Belmond News

Almost 20 Wright County citizens attended the open forum portion of Monday's Wright County Board of Supervisors' meeting.

Karla Pals of Belmond submitted the winning design for the Design the New Flag contest for Wright County.

Iowans woke up to find roads in northern Iowa were completely snow and ice covered on Thursday morning.

The days after Thanksgiving mean many things: lots of holiday shopping--and for plenty of people--time to get a Christmas tree.

Mildred "Millie" O. Bonebrake, age 87, most recently of Belmond, Iowa, formerly of Winnebago, Minn., mother and grandmother of several Belmond, area residents, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, Nov.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by Todd Dorman . I was deleting some stuff from my BlackBerry when I came across some curious, forgottenA memopad files.

The teaching profession is in Bruce Wilson's blood. His father taught chemistry and physics for 41 years, and his mother taught instrumental for more than 30 years.

A pre-construction meeting was held this week with the Wright County Board of Supervisors for drainage work planned in DD#181-9. Present for the meeting were Eldon Rossow of Mer Engineering in Fort Dodge, Brian Nettleton of Nettleton Excavating in Joice and drainage clerk Deb Lukes.

Wright County Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. is sponsoring its eighth annual "Coats for Kids" program.

Mae H. Blomberg, age 94, life-long resident of Palmer passed peacefully into eternity with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at the Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge.

Valentino Williams, 25, in Iowa City was arrested for first-degree robbery, second-degree theft, possession of stolen property and eluding pursuing law enforcement Saturday, Aug.

Wright County Transit Director Colleen Bartlett, along with Economic Development Director Dennis Bowman, presented the Board of Supervisors with an update on the transit system along with their hopes for a possible expansion of the services available.

After nearly a year of planning and training, law enforcement agencies in Wright County will respond to an "incident" at the Clarion-Goldfield Elementary School on Thursday, August 27 at about 2:30 p.m. While the incident won't be real, personnel will be responding as they would in a real life situation.

With a full house in attendance, the Wright County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the repair work in DD#28-2 which is a joint district with Humboldt County.

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 by Todd Dorman . I turned 39 today.A Fire off some rockets.

After a brief discussion, the Wright County Board of Supervisors approved the bid from Karr Tuckpointing of Vinton for repairs to the wood trim and soffits on the courthouse.

Clarion businesses took advantage of the annual summer Ridiculous Days last week to say thanks to shoppers for their support throughout the year.

Posted on Jul 28, 2009 by Todd Dorman . This is the time of year when I most miss living in rural Iowa.

Kim Downs did not even hesitate - 1,153. That's the exact number of pie slices the congregation of St.

Looking out your front window and seeing thousands of bike riders speed by isn't something you see every day.