Christmas services planned across Monticello area
Monticello churches announce Sunday and weekday Christmas programs. St Matthew Lutheran will feature a choral Advent concert led by Kris Jenson with Irma Adix organist and Vanessa Kromminga flute. Peace United Church of Christ and United Church of Monticello present student plays and carols. Advent candlelighting and confessions scheduled at local parishes.
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Johnson
Pitcher
Noel
Westler
Bollback
Vance
Nygerson
Miller and Jackson
Franz Gruber
Kris
SS. Peter & Paul Lutheran Church
Castle Grove Township
SS. Peter & Paul
St. John’s
Hopkinton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Severe weekend weather hits eastern Iowa farms and towns
Spring like warmth gave way to heavy rain and a damaging windless storm across eastern Iowa. Monticello area saw up to 31 inches of rain and scattered farm building damage in Oxford Jet Wyoming Linn and Jackson counties. Named farmers Zeke Vaceks Don Slouha Richard Brownell James Curtin and Hugh Tasker reported losses as the storm moved through Sunday night followed by temperatures dropping to 15 on Monday.
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Monticello
Iowa
Jones County
Oxford Jet
Wyoming
Zeke Vaceks
Don Slouha
Richard Brownell
James Curtin
Hugh Tasker
Linn
Jackson
Tire Puncture Spree Hits Monticello Area
Vandals used ice picks to puncture more than 50 tires on at least 17 vehicles Saturday night in Monticello. Police say damage tops $2,500 with a vandalized van moved toward a sidewalk and several roadway signs stolen. Police urge victims to report all tire damage as three or more suspects are sought.
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Paul Ponder
Ponder
Phil
Grand St
Monticello
Walnut
First
Monticello High Christmas Vocal Concert Set
The Monticello junior and senior high Christmas vocal concert will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program features the seventh and eighth grade choirs, freshman choir, Charades, a freshman sextet, and the concert choir with selections from Holy Handel’s Messiah including And the Glory of the Lord and Hallelujah Chorus.
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Luther League
Frank Frostestad
Harold Naig
Peace United Church of Christ
Christian Education Department
Irv Bohiken
Harmony Church
Zwingle
Christ
United Church of
Congregational Church
Monticello
George F. Handel
Toner to be transferred to Iowa City
Trooper Thomas Toner of Anamosa is reassigned to Iowa City from Davenport district headquarters. The Jan. 5 transfer follows his Jones County post since May 1966. Albert Perkins of Oskaloosa will replace him, set to finish Highway Patrol Academy Friday and start duties Monday with veteran Ken Carter and Larry Rohlena in Jones County.
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Thomas Toner
Anamosa
Iowa City
Highway Patrol
Davenport
Toner
Jones County
Albert Perkins
Oskaloosa
Perkins
Highway Patrol Academy
Ken Carter
Monticello
Larry Rohlena
Rohlena
Landfill group elects officers in Jones County
The Jones county Solid Waste Management Commission elected A. B. Corne of Martelle as chairman and Stuart Ireland of Wyoming as vice chairman at the December 9 meeting in the courthouse community room. Corne succeeds Gerhard Kray of Anamosa. The commission runs the county landfill behind the Health Care Facility on the county farm, serving all towns and rural residents. Janet Fraser represents Monticello.
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Jones County ‘Solid Waste Management Commission
A. B. Corne
Martelle
Stuart Ireland
Wyoming
Corne
Gerhard Kray
Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Janet Fraser
Monticello
Assault (Cont. List of defendants and fines
A contined assault item lists numerous individuals with fines ranging from 20 to 40 dollars. Names include Dennis A. Osterhaus Dennis L. Saint Germain John J. Hunt Clifford D. Goldberg Arnold R. Laszewski Gregory D. Boik and others across Iowa and Wisconsin locations. Amounts shown per person vary by case.
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Dennis A. Osterhaus
Dubuque
Dennis L. Saint Germain
Cedar Rapids
John J. Hunt
Monticello
Clifford D. Goldberg
Arnold R. Laszewski
Riverside
Gregory D. Boik
Coralville
David E. Schenck
Donald W. Pliester
Maynard J. Metteer
Marion
Jerry W. Bahnsen
Oxford
Steven L. Haas
Anamosa
Ronald L. Hodina
Thomas W. Blake
Janys S. Winkler
Thomas R. Werner
Solon
Vernon A. Zahradnik
Theodore R
Six Shopping Days Left Until Christmas
The season quickens as shoppers race to complete gifts with six days remaining before Christmas. Holiday cheer fills shops and markets as families plan visits and specials draw crowds.
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Iqwa
Small Claims Court
Harry Zimmerman
Marvin Tallman
Huerter Pontiac
Roger Rickels
First National Bank of Marion
Robert J. Harms
K & P Chevrolet Olds Co
Roger G. Ziel
AEA
Mark Allaman
Angie Pettit
Caroline Pfath
Shannon Grade School
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