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30 years ago, Eve was abandoned as an infant on the steps of a church on Christmas Eve. Now, struggling to move forward with her life, she embarks on a...
LESTER—After taking more than a year off, the Lyon County chapter of the Iowa League of Cities met Oct. 19 in Lester, where economic development director Steve Simons spoke on
For the past 18 months, the team has been providing top-shelf meals to St. John's Hospice, which serves hundreds of men experiencing homelessness -- and the dishes have been a home run for body and soul.
REGIONALâA year out from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, NâWest Iowa counties have some of the lowest unemployment numbers in the state. Lyon and Osceola counties each recorded 2.7 percent unemployment as of March, second-lowest only to Fremont County in southwest Iowa at 2.5 percent, according to data from the Iowa Workforce Development. Those unemployment figures are close to where the NâWest Iowa counties were at in March 2020: 2.5 percent for Lyon and 2.4 percent for Osceola. Last April, however, they jumped to 4.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively after the onset...
jfisher@timesrepublican.com Marshalltown residents have exceeded $1 million in savings from repair costs thanks to the city adopting the Service Line Warranties of America program. The program was brought to Marshalltown in 2011 thanks to research by Steve Simons who was the city’s sewer superintendent at the time. It offers residents the option of purchasing coverage for repairs to water and sewer lines with no deductible. If a service line is damaged, SLWA will cover up to $8,500 in repair costs which includes everything from plumbing to concrete removal. SLWA is a home repair service bas...