Armstrongs named Grand Marshals of 2016 Firecracker Days parade
Buffalo Center Mayor Troy Armstrong and his wife Sue are chosen as Grand Marshals for the 2016 Bison Firecracker Days Parade on July 4. Troy, mayor since 2010, and Sue, both involved with the local ambulance service, have deep ties to Buffalo Center and nearby towns. Their son Spencer is a North Iowa High School senior. The parade begins at 1 p.m. and a parade-route map appears elsewhere in the edition.
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Sue and
Troy Armstrong
Buffalo Center
Sue
Troy
Buf
Falo Center
Luana
Iowa
Buffalo Cen
Ter Ambulance
Asmus Farm Supply
Rake
Good Samaritan Society
Forest City
Spencer
North Iowa High
Armstrongs
Summer Reading Program kicks off at Blank Park Zoo
The Buffalo Center Public Library hosted the first afternoon of its Summer Reading Program on Friday June 24 drawing over 50 children with parents and grandparents. Samantha Dunn brought four live animals from Blank Park Zoo Des Moines for close animal encounters. The program continues July 1 with Buns and Tails by Kylie Buns from 2 to 3 p.m. July 8 features Audrey Lewis from North Iowa Physical Therapy promoting healthy eating and exercise.
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Buffalo Center Public Library
Blank Park Zoo
Des Moines
Samantha Dunn
Kylie Buns
Audrey Lewis
North Iowa
City to take street project bids in July
Buffalo Center will seek bids for this year’s street project with a tentative deadline of July 20. WHKS engineer Chase Holten outlined work on 4th Ave NW and Main St, noting a July 20 bid deadline after a law change from July. The new rule requires 13 days notice before bids and allows online notices, with work expected August through October and a 60/40 cost split between city and homeowners, who may pay in full in 30 days or over 10 years with interest.
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Andrew Shaw
Buffalo Center
Chase Holten
WHKS
Mason City
4Th Ave
Main St
Iowa
Troy Armstrong
Holten
Matt Holmquist
Buns and Tails presented by Kylie Buns at library
As part of the Summer Reading Program Kylie Buns will present Buns and Tails on Friday July 1 at the Buffalo Center Public Library from 2 to 3 pm for children preschool through sixth grade.
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Buffalo Center Public Library
Buffalo Center Quasqui Book Deadline Nears
July 20 marks the final deadline for family biographies and business listings for the Buffalo Center Quasquicentennial book, a follow up to the 1992 Centennial edition. Flyers were mailed, with drop offs at the Buffalo Center Tribune office or mailed to BC Quasqui Book, PO Box 376.
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Buffalo Center
Quasqui Committee
Tribune Building
BC Library
Emporium Furniture Gallery
Buffalo Center Tribune
BC Quasqui Book
Bison Firecracker Days kicks off with 5K Glow Run
The Buffalo Center event starts Thursday June 30 with a 5K Glow Run Walk registration at 8:30 p.m. and race at 9:15 p.m. North Iowa Betterment sponsors a four day holiday celebration featuring games, a human foosball tournament, street dance July 2, ambulance brunch July 3, and a large parade July 4 followed by Lions Park activities at 2 p.m.
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Buffalo Center
North Iowa Betterment
Lion’s Park
NIB
Main Street
Buffalo Center Fire Department
G.B. Leighton
1St St. NW
DJ Silk
Heritage Town Center
Bison Field
Mill Road
2Nd Ave
5Th Ave
North Iowa board reshapes administrator roles for 2024 25
The North Iowa school board approves new roles for three administrators for the coming year. Superintendent Cory Myer shifts from principal duties to focus on the superintendent role while Jill Schutter becomes K 6 principal and Keri Bergeson expands to 7 12 principal.
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Andrew Shaw
North Iowa
Cory Myer
Jill Schutter
Keri Bergeson
Supt. Myer
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