Three Monticello residents enter race for school board
Three Monticello residents announced candidacies for Monticello Community School district director posts. Robert Patten seeks reelection to at large. Jack Knopp and Mrs Courtney Wade file for the post formerly held by David Cuckler who will not seek reelection. Cuckler cites business pressures after 7 1/2 years on the board.
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Monticello
Jones County Board of Education
Robert Patten
Jack Knopp
Martin (Courtney) Wade
David Cuckler
Cuckler
Local Births and Marriages Noted in Jones County Records
Birth announcements list several families from Cascade Monticello Anamosa Anamosa Anamosa and Hopkinton with newborns including boys and a girl. A Cedar Rapids birth notes Senta Odette born Aug 10 at Mercy hospital to Joanne Kremer Stadtmiller. Marriage licenses issued for couples from Oxford Junction Anamosa Mil waukee Olin Scotch Grove Monticello. new car and truck registrations show multiple residents purchasing vehicles and a park model.
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Donald Stadtmiller
Mercy Hospital
Senta Odette
Stadtmiller
Joanne Kremer
John Kremer
Coggan
Jones County
Carl Jan Hulke
Route I
Oxford Jct
Mary Jo Benischek
Oxford
Howard Allen Hagen
Anamosa
Marcia Ann Feddesen
Olin
Peter Kurt Kuhfittig
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary Kathryn Chesire
Stanley Lewis Burrichter
Route 3
Monticello
Susan Kay Goldsmith
Scotch Grove
Free bike winners at the Great Jones County Fair
Six new bicycles were awarded Tuesday night at the Great Jones County Fair. Master of ceremonies Mike Caldwell oversaw the program before the drawing Carol Gadient drew the winning tickets. Winners include Mrs. Bruce Gillmore of Monticello David Frahm Clarence Nancy Batchelder Wyoming Mrs George Armstrong and Brian Anamosa Duane and Gaile Harms Amber and Kim Williams Wyoming.
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Jones County Fair
Mike Caldwell
Carol Gadient
Bruce Gillmore
Monticello
David
Rural Olin man dies in 1:15 AM crash on county road
Leslie Herman Schroeder 51 of rural Olin was killed when his 1949 Ford pickup left a curve on a county road 4 1/2 miles south of Wyoming. He was thrown into a ditch and died of massive head injuries. The crash is Jones County's sixth fatality of the year and officials note seat belts might have saved him.
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Jones County
Leslie Herman Schroeder
Olin
Wyoming
Schroeder
William H. Brod
Ersen
Wayne Bahnsen
Thomas Toner
Arnold Latuska
Anamosa Man Hurt in Rural Collision
Louis Alferts 51 of Anamosa was injured in a car-truck crash 10:30 a.m. Monday at the lower Prairieburg road and Jones-Linn county road intersection, 9.1 miles west of Monticello. He suffered a severe head wound and was taken to Anamosa Community Hospital. The 1960 Chevrolet he drove collided with an 18-year-old Monticello man Charles Kelchen’s 7-ton truck. Kelchen was uninjured. Both vehicles were demolished and the car left the east ditch while the truck overturned in the east ditch.
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Anamosa
Prairieburg
Jones-Linn
Monticello
Louis Alferts
Anamosa Community Hospital
Chevrolet
Charles Kelchen
Kelchen
Ribbons Awarded to Dairy Show Winners at Great Jones County Fair
The dairy show at the Great Jones County Fair crowned Barbara Slater of Olin the Holstein champion for the fourth year while Milking Shorthorns shown by Dave Gamble of Monticello took both grand and reserve in their category for the fifth time. Debbie Streeper of Anamosa earned the Brown Swiss grand champion with her brother Doug taking the reserve. Gary Zumbach of Coggan also repeated as grand and reserve champion in his class.
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Jones County Fair
Barbara Slater
Olin
Dave Gamble
Monticello
Gamble
Debbie Streeper
Anamosa
Doug
Gary Zumbach
Coggan
Jersey and Guernsey dairy show honors noted
Pion Ayrshire Nick Volk Cascade took top Jersey division honors as last year. Karla Kehoe Hopkinton won reserve Holstein and grand and reserve Guernsey honors went to Donald Et ten Anamosa. Showmanship went to Kehoe McGovern and Gamble. rain delayed the day, with results listed by class.
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Pion Ayrshire
Nick Volk
Cascade
Karla Kehoe
Hopkinton
Holstein
Donald Etten
Anamosa
Guernsey
Mike McGovern
Dave Gamble
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Eye Chevrolet
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Monmouth
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Lisbon
Leonard Kray
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Parkwood
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