Dakota City council approves 25 cent wage hike for staff
The Dakota City council approved a 25 cent per hour raise for all city employees for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. Current wages include Fred Arndt 6.27, Dennin Hanson 5.70, Deloria Cran 4.00, with Janice Fowler on a per week basis. Dwight Thilges resigns effective May 9 to join Blacktop Service Co. A part time 25 hour week position will be advertised. Arndt and Hanson will move to 50 hours weekly. Council plans park improvements and discusses a water main extension, IPS franchise renewal, and Associated Engineers bill pending EPA close-out. Next meeting May 19 at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota City Council
Fred Arndt
Dennin Hanson
Deloria
Cran
Janice Fowler
Dwight Thilges
Thilges
Blacktop Service Company
Humboldt City
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
4Th Avenue North
Robinson-Gronbach Construction
Iti
Iowa Public Service Utilities
IPS
Associated Engineers
Dakota City
Humboldt
Bill Blomker
Environmental Protection Agency
Paul Cartwright
Bob Johnson
Jim van Horn
Dave Lee
Larry Torkelson
Gilbert Schulte
Walk-a-Thon pledges total 2018 dollars in 1982 event
The 1982 March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon on Saturday May 1 raised 2018.37 in pledges with 54 youngsters aged 9 to 15 participating. Humboldt Noon Kiwanis Club sponsored the event under Carol Wesley. Police and sheriff's departments ensured safety at checkpoints with refreshments from Fareway Buds Super Valu and Hy-Vee.
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March of Dimes
Humboldt Noon Kiwanis Club
Carol Wesley
Dolliver
Humboldt Police Department
Humboldt County Sheriff's Department
Fareway
Bud's
Hy-Vee
Humboldt County Board Sets May 24 Budget Hearing
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved Monday May 24 at 10 a.m. for a hearing on proposed budget amendments that shift funds without increasing expenditures. They adopted a stop sign relocation on County Road P-56 in Beaver Township and approved several attendance, payment, and procurement actions, including a $6895 copy machine for the auditor and a $125.40 court-claim payment to Larry Kunz. The next meeting is scheduled for May 17 at 9 a.m.
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Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
Beaver Township
Lesa
HHA
Algona
Fort Dodge
ISAC
Des Moines
Kossuth County
Minolta
Larry Kunz
Mark Moore
Design Homes to reopen office here
Design Homes will reopen its west Humboldt office later this month, with Donald E. Peltz of Waseca Minnesota confirming the firm will operate a temporary facility here until fall. The plant may reopen later, but the current site will run only for a short period before closing again.
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Design Homes Seies
West Edge
Humboldt
Donald E. Peltz
Waseca
Minn
Opera Main
Peltz
Feopsl
IPS lays off workers and freezes pay amid cost cuts
IPS announces 20 layoffs and a pay freeze as part of ongoing cost reductions. A total of 12 union positions in the service area are cut, eight salaried posts eliminated, and all salaries frozen for the rest of 1982 except promotions. Since 1981, 40 more positions were ended by attrition, with 125 fired earlier at the IPS coal subsidiary in Hanna, Wyoming.
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Town Public Service Company
C. A. Ellwanger
Humboldt
IPS Coal
Hanna
Wyoming
Outstanding mothers recognized by Humboldt County chamber
Ceremonies honoring three Humboldt County mothers were the highlight of last Friday night activities by the Humboldt Dakota City Chamber of Commerce. Winners Mary Ann Hannon Renwick Sharon Blomker Rutland and Mrs E C Haaland Humboldt were chosen in three divisions from daughters essays read along Sumner Avenue.
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Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
Regina Blomker
Sharon Blomker
Melaney
Rutland
E. C. Haaland
Larry
Muriel) Lerdal
Humboldt
Regina
Mary Ann Hanson
Renwick
Maria
Hansons
Humboldt County
Humboldt- Dakota City
Haaland
Muriel Lerdal
Jack
Martin Home Interiors
Humboldt Reminder
Humboldt Newspapers
Fashionette
Thomas Jewelers
Kristi
Thatcher Johnson Campaigns in Humboldt Iowa Secretary Race
Thatcher Johnson campaigns in Humboldt at a luncheon meeting with potential supporters for his bid in the Iowa Secretary of State primary. A Republican candidate on leave from deputy state secretary of agriculture, he seeks to unseat incumbent Mary Jane Odell, with Democrat Albert Sorensen also in the race. Johnson's background includes 16 years as a Gowrie lumberman and service as deputy secretary since 1973.
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Thatcher Johnson
Iowa
Humboldt
Johnson
Mary Jane Odell
Melvin Synhorst
Odell
Boone County
Albert Sorensen
Gowrie
Madrid
Lews
Testcher Johnson
Humboldt County
Jean Kleve
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D.C
Schnurr and Company
Linda Law
Hawkeye Bank and Trust
Gotch Park Road
Stanley Pitman
Life Flight Helicopter
Dennis Schmidt
Ashionette
Design Homes
Floral Hall
Flora Tau
Humboldt County Fairgrounds
Paul Johnson
FS Services
Republican
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