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Apr

Mar-Mac Police searching for new officer

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 12:25

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

The Mar-Mac Unified Police District is searching for a full-time officer to fill the position vacated last month by Brad McNett.

Police Chief Jason Bogdonovich, at the public safety commission’s April 4 meeting, said he currently had two internal applicants for the position. After reviewing those, he said he would consider opening it up to outside applicants. Other area police departments, Bogdonovich noted, are also searching for officers, so he thought it might be a good idea to check their candidate pools, especially if there are certified officers.

Tue

Apr

McGregor holding Trash Bash

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 12:22

Join your friends and neighbors in giving McGregor a spring cleaning during Trash Bash, held the week leading up to Earth Day, April 22.

Due to the recent closure of the Luster Heights Correctional Facility, the city could use some extra help. Volunteers are needed to pick up litter in McGregor in several areas. Sessions will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Trash bags will be provided, but please bring your own gloves.

Litter pick-up dates and times include:

•Monday, April 17, noon — Meet at Riverfront Park to pick up litter in Riverfront Park, the adjacent parking lots and the commercial historic district from the riverfront up Main Street.

Tue

Apr

MFL MarMac fifth graders pay it forward

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 11:11

Fifth graders Hailea Pritchard and Ruby Koeller played the board game Candy Land with Gaylord Oelke, a resident at Great River Care Center (GRCC), in McGregor, on March 30. Their teacher, Amy Bunting, recently received a $250 Project Jack Grant from the Iowa Association of Realtors. The class visits GRCC several times each year, so they decided to use the money to purchase several board games, hands-on/minds-on activities, art supplies and even an air hockey table that would accommodate wheelchairs. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

Students, like Dalton Krause, especially enjoyed playing air hockey with the Great River Care Center residents.

Kaylee Nuehring and Erynn Evanson helped bring out the residents’ artistic talents.

When MFL MarMac fifth grade teacher Amy Bunting received a $250 Project Jack Grant from the Iowa Association of Realtors, she asked her class what they wanted to do with the money in order to “pay it forward.”

“Our class visits the Great River Care Center a few times a year, and the kids wanted to bring a smile to the residents’ faces there and spend time with them,” she said.

So, they came up with the idea to purchase several board games, hands-on/minds-on activities, art supplies and even an air hockey table that would accommodate wheelchairs. The students were excited about the plan and even wanted to sing to the residents.

Tue

Apr

Veterans Memorial Hospital purchases former Monona dental clinic building

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 11:06

Last week, the Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the former Family Dentistry Associates of Monona clinic building, with the intent to begin the process of contracting providers to establish a family medical clinic in Monona. (Submitted photo)

Plans in the works to open family medical clinic

Last week, the Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the former Family Dentistry Associates of Monona clinic building, with the intent to begin the process of contracting providers to establish a family medical clinic in Monona.

Tue

Apr

Marquette, McGregor state their case for Luster Heights

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 11:04

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

The cities of Marquette and McGregor aren’t taking the closure of Luster Heights Correctional Facility lying down.

A contingent from the two cities—including Marquette city manager Denise Schneider, McGregor city administrator Lynette Sander and councilwoman Janet Hallberg, and former District 56 State Rep. Patti Ruff—visited the state capitol in Des Moines last week, advocating for the re-opening of the facility, which is located outside Harpers Ferry.

Tue

Apr

McGregor-Marquette Shop Hop is April 8

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 11:02

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Check out all that McGregor and Marquette’s unique shops and restaurants have to offer on Saturday, April 8, for Shop Hop.

“It’s getting warmer and nicer, so we thought this would be a great time and a great way to jump-start the season,” said McGregor-Marquette Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Patti Ruff.

Tue

Mar

Northeast Iowa drug trends: Meth still drug of choice, but heroin a growing concern

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 12:37

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Methamphetamine is still the drug of choice in northeast Iowa, but heroin use is a growing concern.

That’s according to a special agent with the Division of Narcotics Enforcement (part of the Iowa Department of Public Safety), who led a presentation about northeast Iowa drug trends on March 23, at Clayton Ridge Middle School in Garnavillo.

The event was sponsored by the Clayton County Community Collaboration Council (5C), which, through initiatives and education, works to raise awareness of alcohol, tobacco and drug use.

Tue

Mar

Library tech help sessions offer both knowledge and comfort for attendees

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 12:34

Murphy Helwig Library Director Chris Bee (far right) shares tech advice with Marilyn Swanson, Ellen LaFrentz and Helen Hanson at one of the library’s tech help sessions. The library will offer these free, informal sessions the third Tuesday of each month, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. (Photo by Audrey Posten)

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Having trouble connecting your tablet to Wi-Fi? Curious about the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte? Wondering how an app on your cell phone works?

Discover the answers to these and other related questions at Monona’s Murphy Helwig Library, during tech help sessions offered the third Tuesday of each month. Anyone is welcome to these free, informal sessions, which run from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

“It’s just to help people with technology, whether it’s phones or tablets,” said library director Chris Bee. “We wanted to create an opportunity for people to ask questions no matter the device.”

Tue

Mar

Middle, long distances look to be strengths for boys track team

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 12:33

Members of the MFL MarMac high school boys track team are (left to right) Nick Larson, Kolton Matthews, Jamarr Tanniehill, Levi Ferguson, JT Stocker, Riley Doeppke, Alex McNally, Korby Keehner, Zach Trudo, Dylan Corlett, JP Murphy and Spencer Rose. (Photo by Audrey Posten)

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

This year’s MFL MarMac boys track team is a smaller squad than in years past, but a combination of experienced runners, new faces and hard work should make the group exciting to watch, said head coach Dan Anderson.

2017 is Anderson’s 11th year at the helm, and he’ll be joined by second-year assistant Kyle Kirkestue.

The team’s biggest strength, said Anderson, will be at the middle and long distances.

Fri

Mar

Matthew Allison Jacobs

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/24/2017 - 09:22

Matthew Allison Jacobs, 20, of McGregor, died Sunday, March 19, at his home in McGregor.

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