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DALLAS — Mezcal Sports Bar, next door to Ixtapa in Dallas, opened on Aug. 30, 2019, just in time for football season to begin.
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SALEM – Three Oregon loggers representing southwest, northwest and eastern Oregon have been chosen as 2019 Operators of the Year. The Oregon Board of Forestry will honor the recipients at its March 4 meeting in Salem. The awardees are:
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Editor’s Note: Public Agenda is a listing of upcoming meetings for governmental and nongovernmental agencies in Polk County. To submit a meeting, send it at least two weeks before the actual meeting date to Itemizer-Observer via email (ionews@polkio.com).
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INDEPENDENCE — The Central School District is working on becoming compliant with state requirements for teaching human sexuality health.
The Polk County warming centers will be open Jan. 13 and 14 in Dallas and Falls City.
Editor’s Note: Public Agenda is a listing of upcoming meetings for governmental and nongovernmental agencies in Polk County. To submit a meeting, send it at least two weeks before the actual meeting date to Itemizer-Observer via email (ionews@polkio.com).
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DALLAS – Mayor Brian Dalton left the Dallas City Council with his thoughts on what it should consider planning for in 2020 in his “state of the city” address.
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INDEPENDENCE — The Independence City Council is scheduled on Jan. 14 to make a decision on an appeal to a planning commission approval on the next phases of the Brandy Meadows development.
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DALLAS – A man remains hospitalized and Dallas Police are searching for a suspect following a hit-and-run accident that resulted in serious injuries to a pedestrian.
Polk County’s Freeborn inducted into Oregon Farm Bureau Hall of Fame
Editor’s Note: Public Agenda is a listing of upcoming meetings for governmental and nongovernmental agencies in Polk County. To submit a meeting, send it at least two weeks before the actual meeting date to Itemizer-Observer via email (ionews@polkio.com).
DALLAS — The Dallas City Council will consider a resolution that will forgo a planned sewer rate increase, but raise the storm water rates for customers in the city.
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FALLS CITY — Students at Falls City High School sit in groups of four, each group with a set of black, green, yellow and red cards.
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DALLAS — A part-time teacher who has been a frequent substitute at Dallas High School believes photos of her body building progress on her Instagram account resulted in her being excluded from teaching at the school.
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INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Heritage Museum was awarded a $3,000 grant to help catalog and digitize its archival collection.
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POLK COUNTY -- Each year media outlets across the country post the Top 10 Stories of the Year, or Top 10 Trends of the Decade.
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MONMOUTH — Like children all around world, a group of students at Monmouth Elementary School took time out last week to write letters to Santa.Martina Rincon-Ochoa’s third-grade class sang along to Christmas songs as they wrote out their requests for the big man.It’s worth noting that the “B…
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DALLAS — The Itemizer-Observer must have been on the nice list this year because Santa Claus — yes, The Head Elf — took time out from his busy season to chat with us for our Christmas edition. Mrs. Claus joined the conversation, too — to keep Mr. Claus on track, of course.
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INDEPENDENCE — When Library Manager Robin Puccetti took the job at the Independence Public Library, she thought she’d be staying a few years, not nearly 34.
DALLAS — A Polk County business development grant will pay for 30 students to get work experience — and a small paycheck — at local businesses through a new internship program.
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FALLS CITY — The winner of the Elf-themed holiday party belching contest at Falls City High School Thursday was Royal Hale. And it wasn’t even close.
POLK COUNTY — Polk and Marion counties are hoping to form a Continuum of Care to address the issue of homelessness in their communities.
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