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Clear Lake finance director tells council tax rate 'is proposed to decrease'

By Sam Jackson | Apr 5, 2023

The Clear Lake City Council discussed the city's budgets for fiscal years 2023-24 and made progress on spending for each year despite changes caused by the state's forced tax levy adjustments.

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Algona City Administrator Jacob Tjaden says city has 'about more than 800 ash trees' at risk of Ash Borers

By Sam Jackson | Mar 21, 2023

The Algona City Council took steps to prevent the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in the city's tress, voting to mitigate the damage caused by the insects during the board's March 6 meeting.

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Algona city administrator provides Central Park revitalization update, says some things were 'removed from the scope of work' to reduce costs

By Sam Jackson | Mar 3, 2023

The Algona City Council discussed planned improvements to Central Park during its meeting Feb. 20, and Algona Municipal Utilities pledged $100,000 to go toward the creation of a new splash pad.

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'This is just setting the ceiling that we would never get to anyway': Algona City Council votes to increase property taxes

By Sam Jackson | Feb 28, 2023

The Algona, Iowa, City Council held a public hearing during its Feb. 20 meeting to set the maximum property tax levy for the year, but officials cautioned that the 9% maximum likely won't be the final rate.

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Grow Cedar Valley's Darah to Waverly City Council: 'We have been very busy with a lot of your partners'

By Sam Jackson | Jan 31, 2023

The Waverly City Council heard a special presentation from one of its partner economic development organizations during the council's Jan. 16 meeting.

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Algona City Council discusses changes to membership requirements for cemetery board

By Sam Jackson | Jan 10, 2023

The Algona City Council discussed making changes to the city's code pertaining to municipal cemeteries during the board's meeting on Dec. 19.