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Incumbent Henry County Sheriff Allen Wittmer is being challenged in the Republican primary to retain his position by one of his own ? Henry County Deputy Sheriff Rich McNamee.The News sent questionnaires to both candidates and their responses follow. There is no Democrat running for the office, so barring unforeseen circumstances, the Wittmer-McNamee winner will not face opposition in the Nov. 6 general election....

TICKETS PAIDDaniel Deitrich Menke, 50, West Point, speed, $114.Damon Drew Loyd, 40, New London, failure to obey a stop sign, $195.Kathleen Ann Farrier, 54, Wayland, speed, $87.Sally I. McKim, 76, Mt. Pleasant, speed, $87.Bryan Lee Hole, 50, Wayland, no insurance, $402.50.Jim Musolino, 42, Quincy, Ill., failure to have valid license/permit while operating a motor vehicle, $330.Melissa Jane Smallwood, 40, ...

I wonder if anyone reading this column has a nickname?I?m sure you?ve heard the anecdote that if Mary, Susan, Claire and Barbara go out for lunch, they will call each other Mary, Susan, Claire and Barbara. However, if John, Brad, Tony and Daniel go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bruno, Scrappy, Peanut-Head and Godzilla.Twenty some years ago, I was pastor of a small church in northwest ...

A rally for religious freedom will be held at the bandstand in the Fairfield City Square Friday, June 8 from noon to 1 p.m.According to a press release, similar rallies will be happening simultaneously in Des Moines, Davenport and nation-wide as concerned Americans are calling themselves together in response to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Mandate.The rallies have been named ?Stand Up For Religious ...

We just arrived home from Jacob and Emma's house awhile ago. We were over there so that my husband Joe could help Jacob unload hay in their barn. Meanwhile, daughters Elizabeth and Susan just arrived home from a wedding supper they attended. Tomorrow evening the youth are invited to another wedding supper. Weddings are still in full swing in this community.Everyone else is in bed already. Everything seems out of ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a retired New York City police officer and a resource officer at two high schools in Brooklyn. I must comment on the letter you printed from ?Worried About My Boy in Tulsa? (March 29), whose 7-year-old is bullied. If a child hits another child so hard that medical attention is required, it is an assault. The police should have been notified and appropriate law enforcement action taken.The school ...

Our work has still been centered around the recent house fire that we experienced.My husband, Joe, doesn?t have to work the next two days, so we are moving the furniture from our bedrooms upstairs to the downstairs and basement. We will set the beds up in the basement for the girls to sleep in. The boys are sleeping on a bed in the living room now.The carpenters that are working on the rebuilding said that a ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is sponsoring a food safety training seminar for food service managers and employees on Wednesday, June 6, at Great Prairie AEA in Burlington from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.?We all want to eat food that is safe as well as tasty. We know that food safety hazards and risks are prevalent in today?s world. Serving safe food is mandatory. This training program aims to train food ...