Butch Reel Helps Drowning Victim At Five Island Lake
A teenage newcomer to Emmetsburg named Butch Reel rescued a fellow swimmer at Five Island Lake before a potential drowning at Second Island. He is the son of Bob Reel, whose family includes two skilled swimmer daughters. The piece notes travel and weather quips, plus a Marshall County man releasing a pileated woodpecker footage.
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Five Island Lake
Butch
Ward) Reel
Emmetsburg
Second Island
Bob Reels
Mennonite Disaster Service and a changing community focus
In a page three feature, the Graettinger Times profiles the Mennonite Disaster Service, praising their quiet, nonpolitical aid after natural catastrophes and their recent Washington presence cleaning up parks. The piece shifts to a local pet parade vignette, noting Emmetsburg boy Bob Armstrong and, briefly, Phillip Johnson now a Honolulu executive, pairing memories of youth with present success.
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Iowa
Belmond
Nixon
Gulfport
Washington, D. C
U. S
Manson
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
Bob Armstrong
Graettinger
Honolulu
Phillip Johnson
June 3 Rain Causes Similar Sights In Iowa County
After heavy rainfall June 3 in Palo Alto County water eroded topsoil and polluted streams. The piece notes soil loss harms long term soil formation while praising water’s beneficial roles in transport and agriculture. It urges conservation practices and offers help from the Soil Conservation Service in Emmetsburg.
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Palo Alto
Mississippi
Missouri
Army Corps of Engineers
Soil Conservation Service Office
Emmetsburg
Erosion Concerns Drive Terrace Solutions in Palo Alto County
In Palo Alto County, sheet erosion erodes topsoil from sloping fields, filling ditches and polluting lakes as roadsides and developments share the blame. Terraces with grassed backslopes offer a lasting fix, costing 60 to 70 cents per foot on steeper land, with 50 percent covered by ASCS funding, making terraces a practical option to keep water on cultivation ground.
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Palo Alto
Iowa
America
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Caribbean
South Sea Islands
Lyell Johnson
Marshall County
Mary Vandervelde
Graettinger Times
Hope Diamond
Wast
Lake Cottage
Nora Hoagland
Ruthven
Lost Island Township
Palo Alto County
Weldon Bolie
Center Street
Block 28
North Ruthven
Archie Taylor
Norvin Olson
Spencer
Lakeshore Cottage & Lot
Lost Island Lake
Opden Cabins
Sumner Beach
Lake
Clay Co
Wendell Capener
Lyle Willis
Opotens Cabins
District Court
Gilbert James
James, Greer, Hoover, Nelson & Lettell
Soil & Water Conservation
Carpenters
F. L. Evans
Stueve
Graettinger State Bank
FDIC
Graettinger Block & Tile Co
National Silo Ass'n
Concrete Silo Ass'n
Iowa Silage & Silage Equip
Ass'n
Iowa State University
Felco Feeds & Petroleum
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