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Several projects were approved at Monday night’s City Council Meeting. The first project was a resolution that passed 5-0 to establish a stop sign and other traffic controls on 7th St SW at the intersection with 12th Ave SW. The Council is hopeful that the new stop sign will help with visibility and slow down
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A public hearing was held on Tuesday, September 10 at the Dyersville Social Center to hear a presentation by IIW on a proposed sidewalk from West Dubuque Elementary to Westside Park. Prior to the presentation, residents were allowed to view maps and plans of each sidewalk proposal and express any concerns or questions. During the
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The Dyersville Dairy Queen is one of many Dairy Queen locations nation-wide who make local miracles happen one blizzard at a time. On Thursday August 14th, 2014, $1 or more from every Blizzard®Treat purchased at participating DQ® stores have been donated to your local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® to help children in need. According to www.miracletreatday.com, Children’s
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Beckman Catholic High School announced exciting news tonight at a parent information meeting. In conjunction with their Blazing Forward Capital Campaign, the high school will host Jam the Gym on Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. The goal of the event is to challenge family, friends, alumni and parents of Beckman Catholic to raise $500,000 in pledges
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A local Dyersville drug dealer was busted yesterday afternoon. ScanDBQ.com, a Dubuque-based news website reported that at approximately 1:00 p..m., the Dubuque Drug Task Force conducted a narcotics investigation at the residence of Kevin Deutmeyer, located at 617 2nd St. N.E. in Dyersville. While searching Deutmeyer’s residence, the Drug Task Force found items commonly used
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There was a large turnout at Monday night’s City Council Meeting. The agenda listed two items that caught Dyersville citizens attention and prompted them to attend the meeting. The first item was a resolution to approve the removal of trees located at the intersection of 12th Avenue SW and 7th Street SW. Mayor Al Haas
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Have you wondered what the helicopters have been doing darting in and out of corn fields the last few weeks? Area farmers are having their fields crop dusted which helps prevent diseases in order to prepare for a bountiful harvest this fall. I had the opportunity to chat with a local agronomist on the benefits
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Tragedy hit the close-knit community of Epworth, Iowa on Saturday afternoon when four teenage boys, all 14 years old, were killed by a pick-up truck who failed to stop at a stop sign while driving in their John Deere gator at an Epworth intersection. Sean Kenneally, Mitchell Kluesner, Nicholas Kramer and Bryce Wilert were all about to
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Dyersville area residents gathered last night to honor those who have lost and survived their battle with cancer. The 12-hour event started at 6 p.m. at Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville. I had the opportunity to find out what this event means to others and why they participate.
The Trailblazers are all too familiar with the situation they find themselves in tomorrow. Playing for their third consecutive state title against the same team, top-seeded North Polk. The two storied baseball teams will face each other in tomorrow’s state championship game at 2 p.m. at Principal Park in Des Moines. Beckman Catholic defeated Van
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