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MINERAL WELLS — City council members agreed Tuesday to authorize staff to enter negotiations with a firm bidding to write a master parks and recreation plan for Mineral Wells.

Some iteration of a 'right to roam' through privately owned land can be found throughout northern and central Europe, and the state of Maine.

Failed efforts to establish a National Forest in southeast Iowa amid the Great Depression and Second World War that spurred interest in the topic.

In a 5-1 vote, the Poynette Village Board approved amending the the village’s Comprehensive Plan in regards to the Planned Land Use Map. The area of the village that was in question was the 7.2 acres of land located west of S. Main Street and north of W. John Street. Currently, the 7.2 acres are zoned for single family residential, but an amendment to the ordinance would allow for a duplex or multi-family residential zoning tag. According to Village Administrator Martin Shanks, there is somewhat of a corridor of existing multi-family residential units in that area. The corridor could be ...