2. Approve minutes 3. 9:00 a.m. Barb Greenlee Re: Set...
View ArticleFriday shooting incident update
CEDAR RAPIDS – On Friday, Feb. 21, at 4:40 p.m. Cedar Rapids police officers responded to a shooting incident at 6124 Dean Road SW. Officers arrived on scene within three minutes of the dispatch to...
View ArticleBenton Economic Development Board to host Governor Branstad
The Benton County Economic Board (BDG) announced that, in cooperation with Click Stop of Urbana, they will host Governor Terry Branstad on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The Governor will be stopping at...
View ArticleANNIVERSARY: Dennis and JoAnn Karr
Dennis and JoAnn (Webert) Karr will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. The couple was married March 7, 1964, at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall. They have been...
View ArticlePancake breakfast in Luzerne
To help in his work to get to become an Eagle Scout through helping his community, Isaac Brandt, Luzerne, is coordinating a pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 9, in Luzerne. It will be held from 8 a.m....
View ArticleBelle Plaine Library News, Feb. 26
HOURS Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to noon Find our website, at www.belleplaine.lib.ia.us. If you’d like a password to renew materials from home,...
View ArticleCrystal Ball, Feb. 26, 2014
The test kitchen People ask me if I make every one of the recipes that appears in “A Taste of Iowa and Benton Counties” before they are printed in the paper. The answer, sadly, is no. I wish I could....
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