ON LEFT–Pictured Chicago teenage boy, Ren McCormack (Seth Reed on the left), who moves with his mom, Ethel (Alyssa Rhum), to the small town of Bomont, Oklahoma, a town with an ordinance…
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Alliant Energy Proposing Rate Increase
Customer Comment Meeting in Creston on April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at SWCC. Alliant Energy’s Iowa electric utility, Interstate Power and Light Company, in addition to Alliant Energy’s Iowa natural gas utility,…
March 25-29 is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa – County to Test Procedures Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
The Decatur County Emergency Management Agency, Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD), National Weather Service (NWS), and Iowa Emergency Management Association (IEMA) have joined together to promote Severe Weather…
Work on Gravel Roads Top Priority of Secondary Road Department
This worker for the Decatur County Secondary Road Department dumps a load of rock on an area gravel road this past weekend. Muddy conditions prevail but dryer and warmer weather is on…
City Council Meeting Reported Low Interest for Volunteers in Mowing, Citizens Concerned about Run Down Properties
The Leon City Council met for their regular meeting at the City Hall on Monday, March 11, 2019. The complete minutes are published on page 8 in this issue. City Administrator Simmons…
New Design for Proposed Savanna Hills Learning Center
This is an artists conception of what the Savanna Hills Learning Center could look like. by Kayla Stalder Naturalist, Decatur County A few years ago, the Decatur County Conservation Board (DCCB) dreamed…
JR Office Sports Signage Once Again
After being without a sign for going on two years now, the JR staff has placed new signage on The Leon Journal-Reporter building, located at 111 NW 2nd Street and it should…
Leon Chamber of Commerce Business
Leon Chamber of Commerce met on March 7, 2019 at the DCDC office. President Chris Coffelt called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. Those in attendance were: Jo Beth Smith, Doug…
AgriVision Hosts Monthly Chamber Coffee
AgriVision hosted the March Leon Chamber Community Coffee last Wednesday. Marv Palmer, Leon store manager, pictured in back center, along with Mike Wilson, Service Operator, front center, report on the services provided…
Fry Welcomes Local Homeschool Family
Last week, Rep. Joel Fry (R-Osceola) welcomed Deborah, James, Nancy, and Craig Allen (Leon), from Homeschool Iowa, to the Iowa House of Representatives. The family was visiting the Capitol to talk with…