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Wildfire Smoke

Canadian wildfire related smoke is visible in southwest Iowa in this photo submitted to the Hamburg Reporter by Hamburg’s Judith Holliman. Smoke from the fires has been reported to have affected air quality and visibility in Iowa with hazy skies and unhealthy air quality ratings.

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Battle with the Bulls gets help from Sidney football players

The Battle with the Bulls Committee would like to send a big thank you to the Sidney gootball team for setting up the arena and back pens on the Friday morning before the Battle With The Bulls event and also for taking all the heavy gates and chutes down on Sunday after the event. This group worked in the heat on Friday and again in the mud and rain on Sunday morning.

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Watch for the Signs

As I’ve had some time to reflect on my life and time to visit with friends a little more intently, I’ve learned some lessons and so have they. We’ve learned that in this life we can only control what’s in “our lane,” and that worrying about friends, family and others only gives us more stress when all along it’s not our job to fix the world, change people, protect our babies or to judge our neighbors.

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