The State Center Rose Festival hosted its annual parade Saturday morning, drawing hundreds of onlookers lined up along Main Street to watch the entries. Candy was tossed to eager children, filling their bags with their new treasures. Some parade entries helped the audience with the heat by ...

STATE CENTER - Inside Washington #4 on Main Street, retired teacher Julie Lang sat at the front desk in period-style garb, with papers bearing age-appropriate words to use for the annual Rose Festival One-Room Schoolhouse Spelling Bees. “I come every year for the Rose Festival,” she ...

TRAER – Nearly 50 years ago, in celebration of America's Bicentennial, the Traer community buried a time capsule just north of the gazebo in Taylor Park. On Saturday, June 6, the vault was unearthed as part of an effort spearheaded by members of the local park committee. “After nearly 50 ...

The second-most-expensive project in the Iowa Department of Transportation’s 2027-31 highway construction program needs more money. The Gordon Drive Viaduct in Sioux City is scheduled to be replaced in 2027-30 at a cost of $206 million. It’s marked as “underfunded” with the note that ...

Two people and one organization were honored at Thursday’s 128th Chamber Annual Banquet Awards. The 2026 Community Impact Award was given to Tom Apgar. He and his family were recognized for the new Apgar Family Water Plaza and contributions on the Linn Creek District projects. The ...

Robert Shepherd of the local VFW Post 839 presented two special recognitions to esteemed members Dennis Myers and Jerry Kremer during Tuesday night’s meeting at the headquarters on East Meadow Lane. First, Shepherd credited Myers, who received the Commander’s Award, for his active role ...