Monica Leo’s life with puppets spans the globe and covers 45 years.
She’s got it all down in a memoir titled, “Hand, Shadow, Rod. The Story of the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre,” due in …
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By Xiomara Levsen
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3/30/23
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A new playground will be available for preschool and kindergarten students to use at the new Early Learning Center building next fall.
ELC principal Kirk Ryan said there was a committee formed …
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
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3/30/23
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The West Liberty City Council announced who they offered the city manager position to at the city council meeting Tuesday, March 21. They also clarified the ordinance regarding the qualifications an …
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By Xiomara Levsen
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3/30/23
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After qualifying the top three at regionals, an eighth grader from West Liberty Middle School moved onto the state competition in a mathematic competition.
Jayden Thammavongsa traveled to Ames …
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
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3/30/23
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First he was a kid in the audience. Later he worked the concession stand. Now Mac Howes owns West Liberty’s New Strand Theatre and hopes to offer today’s families the same thrills he enjoyed as a kid.
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Xiomara Levsen, Editor, West Liberty Index
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3/29/23
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There’s one television in the corner of Axe & Oak Whiskey House in Wilton, but business owner Fred Grunder said it’s only for select games.
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Garrett Ammesmaki, Editor, Advocate News
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3/29/23
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Wapsi Environmental Center near Dixon held a maple syrup demonstration on March 4.
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3/29/23
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Thunderous calls from competing Toms trying to out-do one another for the attention from nearby hens, rattles through Iowa’s timber each spring. This annual ritual is witnessed by hunters who attempt to mimic the call of a lonely hen, to attract a frustrated Tom to come search her out.
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3/29/23
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Debbie Wallace is a firm believer in the healing power of love.
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Erin M. Gentz
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3/28/23
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
Around 200 people came to the Nichols Fire Department Sunday, March 19, for its annual pancake breakfast.
“It’s a big turn out,” said Nichols Fire Chief …
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
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3/22/23
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A West Liberty resident recently returned from running her sixth world major marathon in Tokyo, Japan
Jackie Henderson traveled to Tokyo with her family at the beginning of March. The process to …
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
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3/22/23
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NARCAN will soon be available in the West Liberty Community School District.
The West Liberty Board of Education held the first reading of school board policies 905.3 – 905.3R1 at its meeting …
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By Xiomara Levsen
Index Editor
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3/15/23
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