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The Write on Writers Group meets on the second and fourth Sunday of the month from 3:30-5:00 PM in the library’s meeting room.

Sip N Stitch on January 10, 2022

Bring your current handcraft project - cross-stitch, needlepoint, knitting, quilting, sewing, macrame, crochet or something else - and share your progress with fellow crafters.

No new teachers in Fort Madison sign pledge on Dec. 29 to teach Critical Race Theory

By SE Iowa News | Dec 31, 2021

There were no new teachers in Fort Madison who signed the pledge on Dec. 29, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

Faculty Honor Roll: Fall 2021

These are the self-reported accomplishments in alpha-order from SAU faculty and teaching staff from June through December 2021.

Finalists named for Northeast Iowa Community College presidency

The Northeast Iowa Community College Board of Trustees approved The President Search Committee’s recommendation of four finalist candidates for the position of college president, at its meeting on Dec. 20.

Mentor Coaching Seminar on January 8, 2022

JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF COACHING TRAINING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 FROM 8:30 A.M. - NOON.

Dogtown development project near Drake University receives approval from Urban Design Review Board

With today’s Urban Design Review Board approval, Merge Urban Development (Merge) of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is one step closer to starting their transformational project at 25th Street and University Avenue in the Dogtown district of the Drake neighborhood.

Reporting Storm Damage

Please contact the Franklin County Assessor's office to report any damage that was done to your property during the recent storms.

No new teachers in Fort Madison sign pledge on Dec. 28 to teach Critical Race Theory

There were no new teachers in Fort Madison who signed the pledge on Dec. 28, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

The same Van Buren County households received food assistance benefits in 2020

Van Buren County no change in the number of households participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020.

More Van Buren County residents received food assistance benefits in 2020

Van Buren County saw a 1.6 percent increase in the number of residents who participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020, according to a Van Buren Guide analysis of data from the state's Department of Human Services.

DMU Prof Shares Expertise in a Virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship

By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2021

Simon Geletta, Ph.D., a professor of public health at DMU, had little reason to expect he’d ever give a lecture at 1 a.m.

One teacher in Fairfield pledges to teach controversial Critical Race Theory by Dec. 28

Critical Race Theory will be taught by one teacher in Fairfield who’s signed an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project by Dec. 28.

Van Buren County residents receive $1,284,978 in food assistance benefits in 2020

Van Buren County saw a 57 percent increase in the amount of money allocated through Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of the state's Department of Human Services.

Fewer Louisa County households received food assistance benefits in 2020

Louisa County saw a 0.5 percent decrease in the number of households participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020.

Fewer Louisa County residents received food assistance benefits in 2020

Louisa County saw a 1.7 percent decrease in the number of residents who participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020, according to a Louisa Guide analysis of data from the state's Department of Human Services.

Louisa County residents receive $1,617,352 in food assistance benefits in 2020

Louisa County saw a 45.3 percent increase in the amount of money allocated through Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of the state's Department of Human Services.

No new teachers in Fort Madison sign pledge on Dec. 27 to teach Critical Race Theory