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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday, Oct. 29 meeting received a request of $7,458 from the Elderbridge Agency on Aging – a slight request from $7,205 funding.

Spilled Ink

Last week I received a phone call from Vic Rooney. She called my office at the Journal to suggest reading a book that the book club is currently reading. 13 Ways to Kill Your Community is the title of the book. She gave me a few snippets of what she had read so far and she thought I would enjoy reading it.

New Second Step program helping elementary students

The North Union elementaries in Fenton and Swea City have implemented a new program this school year. With the help of school counselor Carrie Traever, the Second Step program is now being used weekly at both campuses.

Bancroft museum Memories

Are you ready to take “a trip down memory lane”? Today, as you look at the fine building housing Hager Foods with its large parking lot, do you ever think of the buildings which existed there in the past? Or, you may be too young to know anything about them.

Iowa Lakes Aviation Student Safely Conducts Emergency Landing In Rural Kossuth County

Thursday evening, October 24 while completing a solo, cross-country flight, an Iowa Lakes aviation student made an emergency landing on a rural Kossuth county gravel road near Bancroft, IA.

North Union School Board learns of new program implemented in elementary

Carrie Traever, school counselor at the North Union Fenton Elementary, described how the Second Step Program is being implemented by herself and the staff during the North Union School Board meeting on Monday, October 21.

Bancroft museum Memories

Tue, 10/22/2019 - 4:27pm admin

It is that great time of the year, if you like wonderful home cooked meals, but don’t want to prepare them. It seems that most of the “fund raisers” are held during the fall season.

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Supervisors approve sheriff’s department storage

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 4:29pm admin

The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday, Oct.

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Vicar Allen Henderson and his family were welcomed to the Swea City community and Our Savior Lutheran Church following their move from St. Louis. Pictured from a 1987 file photo is Vicar and Mrs. Henderson and daughter, Kristen. Standing in background is daughter Kandi and son Kelly.

Murdered Fort Dodge pastor once served Swea City

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 4:33pm Clinton Davis

By now, most readers have heard the news about Allen Henderson who was murdered in Fort Dodge outside the St. Paul Lutheran Church where he pastored.

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Eight over 80: Evelyn Pape

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 4:28pm Clinton Davis

“I miss driving terribly,” Evelyn Pape, who turned 94 in June 2019, commented wistfully at the beginning of the interview, adding, “I have two cars, but Kevin drives them.”

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Following your dreams leads to dream job

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 4:24pm Clinton Davis

When Alyssa Fothergill left for college in the fall of 2016, she would have never imagined that she would be a business owner three years later. But that is exactly what happened to her.