Four vie for 3 Black Hawk seats
Star Courier
Voters Tuesday will be asked to choose from four candidates who are running for the three open seats for the Black Hawk College Board of Trustees.
Stevens, Larsen and Swan are running together as an election slate. They say they share many of the same regional concerns and solutions.
Kimberly Stevens is the owner and operator of Stevens Veterinary Clinic in Galva.
She says owning an animal-based clinic so close to the college has given her great insight into how the college interacts with the community. She said owning the business for the past 10 years has given financial management insights that will also be useful.
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The Kewanee League of Women Voters will hold a forum Thursday on Tuesday s election where Black Hawk College and the Kewanee Public Library District are asking voters to approve increases in property taxes. The college is asking for an increase of 15.5 cents 12.5 cents for the education fund and 3 cents for the operation and maintenance fund, while the library seeks to increase its tax rate from 49 cents to 60 cents per $100 of equalized assessed valuation.
The Kewanee FFA Chapter will sponsor a Donkey Basketball Tournament Saturday night featuring KHS students vs. faculty and Wethersfield students vs. community members. Proceeds will go to help send chapter members to leadership conferences and judging competitions, according to FFA advisor Harley Hepner.
Kewanee Scouts get busy saving bees by creating hotels where the insects can rest
Susan DeVilder
The Star Courier
Jacque Komnick’s garage was buzzing with a hive of activity late Wednesday afternoon as the girls from Girl Scout Troop 4444 scooped flower seeds into bags and reworked toilet paper tubes.
Just one year ago, the group’s appeal to the Kewanee City Council to change an ordinance that would have hindered their plans for a Silver Service project was front page news. The Troop’s hope to plant a pollinator garden near the Little cabin at the edge of town ran afoul of local law, which they only learned after presenting their garden idea to the Kewanee Preservation Society and researching the city ordinance.
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