Ted Orr News Today

The Iowa DNR has filed nearly 100 enforcement actions so far this year against companies or individuals who violated Iowa laws designed to protect Iowa’s environment. Cities and counties also work to stop discharges and hold offenders accountable. Critics say there isn’t enough enforcement and the fines are too small to deter future violations.

Businesses and volunteers were honored as the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of six awards.

With the death of Karl Berger on Easter Sunday at the age of 88, Woodstock and the world lost not only a master musician but a prolific, ground-breaking, internationally renowned composer and educator whose pioneering concepts based in the commonality of all music changed the way music can be taught, heard and learned.

The FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs was prominent in horsemen’s minds both going in and certainly coming out of Ellis Park Sunday.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Dr. Virgil Orr, 98, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, April 24, 2021. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Temple Baptist Church in Ruston. Interment will follow in the Douglas Cemetery in Choudrant, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. A visitation was held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Temple Baptist Church in Ruston. Virgil was born in February, 1923, and reared in Glenmora, where he graduated fr...