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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1976
Page
4
State audits criticize Bremer County Treasurer and county operations for mishandling records and procedural failures. Code-required notice to newspapers and stations was not followed, prompting media concerns and public interest questions about secrecy and accountability.
A proposed tax district would fund upgrades for West Union Hospital by including roughly the northern half of Fayette County. Governing bodies could form the district without a resident vote, but taxpayers may petition for an election in any included unit. If the plan fails in any unit, the entire district fails.
A Bremer County audit released by the State Auditor drew mixed reactions. The report showed routine findings in the county audit but highlighted issues in the County Auditor's office, amid media attention and election-year scrutiny. The Board of Supervisors appeared unconcerned, and the author notes the auditor’s efforts to notify the press while questioning the presentation and timing.
The University of Northern Iowa Museum at 31st Street west of Hudson Road Cedar Falls announces its 1976 fall schedule. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 15, closed Saturdays and holidays, Sundays open on select dates 2 to 4 30. Sunday programs begin at 2 30 with talks on Collecting Political Memorabilia Panama Terrace Hill Our Governor's Mansion French Cathedrals by Wm L Cramer Morris Ives Charlene Conklin and Charles Seavey.
Iowa forms five judge Court of Appeals to relieve Supreme Court load. Governors and nominating commission picked judges, with three Des Moines district judges and two others joining. Chief judge to be chosen by majority at first meeting. Also notes on farm land taxes, drought effects on waterways, and a coal reserve study in seven counties.
Oct 2 1975 report lists Joel Schlatter and Marsha Tiedt as Homecoming king and queen during halftime events. Other items note city election filings, multiple weddings, anniversaries, local deaths, a tractor vehicle crash, and community activities in Sumner and surrounding areas.
Lillian Dirkaen, a Sumner poet and Midwest Chaparral Poetry Society member, has poems published nationally and statewide. Her weekly poetry appears in the Sumner Gazette, expressing themes of unity, nature, and human longing across cosmic and everyday imagery.
Neal Hart of Iowa State University reports that in most cases the surface owner lacks surface rights. His study covers eight south central Iowa counties in the coal belt, highlighting a tension between landowners and subsurface property.
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