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ALLISON — The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for a full-time sheriff’s deputy, with applications due by 4 p.m. Oct. 1.The patrol-classification position has a…

ALLISON — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Butler County is offering several educational programs and resources this fall, ranging from harvest safety and pesticide trainin…

WAVERLY — Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District is considering changes to the way community groups, businesses and other organizations are classified and charged for using schoo…

Update: On behalf of the North Butler Community School District Board of Education, Board President Ty Crawford-Miller offered the following statement regarding the decision not to ren…

ALLISON — The Butler County Board of Supervisors approved an increased lease payment for an E911 tower, set a public hearing related to potentially acquiring the tower property and met…

ALLISON — The Butler County Farm Bureau held its annual appreciation night picnic Aug. 3 at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Allison, serving approximately 250 grilled hamburgers along…

Monday, Sept. 8: Deputies responded to a traffic stop at Highway 188 and Highway 3, a suspicious vehicle/person/activity in the 13600 block of Highway 57, an unknown-injury call at 280…

GREENE — A parade of 50 vehicles made its way through Greene Saturday morning as friends, former colleagues and community members rallied around Terri O’Brien while she continues cance…

CLARKSVILLE — The Clarksville City Council approved changes to the city’s insurance coverage during its recent meeting, including increasing its cyber liability limit to $1 million.As …

Allan Sandage (1926–2010) was an influential astronomer of the 20th century. Following in the steps of Edwin Hubble, he did cosmological research at the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observ…

APLINGTON — Lincoln Savings Bank, which has operated in Aplington for nearly 35 years, is expected to become part of Equity Bank under a merger agreement announced Sept. 3.Equity Bancs…

CLARKSVILLE — A longtime Clarksville Booster Club fundraiser has a new permanent home, and club leaders are asking residents to help ensure the metal donation program can continue bene…

PARKERSBURG — Dog owners in the Aplington-Parkersburg area have a new place to let their pets run while helping keep dogs away from ballfields still used by children and other communit…

CLARKSVILLE — When Clarksville students have Mondays away from the classroom, the Clarksville Public Library is working to make sure they still have a place to learn, create and spend …

BUTLER COUNTY — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Butler County is offering several resources for area farmers as harvest approaches while also opening enrollment and planni…

GREENE — Friends, former colleagues and community members are invited to rally around Greene resident Terri O’Brien with a car parade Saturday, Sept. 12, as she continues cancer treatm…