City Highway Plan Rejected By Rock Valley Council
Rock Valley City Council learned the Highway Commission declined to design the Highway 18 widening before the 1976 delay. The panel advised the city to design and build the storm sewer along Highway 18 and bill the commission for their share, while the widening remains postponed six years. The council weighs whether to hire city or commission engineers, with a $136,000 sewer project and potential bond issuance.
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Rock Valley
Highway 18
District Highway Commission
Walt Morris
Highway Commission
Morris
Commission
Morris Earline
Town
van Maanen
Turkeys to be Given Away in Rock Valley Christmas Drive
The Rock Valley Commercial Club launches a Christmas event with 36 free turkeys and Santa visits. Moonlight Madness starts November 25, with drawings every Saturday through December 25 for ten and twenty two pound turkeys at Rock Valley stores open Saturday nights. Santa tours Main Street December 23 then visits Bee Office. Participants may enter once per week per business.
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Rock Valley
Moonlight Magness
Satuday
Patvicinating
Santa Claus
Santa Wi
Main Street
Bee Office
Clvic
Moonlight Madness sale kicks off Rock Valley Christmas season
Seven youths from five towns face charges of disobedience to a police officer after a Halloween night gathering in Rock Valley. Four appeal guilty verdicts to district court as police report a disrupted night with a later reassembly and a shouting exchange. Fire responders doused a corn picker blaze northwest of town aided by passing truckers using extinguishers.
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Hock Valley
Rock Valley
Chave
Larry van Veldhuizen
Thanksgiving Holiday School Closure Notices and Local Fines
School out next week with closures on Thursday and Friday November 23 and 24 for Thanksgiving. Doon Dennis Post of Rock Valley and Gerrit D. Rezeboom of Rock Rapids paid 25 dollar fines. Others appealing same charges to district court include Roo Bone Su00 of Hall Leonard Rozeboom of Rock Valley Gerald Dykstra of Inwood and Atlan Dale Xooima of Rock Valley. The coin of justice of the peace J Hoogendoorn heard the focal case. Nickles and dimes totaling 146 dollars 03 cents were donated to the Rock Valley Summer Recreation fund by local card players who meet in the old city library. Hin Westra president of the fund said the donation pleased him. Card players have used the vacant library after Wink's Pub obtained a liquor license. The liquor license stipulations prohibit card playing in the premises.
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Doon
Dennis Post
Rock Valley
Gerrit D. Rezeboom
Rock Rapids
Court Co
District Court
Roo Bonesu00
Hall
Leonard Rozeboom
Gerald Dykstra
Inwood
Atlan Dale Xooima
Justice of the Peace
J. Hoogendoorn
Bee Printing Schedule Ahead of Thanksgiving Break
The Rock Valley Bee goes to print one day early for Thanksgiving vacations. Advertising and news copy must reach the Bee Office by 4 p.m. Friday November 17 for next week’s issue. The Bee will publish its monthly advertiser in connection with the Moonlight Madness sale on Saturday November 25.
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Rock Valley
Hecause Te Rock Valley Bee
Bee
Moonlight Madnes
Housing Committee Plans Membership Drive For Town
Rock Valley Housing Committee plans a membership drive with the Just-A-Mere Club to support a Low-Rent Housing Project. The panel will issue a program letter and pre drive publicity, seek land donations for the site, and propose one and two bedroom units priced from zero to eighty dollars per month including all utilities.
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Rock Valley Housing Committee
Just-A-Mere Club
Housing Committee
Calsbeek Takes Ireton Garbage Route Change
Russel Calsbeek of Rock Valley will collect Ireton’s garbage and haul it to W Rock Valley disposal. The change follows Ireton shutting its own dump on November 1, affecting local waste services and leadership.
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Russel
City Council Buys Police Radio in Rock Valley
Rock Valley City Council approved a $1500 share for a police radio system funded 78.74 by the Northwest Iowa Law Enforcement Billing Fund and 26 percent by the city. The meeting also covered a building permit dispute, a streetlight purchase, plans to convert an old roundhouse well site into a fountain, and snow removal policy debates.
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Bob van Daalen
Iowa League 2F
R Mucch
Rock Valley
van Daalen
Thy
Tha
Mace. Kronp
Connie van Zantentohn Dirksen
Ken Kopima
Rock Valley Cement
Datlan Veltkamp
Northwest Laws Law Enforcement Ciling Fund
Rock Valley Approves Run-Down Buildings Ordinance
The Rock Valley City Council unanimously passed an ordinance granting the city power to order demolition of dilapidated buildings. Officials will serve notices to owners, who have 48 hours to begin repairs. If ignored, the city may demolish at the owner's expense, with penalties up to 30 days in jail or a $100 fine.
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Rock Valley
Bee
Cty
Bauder
Bild van Maanen
Bauder Wins Second Football Guessing Contest Again
Dwayne Bauder wins the second weekly football guessing contest earning $20. Sary Rozeboom places second from Rock Valley and Urban Kramer places third from Latchwood earning $3 and $1 respectively. This is the final week of the contest with a chance to win up to $20 by entering.
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Dwayne Bauder
Béo
Sary Rozeboom
Rock Valley
Urban Kramer
Latchwood
Mr. Bauder
Rozeboom
Kramer
Gould
Phantom Party Lights Up Elm Springs Town Tale
From Rock Valley Register notes dated November 15 1895 villagers recall Eloise Warren hosting a Phantom Party in Alvord with a ghostly theme. The event featured a supper and a game called Seaculum and drew curious crowds as residents reported a lively haunted mood through midnight.
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Rock Valley Register
Fairview
Elm Springs
South Dakota
Eloise Warren
Alvord
Henry Gauman
Chickas
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Valley Lockers
Rock Valle
John Draager Fort
John Wesselink
Calsbeek
Ireton Garbage
Henry
Rock River
Gertude Marks
Rotary
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