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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 9:18am
Harold R. Stark, 83, of Greene, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at the Liebe Care Center in Greene.
Harold Roy Stark was born July 14, 1931, on the family farm east of Riceville in Howard County, Iowa to Roy and Myrtle (Torney) Stark...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:30am
George G. Seehusen, 91, of Allison, Iowa, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa.
George was born in Emden, Germany on October 14, 1922, to George and Marie (Wilts) Seehusen. He attended Butler...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:51am
Bob Renning, a 1979 Clarksville grad, had never seen anything like it.
About seven car lengths behind him on Minnesota Interstate 35 were flames rolling underneath a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer.
With the wind fanning the flames, Renning’s...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:49am
Predicted rainy weather held off for a large crowd at Butler County’s Relay for Life Friday night.
Funds raised for the event are destined for research, advocacy, treatment and education. An unofficial total of $58,000 was reported, with...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:47am
Close to 15,000 cyclists will peddle through Clarksville Thursday for Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
The local planning committee has been busy since April, getting everything in order to host the last stop on...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:46am
Wilder Daze Committee gets in the groove for the annual celebration Friday and Saturday.
See schedule and more in the July 17 Tribune-Journal and Clarksville Star.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:44am
The June 16windstorm came when city officials were wrapping up year-end finances for June 30.
To accommodate storm cleanup expenses, the city had to split the $60,000 cost of tree removal into two fiscal years. City clerk Larry Betts allocated $...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:42am
The revival of Allison Cats baseball means hitting the elusive 50-year milestone. Starting in 1948, the Cats put together 49 consecutive seasons before disbanding in 1996. But, cousins Casey Klunder and Collin Freesemann resumed the Cats this year...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:40am
Great pitching and key hits helped the Allison Cats sweep Fort Atkinson Sunday.
The Mallards were tied with the Cats atop the league standings, before the home squad took both games, 8-1 and 5-1.
“We are improving every week, which is...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:38am
An Allison Farmers Cooperative employee had a tank of 32 percent liquid nitrogen fertilizer catastrophically fail Thursday morning, releasing 800 gallons of the substance onto Birch, Sixth and Spruce streets.
Allison FC employees then washed the...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 2:43pm
CHARLES CITY – A redeeming moment for both North Butler coach Jeff Stirling and graduate Emily Dolan came in the bottom of the 10th inning on Monday, July 14 in the Class 2A regional final against Denver.
Dolan, who missed last season...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 2:39pm
CLARKSVILLE – When rain halted this game a little more than three weeks ago with CAL leading 2-1, it was far from over.
Clarksville had a runner on with no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
But Cadet junior Austin Guerrero...
