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What was to be just an approval and signing of plans for the resurfacing project on Wright County road C-70 turned out to be a postponement in submitting the plan for bidding during the Board of Supervisors' ...

Belmond man talks to county supervisors about complaints. Kevin Smith of rural Belmond talked to the Wright County Supervisors Monday about complaints aired last week by County Sanitarian Earl Kalkwarf and ...

Alden Mayor Jeff Fiscus said Sunday that an apartment building fire in his town is suspicious.

Justin Goematt was named to the spring deans list at the University of Dubuque. He was one of 50 students who won a Character Scholarship for truthfullness, honesty, fairness, and applying the Golden Rule.

As a 1996 Iowa Sesquicentennial project, the Wright County Historical Society undertook a project of identifying the "ghost towns" of the county.

Keith Hubbard of McClure Engineering met with the Wright County Board of Supervisors Monday to discuss Drainage District 177 .

Petitions will soon be circulated throughout Wright County to see if citizens want to continue the one-cent local option sales tax for Belmond, Clarion, Dows and rural Wright County.

Fronting the Wright County Board of Supervisors' agenda Monday morning were area responses concerning the Local Option Sales Tax.

The Hawk Eye DENMARK -- Several speakers, led by state party chairman Stewart Iverson, are expected at the Lee County Republican Party's fundraiser at 6 p.m. today at the Denmark Celebration Center.

The Hawk Eye DENMARK -- Several speakers, led by state party chairman Stewart Iverson, are expected at the Lee County Republican Party's fundraiser at 6 p.m. today at the Denmark Celebration Center.

Many of Iowa's highways have volunteers adopting two-mile portions to keep them clear of trash, but Iowa's county roads, whether gravel or hard-topped, typically don't get the same community service care.

Emergency Management Director Jim Lester spent the better part of his meeting time with the Wright County Board of Supervisors Monday discussing proposed updates and a renewal of a security information policy.

A Friday night incident of looting at the tornado site is an isolated incident, according to Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson.

A Dows, Iowa man has been arrested after allegedly stealing property from homes damaged by last Sunday's tornado in Parkersburg, Iowa.

A man who was caught with valuables believed to be taken from the Parkersburg tornado was arrested Friday and charged with fourth-degree theft, the Butler County Sheriff announced.

A Dows man has been arrested after allgedly stealing property from homes damaged in last week's massive tornado in northeast Iowa.

The Monitor in print left out Tyler Haupt's answer to the second question in the interviews of candidates for Wright County Supervisor.

Local races will be determined June 3. Local voters will have choices to make at next Tuesday's primary election.

They may be a little crazy and a little strange, with alumni Taylor Jones singing in the opening theme song to The Phil McLean Show, but that has not stopped seniors Phil McLean and Matt Clark from producing ...

“It was an opportunity I didn't think I should pass up”

' Wright County Engineer Stephen Reitz handed in his resignation at Tuesday's meeting of the Wright County Board of Supervisors. via The Messenger