Ley Foundation Grants 25000 to Five Minnesota Communities
The W D Ley Foundation announced 2017 grant recipients totaling 25000 across Buffalo Center Lakota Lake Mills Britt and Bricelyn Minnesota with 5000 awarded per community. Buffalo Center recipients include Buffalo Center Public Library B C Historical Society Baby Pool Committee Timely Mission Nursing Home B C Quasquicentennial Committee Little Bison Daycare North Iowa Betterment. Lakota recipients include Lakota Quasquicentennial Committee Lakota Library First Presbyterian Church North Iowa After Prom Lakota Fire Department Lakota Ambulance Ledyard Lakota Legion Auxiliary. Grant applications are accepted year round with a November 1 deadline.
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W.D. Ley Foundation
The
Foundation
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
Buffalo Center
Lakota
Lake Mills
Centennial
B.C. Historical Society
Baby Pool Committee
Timely Mission Nursing Home
B.C Quasquicentennial Committee
Little Bison Daycare
North Iowa
Ley Foundation
Lakota Quasquicentennial Committee
Lakota Library
First Presbyterian Church
Lakota Fire Department
Lakota Ambulance
Ledyard
Lakota Legion Auxil
Alicea Porter
B.C
Mike Kettwick
Little Bison Daycare Center
Doug DeBoer Retires After 33 Years of Teaching
North Iowa Community School held a sendoff last Thursday for Doug DeBoer who is retiring after 33 years in teaching. DeBoer spent over three decades in the district shaping students and programs.
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Doug DeBoer
North Iowa
Alzheimer's meeting moved to January 23 at Heritage Town Center
The Alzheimer's support group rescheduled its meeting from January 16 to January 23 at 6 p.m. at Heritage Town Center. Doug DeBoer, a longtime Lakota and North Iowa educator, retires after 30 years teaching math and computer classes and coaching cross country. His wife JoAnn DeBoer teaches at NIHS, and their daughters Abbey Gerzema and Stephanie Osborn are a middle school teacher and a nurse, respectively.
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Alzheimer’s
Heritage Town Center
DeBoer
Lakota
Buffalo Center
North Iowa
Doug
JoAnn DeBoer
NIHS
Abbey Gerzema
Stephanie Osborn
Abbey
Jefferson
Stephanie
West Des Moines
Riding to honor fallen heroes by Dean Anderson
Dean Anderson of Rake joined the Patriot Guard Riders to honor veterans and first responders at funerals. The nationwide group, started in 2005, forms an honor guard at services by invitation, emphasizing respect over being a motorcycle club. One notable mission honored Pvt. Palmer Heraldson, a Marine killed in World War II.
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Andrew Shay
Calvin Coolidge
Dean Anderson
Rake
Patriot Guard Riders
Anderson
Patriot Guard
Forest City
Fire
Pvt
Palmer Heraldson
Vincent
Pacific
Dean
Marlys
Council weighs permanent stop signs at Lions Park intersection
Buffalo Center council discussed installing permanent stop signs at 6th Ave and 2nd St NE after residents urged slower traffic by Lions Park. A proposal for 4th Ave NE and 2nd St NE failed for lack of a second, and pedestrian stop signs were also considered but not acted on. Also noted: water leakage at the NIB building on Main Street with city crews to investigate in spring. budget workshop set for January 25 at 6 p.m.
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Andrew Shaw
Lions Park
Buffalo Center
Janelle Sachs
Emily Angstman
6Th Ave
2Nd St
Sachs
Deb Wirth
4Th Ave
NIB
N. Main Street
Bruce Bengtson
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Iary
Dunbur
Cory Myer
Buffalo Center School
Betie Island
United States
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