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Candra Brooks

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Candra Brooks

    School discusses negative lunch balances (opens the original)

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    At last Monday’s meeting of the Clarke Community School Board of Education, on the menu was the topic of overdue lunch balances, the total of which goes up to five figures. Clarke Business Manager Angie Williams explained the school has been utilizing Kinum, a professional debt collection service agency, in order to try to collect on 58 negative counts. The first phase of the collection process is to send letters to those families with negative lunch balances, with a total of five letters sent.

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Candra Brooks

    Final steps in the recipe (opens the original)

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    That’s the way the cookie crumbles. After a lengthy discussion at last Tuesday’s meeting over the property located at 312 E. Washington St., known commonly as “The Little White House of the Osceola Girl Scouts,” the Osceola City Council voted unanimously to authorize city staff to prepare sealed bid forms for the demolition and disposal of the building. Originally purchased 88 years ago by the county at a tax sale, the house was sold to the Osceola Girl Scout Mothers November 1940 and held in a

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Candra Brooks

    Proposed road reclassification draws crowd (opens the original)

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    Maintenance concerns were high on the list of concerns at Monday’s public hearing about a proposal to change a portion of 150th Avenue from a Level B to a Level C road at the Board of Supervisors meeting. The proposed section is located between Idaho and Hoover streets east of Murray in Troy Township, and is approximately one mile in length. While the supervisors ultimately decided not to take any action Monday, most everyone spoke against the change. “This proposal directly hurts the residents

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Candra Brooks

    Sit. Stay. Swing. (opens the original)

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    As the Osceola Police Department prepares for a K-9 program, one of the first steps is money for such a project. With costs that can reach up to $100,000 by the time all is said and done - from getting the dog to the training to a specialized vehicle - a fundraiser has raised about 40% of those costs through the generosity of the community and beyond. Last Friday, 18 teams descended on the Osceola Municipal Golf Course for a four-person, best shot 18-hole golf tournament complete with a silent a

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Candra Brooks

    ISAC visit informs officials (opens the original)

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    When county officials need representation or support for issues from legislation to health insurance to technology, where can they turn? To the Iowa State Association of Counties. Last Wednesday, on stop number 68 of a 99-county tour, three ISAC representatives met with Clarke County elected officials to discuss ISAC and find out what issues or concerns were on the minds of those here. ISAC Executive Director Andrea Woodard explained the mission of ISAC is to “promote effective and responsible c

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