Archive for: October 2009

In its second win in two weeks, the Highland Huskies football team shut out New London 28-0 Friday, October 16, at Riverside.
In the first quarter, Skyler Houseal scored on a one-yard run. Riley Kleopfer connected with Dakoda Flory for …

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The Riverside council met in closed session Monday with its special counsel Dean Spina to discuss a reply to the petition for declaratory judgement filed by Washington County October 5. The county is asking that Riverside pay the annual …

Underground Railroad Exhibit displayed at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Before the Civil War, men, women, and children seeking to escape slavery in the South often sought refuge among Northern abolitionists in Cedar County, Iowa. “Cedar County, Iowa: A Door to …

The boil order for water in Riverside was rescinded last week, and Monday council members learned that the order, from the Department of Natural Resources, was in response to break in a main.
City Administrator/Clerk Tina Thomas said Riverside may need …

By Mary Zielinski
More history than Halloween, Beyond the Grave brought ten of Sharon Center’s pioneers to life Sunday. And they told visitors about surviving cholera, a steam boat crash and refusing to attend church once an organ was installed.[caption …

The North Tama football team came to Lone Tree Friday, October 2, and won 41-0. North Tama scored 14 in the first, 13 in the second, and 14 in the third. There was no score in the fourth quarter.
The Lions …

A special presentation of Wreaths Across America program was presented Monday to the Riverside Council. by Local Spokesperson Michelle Ruess. She introduced Le Ann and Mike Tyson from Iowa City who made a special slide presentation to give viewers a feeling for the extent of the program. Mayor Bill Poch stated it was late but Riverside could possibly put something together under Travel and Tourism to help.
The Wreaths Across America is designed to place wreaths on the graves of all combat veterans. All branches of services are honored Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and the POW-MIA.
The organization began more than 17 years ago when Worcester Wreath Company began a tradition of placing wreath on the headstones of the Nation’s fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery for the holiday season. Since the, Worcester Wreath has donated 90,000 wreaths which have been placed by volunteers in a wreath-laying ceremony each December
Morrill Worcester, 12, a Bangor Daily News paper boy won a trip to Washington D.C.. It was a trip he would never forget it made an indelible impression on him , especially the trip to Arlington Cemetery In later life he recognized his success as a businessman was made possible by the enormous and ultimate sacrifice of this nations veterans.