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The Hawk Eye The former library inside Corse Elementary is stripped bare, its concrete floors exposed and some walls reduced to frames. But come August, it will be filled with tiny furniture, books, toys and bright colors. Thats when 1-, 2-, and 4-year-olds enrolled at the Corse Early Childhood Center will gather on weekdays as early as 6:30 a.m. until as late as 6 p.m.  "A lot of our construction work is down this hallway, because this is where a majority of the child care rooms are," Cors...

Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye Des Moines County engineer Brian Carter told the county supervisors and department heads yesterday that residents are ready for Des Moines County 99 to open. But were going to have to wait. Chaired by Jim Cary while chairman Tom Broeker is away on family business, the meeting essentially began with Carters report on the DMC-99 bridge, the Flint Bottom bridge and county roads in general. Carter said, "If it would quit raining two or three inches all at once, that would ...

Local arts venues get Iowa Cultural Affairs grants The Hawk Eye Players Workshop and Mount Pleasants Midwest Old Threshers are among local arts and entertainment venues, organizations and individuals getting grants to help them recover from months of lost revenue due to COVID-19. The Iowa Arts & Cultural Recovery Program, administered through the Iowa Arts Council and the State Historical Society of Iowa, is an extension of the Iowa Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund. Players Workshop plan...