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Ray Dwyer fills the seat of an outgoing city commissioner for the next several months, and then will seek election for a four-year term

Lifelong Marion County resident Dennis Strow had just undergone knee-replacement surgery on March 16, just four days before most hospital procedures were postponed throughout the county due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Strow, 66, a Vanguard High graduate, has since spent a year helping care for his father-in-law. Though they maintained their distance, it was stressful for Strow and his wife, Susie. They did not want to unintentionally expose the 88-year-old man to the virus. A few weeks ago, Strow received his second shot of the Moderna vaccine. Strow's father-in-law just had his second Mod...

DUNNELLON – Last month, then former councilman Bill White won the election and became city of Dunnellon mayor. In the middle of Monday night's meeting, White, who beat incumbent Mayor Dale Burns, took over the gavel. Two others, Louise Kenny and  Jan Cubbage, won their bids for a City Council seat. Kenny defeated former councilman and Mayor Larry Winkler. Councilman Jay Duggan lost to Cubbage. Joining White at the podium was Kenny and Cubbage, and all three took their oaths. All will serve four-year terms. White is the only man on the council. The remaining four are women: Cubbage...