MACKSBURG NEWS



Ruth and Ida Eivins attended the 90th birthday party for Ida’s sister Goldie Sunday at North Liberty.Ron and Denise Kirkland attended a potluck Saturday evening at Care Center South.Lane Jones had a sleep over Thursday evening at Clark and Nancy Mountain’s.Lunch was served for family and friends of Esther Bucher Tuesday at the Methodist Church, after the burial at Moon […]

READERS OPINE ON NOV. 4 MID-TERM ELECTION CANDIDATES



Dear Publisher:Well, election day is less than one week away and soon we will be without all the nasty campaign ads, on every form of media that exists. One person that we have not heard a disparaging word from is Julian Garrett.Mr. Garrett has consistently run his campaigns and his political life as he has his personal life. Julian is […]

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Dear Publisher:Once again Matt Schultz is purposely mis-stating facts to further his political career. In an Oct. 22 ad in the Madisonian, he boldly suggests he would save the taxpayer $709,864. To set the record straight, the $700K + Matt Schultz cites to is for one lawsuit filed in 2006, Madison County vs. Patterson et. al. The lawsuit involved alleged […]

WINTERSET GIRLS QUALIFY FOR STATE MEET



The Winterset girls’ cross country team qualified for the state meet in Fort Dodge with a second-place finish at Perry.The top three teams at the Perry meet qualified for state, as did the top 10 runners.Both Layken Gurwell and Dominique Fleming finished among the top 10.State Meet QualifiersAT PERRYGirls’ Class 3-A Team Scoring1. x-Gilbert 32; 2. x-Winterset 84; 3. x-Humboldt […]

BUSINESS BYTES



 

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Celebrating four generations. Pictured are members of the Eyerly family. Cody Eyerly and his children Taiten and Addison stand behind Kyle Eyerly and his daughter Genevieve, Eloise Eyerly and Jim Eyerly. The photo was taken in Midlothian, Va.

LOCAL SCOUTS NAMED TO ORDER OF THE ARROW



With the overnight temperatures hovering around 34 degrees, four members of Boy Scout Troop 121 of Winterset spent the night tending their individual fires as part of the Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor Ceremony held recently at Camp Mitigwa.The Order of the Arrow is the Boy Scouts’ National Camping Honor Society. The four members were chosen by a committee […]

WINTERSET FALLS AT BONDURANT



Although the outcome wasn’t quite what the Winterset faithful were hoping for, the road warriors were treated to something not often seen at Bondurant-Farrar.Fans got a glimpse of a facility built by a winning lottery ticket – a field constructed by the second-biggest lottery win ever in Iowa. They also built a grocery store for the community.Brian, an attorney, and […]

VIEW FROM ON HIGH



Crews work on the northwest corner of the county courthouse, laying new plastic shingles on the new roof.

CANDIDATES CRISS-CROSS COUNTY: NARCISSE, GREGG AND STEWART VISIT WINTERSET