Belmond News

On Monday, the Wright County Board of Supervisors held a conference call with Franklin County concerning a repair project in joint DD#181-9-lateral two, with Wright being the control county.

Four young women competed for the title of Wright County Fair queen during judging on June 25.

The Lake Cornelia trail committee has set up a tour, to include the Wright County Engineer and Board of Supervisors, of the proposed location for their trail extension project.

The Farmers' Markets of Belmond and Clarion now have an informative website available, thanks to the efforts of Beth Smith.

Belmond, IA- An area school building will soon be on the market. Kids at Belmond Elementary moved into a new building in January.

New summer activities in Stanhope were reviewed by the city council there when they met for their May meeting recently.

Wright County Engineer Dan Waid presented an equipment purchase proposal to the Board of Supervisors on Monday.

June 13-14 will be the 30th Annual Festival in the Park. The festival committee is off to a great start.

Hagie Manufacturing Company announced today a reduction of workforce that includes a combination of full and part-time employees from its Clarion-based operation.

On Monday, the Wright County Board of Supervisors again held discussion concerning a request from C & C Roberts Farms for an equalizer pipe under the road to aid in drainage.

During his weekly time with the Wright County Board of Supervisors, County Engineer Dan Waid informed them that the contractor will be ready to begin the C-70 resurfacing project sometime next month.

For the second time in less than a month, the Wright County Board of Supervisors has failed to approve the master matrix application for Iowa Cage Free .

Several landowners were present at the Wright County Board of Supervisors' meeting Monday to hear an informal discussion on the drainage project being proposed at the Iowa Cage Free site in Section 19 of Liberty Township.

Instead of taking a lot of space to respond to the recent articles regarding Saline County Plat Books, I thought it might be best to respond here.

Rachel Richardson has been the Administrator at Careage of Clarion since December of 2008, and felt very honored for the opportunity to come and work in this facility.

Wright County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Lester is once again reminding local residents and businesses to sign up for "CodeRed". Lester cautions that the CodeRed system is only as good as the telephone database supporting it.

Since July of 2007, the NEIBORS program has given library patrons across the state anytime, anywhere access to a dynamic collection of digital audio books.

Paula Ann Johnson, 53, Belmond and Minnie Henrietta Johnson, 93, of Belmond died Sunday at around noon.

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The Iowa State Patrol has now released the names of two people killed and several others who were injured in a crash on Highway 69 north of Blairsburg Sunday.