Archive for: April 2010

Lucille Rachel Yoder, 89, of Kalona, Iowa, died Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services were Monday, April 19, 2010, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with Pastor Don Patterson and …

IMS 6, Danville 0
The IMS soccer team opened its season with a 6-0 win over Danville. With storm clouds gathering in the distance IMS began the game going into a strong breeze. In spite of the …

By Mary Zielinski
With bids just about ten percent over estimate for Kalona’s Downtown Revitalization Project, council action was tabled to a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 26, in the city hall. In the meantime planning committee and the city’s finance committee will review plans to see where cuts can be made.
“We will not rebid the project,” City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh said Monday.
He said that the price of concrete accounts for much of the discrepancy between the estimate and the bids.
Bids, opened April 13, were All American Concrete of West Liberty, $2,298,681 base bid with $308,530 for the Community Center parking lot for a total of $2,607,211; J & L Construction of Washington, base bid $2,342,569 with $285,998 for parking lot for a total of $2,628,567, and Muscatine Bridge of Muscatine, $2,650,076.50 base and $311,709.50 for parking lot for a total of $2,961.786.
The total project cost, including signage and all fees was estimated and set at $2,844,269.
MMS Consultants, Iowa City, the project planners and designers, estimated the 5th Street and B Avenue streetscape work at a total of $1,739,542, including a $158,140 contingency and the 4th Street and 6th Street alley work at $225,546.

Brock Yotty of Kalona is participating in on the 2009-2010 Coe College baseball team. Yotty, a 2006 graduate of Mid-Prairie High School, is the son of Doug and Janice Yotty. The baseball team is under the direction of 14-year head …

On a blustery chilly night Thursday, April 8, the IMS soccer team went on the road to play Highland.  Just minutes into the game IMS was able to create offensive pressure but struggled to put the ball into the net.  …

The IMS soccer team opened its season with a 6-0 win over Danville.  With storm clouds gathering in the distance IMS began the game going into a strong breeze.   In spite of the wind,  forwards Truman Shetler and Jacob Yoder …

The Washington County Riverboat Foundation (WCRF) received 78 grant applications totaling $4.9 million in its spring cycle of grant funding.  The requests will be reviewed by the Grant Applications Committee who is expected to have recommendations for the board in …

September 13, 1924 - April 5, 2010
Keith Eugene Yoder, 85, of Kalona, Iowa, died Monday, April 5, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Celebration of Life …

The Mid-Prairie girls’ golf team opened their 2010 season with a 1 stroke loss to Wilton Friday, April 9, by a score of 196 to 197. Kelsie Berg led the way for the Golden Hawks with a score of 44 …

Six Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks competed at the Keokuk Relays Thursday, April 8.
Jaemin Powell and Ryan Hoffman competed in the open 100, 200 and 400 working on starts and getting some sprint work in. “I was very pleased with …

IMS 4, Highland 0
On a blustery chilly night Thursday, April 8, the IMS soccer team went on the road to play Highland. Just minutes into the game IMS was able to create offensive pressure but struggled to put …

Justin and Ranee Brokaw of Parnell, Iowa, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Tessa Red, born March 25, 2010, at 2:08 p.m. at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She weighed 7 pounds and 5.5 ounces …