Goodchild hired as head football coach at BC
The Benton Community Board of Education has hired Kal Goodchild as Head Football Coach at Benton Community. Kal brings a wealth of experience and a great passion for coaching football to the program....
View ArticleBP BOARD: Reading, tests, DIBELS and goals
Belle Plaine Board of Education talks with administration By JIM MAGDEFRAU Star Press Union editor DIBELS is the new assessment elementary staff is using to see how Belle Plaine students are doing in...
View ArticleBP board approves budget hearing and programs
BELLE PLAINE – In other business at the Belle Plaine Board of Education meeting in Belle Plaine, on March 19: Diplomas were approved the Class of 2014. Commencement will be Sunday, May 18. Approval was...
View ArticleBelle Plaine competes at SICL Indoor meet in Grinnell
2014 South Iowa Cedar League Indoor Grinnell College Thursday, March 20, 2014 No team scores Belle Plaine girls’ place-winners 60 – 3. Larissa Fowler 8.75 60 hurdles – 3. Justice Yilek 10.65; 6....
View ArticleTim Kapucian, March 21, 2014
Greetings from under the Golden Dome. With the first day of spring comes speculation on the ending date of the legislative session. This year’s session is scheduled to go 100 days and be finished on or...
View ArticleThompson in Iowa Geographic Bee
Nick Thompson from Central Lutheran has qualified to compete in the Iowa Geographic Bee on April 4 on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. One hundred students throughout the state will be...
View ArticleTLC meeting planned at Benton
Benton CSD Teacher Leadership Review Council Meeting Notice The Benton Community Teacher Leadership Review Council will meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Central Administration Office, Van...
View ArticleEnforcement program results are given by sheriff’s department
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office, as part of their grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau participated in the March 14–17, 2014, sTEP enforcement wave. “The focus of this project is both...
View ArticleDawn Pettengill, March 21, 2014
Session continues What is our status during this session? It looks like we are on our way to being done early or at least within the 100 days. Both funnels are done. We are moving Senate bills through...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Ruth Marie Lyman
Ruth Marie Lyman, 90, died Wednesday March 19, 2014, at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center from a prolonged illness. Services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Hrabak Funeral Home...
View ArticleHLV, Belle Plaine to present “Annie” March 28-29 in Victor
It’s an opportunity few 11-year-olds receive even today – living with a billionaire. In 1933, it was unheard of. But for a special young orphan, it is the dream and opportunity of a lifetime. And it...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Robert M. “Bob” Feuerbach
KEYSTONE – Robert M. “Bob” Feuerbach, 88, died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBenton County Supervisors – March 25, 2014
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING March 25, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Board of Supervisors Room 1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order 2. 9:05 a.m. Marc Greenlee Re: Request budget amendment for FY14 (health...
View ArticleBelle Plaine Police, Monday, March 24, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014 11:04 a.m. – Report of door to a residence standing open, 800 block of Ninth St. Officer checked on it and found the wind blew the door open. 7:21 p.m. – Harassment report on...
View ArticleGroverts donate building to Newhall for City Hall, Library
NEWHALL – William and Joan Grovert donated the building to the city Monday, March 24. Charles Grovert and son, William Grovert, (Charles Grovert and Son Garage) established an automotive garage in 1910...
View ArticleBP council plans special meeting March 26; hiring of clerk is on agenda
Belle Plaine City Council SPECIAL MEETING City Hall, Council Chambers Wednesday March 26, 2014 5:30 p.m. Tentative Agenda Call to order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Resident Comments Consideration of...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Eva Charlotte Hartkemeyer Johnson
On Saturday, March 22, 2014, Eva Charlotte Hartkemeyer Johnson died in the Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo. Funeral services are Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church,...
View ArticleBC and IBEW negotiations to start
NOTICE The Initial Collective Bargaining Proposal of the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #1362) will be presented to the Benton Community School District according to...
View ArticleBC TLC Committee to meet Thursday
Benton CSD Teacher Leadership Review Council Meeting Notice The Benton Community Teacher Leadership Review Council will meeting on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Central Administration Office, Van...
View ArticleBenton to present M*A*S*H this week
This weekend, Benton Community High School presents M*A*S*H, a wild, free-flowing comedy set during the Korean War. Based on the popular TV show, M*A*S*H stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital....
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