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Mower County Board of Commissioners
Upon further review, the Mower County property tax levy will increase only 4.9 percent rather than the 6.758 percent the commissioners certified earlier this fall ...
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by Chris Baldus, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 8:24 am
Local Government
It could have been the peanut butter. Maybe it was the canned vegetables. It certainly wasn’t the lightweight corn flakes. Whatever it was that pushed ...
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by Chris Baldus, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:02 am
Faith
Christmas is closing in and the question hovers around Gladys Bliss like garland: Is there going to be a free community Christmas Dinner? For 19 ...
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by Chris Baldus, Sunday, December 17, 2017 11:53 am
Business
The obvious story is as plain as the going-out-of-business signs in the windows of Belles and Beaus Bridal and Formal Wear in downtown Austin. The ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, December 15, 2017 7:55 am
News
Success could mean a young mother getting her general equivalency diploma and a job. It could mean getting children all the vaccinations necessary to enroll ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, December 15, 2017 7:53 am
Mower County Board of Commissioners
An ordinance change approved by the Mower County Board last week could be a cure for other ailing septic systems, said a rural apartment building ...
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by Chris Baldus, Monday, December 11, 2017 8:36 am
truth in taxation
The 6.758 percent property tax levy increase written into the 2018 Mower County budget is not written in stone. “The Finance Committee will continue to ...
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by Chris Baldus, Saturday, December 9, 2017 1:47 pm
Business
The consolidation of three SEMA Equipment locations plus its business office makes sense for an assortment of reasons, owner Tom Wozney told the Mower County ...
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by Chris Baldus, Saturday, December 9, 2017 1:44 pm
Local Government
The Mower County Board by a 4-1 vote Thursday OK’d a conditional 15-year tax abatement for a John Deere dealer planning to consolidate three of ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, December 8, 2017 8:54 am
Austin Living Magazine
The scene is reminiscent of the 1950s. Guests dressed for a night on the town, with glasses of wine in hand, mingle among the displays ...
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by Chris Baldus, Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:00 am
Chris Baldus
Some problems are universal. When I was a freshman at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, my roommate in the men’s dorm was from ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, December 1, 2017 8:18 pm
Local Government
Mower County and the city of Austin are looking to upgrade their voting equipment with the help of state grant money. The County Board on ...
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by Chris Baldus, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 8:05 am
Hormel Foods Corp.
Hormel Foods Corporation announced on Monday the completion of the $850 million acquisition of a California-based deli meat and salami company. The Columbus Manufacturing, Inc. ...
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by Chris Baldus, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 8:42 am
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
A Stewartville man said he was “scared” when he allegedly fled down a gravel road in 2001 Buick LeSabre at more than 65 mph from ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, November 24, 2017 7:57 am
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
A Veseli, Minnesota, man trying to escape from the Stress Unit at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin on Nov. 22, caused what’s estimated at more than ...
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by Chris Baldus, Friday, November 24, 2017 7:56 am
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