The Goessel City Council heard at its Dec. 17 meeting that Councilor Jim Wiens and Public Works Director Karen Dickerson had personally donated supplies and bottled water to the city of Lincolnville to help them deal with the effects of the recent ice storm.
The Florence City Council discussed the future of the vacant former nursing home at its Dec. 3 meeting.
A group is considering rehabilitating the nursing home into affordable housing and asked whether a survey could be done to help determine if there would be enough interest in the project.
Terry Holt, at home in his office at Marion Reservoir (left photo) and receiving the de Fleury Medal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in San Antonio in late October.
In late October, Terry Holt, lead park ranger at Marion Reservoir and co-program manager of the Critical Incident Stress Management program for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was in San Antonio, Texas, to give a presentation at an environmental and natural resource conference.
Goessel’s Henry Wedel takes aim during a recent pool match at the AGAPE Senior Center. “It’s fun to play,” Wedel said.
Nearly every weekday morning, a group of men gather at the AGAPE Senior Center in Goessel. The coffeepot runs, pool cues are chalked and the men go to work perfecting their game.
Commission Chairman Randy Dallke officially commended emergency personnel and volunteers at the Marion County Commission meeting Monday for their actions in last week’s ice storm that he said left 800 electric poles down, affecting the northern part of the county.
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