April 2023
LINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’SBIRTHDAY(04/28/23). This year favors creativity, invention and organization.
Second Monday
Second Monday: Hamburg City Council meeting, 1201 Main St., 6 p.m. 712-382-1313.
Iowa DCI provides update on Sidney homicide investigation
On April 17, 2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a stabbing at 508 Main St. in Sidney, Iowa. Upon arrival, deputies and first responders located two make subjects outside the residence who had been stabbed, one individual later succumbed to his injuries, while the other was life flighted to University of Omaha Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha with life threatening injuries.
Dowling, Sidney first at Lewis Central meet
Sidney earned a top team finish and grabbed the individual gold medal at the Lewis Central Invite at Fox Run Golf Course on Thursday, April 20. Avery Dowling led the Cowgirl team with a gold medal 18-hole score of 88.
Looking back 40 years when policy trumped politics
Q: How was Social Security saved 40 years ago? A: A bipartisan commission created in 1981 by Congress and President Ronald Reagan set aside partisanship for the public good to save Social Security. Back then, the public retirement program was heading for fiscal insolvency.
Examination reporter released for City of Farragut
Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co. P.C. CPAs (the examiners) have released an examination report on the City of Farragut, Iowa for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The examination was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.
Thunderstorm hits area last week
Readers from Nebraska City and Hamburg submitted photos of last week’s thunderstorm which included destructive and large hail as well as tornadic activity. .
Neighborhood Revitalization Planning Grant awarded to Sidney, Creston and Corning
The cities of Sidney, Creston, and Corning were each awarded $25,000 grants under the Comprehensive Neighborhood Revitalization Planning Community Development Block Grant (CNRP-CDBG) Program by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA). Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) will administer the grant for these cities.