DALLAS — Working in city government wasn’t Dallas city manager Brian Latta’s plan when he went to college.

MONMOUTH — “Who do you want to be?”

DALLAS — Mint Valley Paper, the company proposing to build a $300 million paper production plant near Godsey and Monmouth Cutoff roads in Dallas, is now in the process of securing financing.

DALLAS — Last December, the Dallas chapter of the Old Guard Riders and numerous volunteers partnered with Wreaths Across America to place Christmas wreaths on the graves of veterans in Dallas Cemetery.

INDEPENDENCE — Classic musical numbers — and some new favorites — will take center stage at the fourth-annual Arts Integrated Ministries variety show this weekend.

DALLAS –Quinlyn Harden, the Independence resident who was convicted last month of 30 sex abuse charges involving children, will serve 54 years in prison.

DALLAS — The Dallas Urban Renewal improvement project on Main Street in downtown Dallas may continue until late November.

DALLAS — The city of Dallas will hold an open house on Tuesday to present the result of its recently completed housing needs analysis.

INDEPENDENCE — A few residents of the Independence Airpark gathered on the afternoon of Nov. 7 to raise the flags in front of the Starduster Café.

MONMOUTH — The expansion of the Monmouth-Independence Network has affected the company’s bottom line, said Monmouth City councilor Chris Lopez in his Nov. 5 report to council.

INDEPENDENCE — it’s been about nine years since the last franchise agreement between the city of Independence and Brandt’s Sanitary Service was agreed upon.

DALLAS — The Dallas City Council approved giving the Dallas Area Visitors Center $15,000 to help keep the organization open for the next seven months.

Polk County Fire District No. 1 swore in seven employees at their September board meeting. Information about each of them was provided by Polk Fire District No. 1 Chief Ben Stange.

The warming center is set to open again tonight at Monmouth Christian Church, 959 Church St. W.

MONMOUTH — The Polk County Warming Centers started a few days early last week at Monmouth Christian Church.

INDEPENDENCE — Dave Upton isn’t a train hobbyist. He doesn’t have one at home. But his face lights up when he talks about the display he’s been working on for the last couple of months.

Dallas police are encouraging residents to talk with their children about not touching firearms they may find, even if they look like toys.

DALLAS – Geologist and geology instructor Sheila Alfsen found all the evidence she needed to believe that the Pacific Northwest will experience a major earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone at a conference in Denver.

POLK COUNTY — Darin Edward Shaw, 50, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on charges related to the 2018 death of 31-year-old Joseph Sieg.

POLK COUNTY — Dyllan Michael David Coons, 20, of Dallas, was sentenced on Tuesday to 34 months in prison for charges related to a Sept. 7, 2018 fatal crash.

DALLAS — Heather Mounce owes $28,275.87 in fees following the restitution hearing that was held Oct. 17 and 18.

DALLAS — Convicted of 30 counts of sex abuse and rape, Independence resident Quinlyn Harden will be sentenced on Nov. 18.

DALLAS — The Dallas High School Theatre is taking audiences on a journey of discovery — with all the misfires and pitfalls along the way — in its production of “Pippin” opening on Thursday.

PEDEE — Last week, Josh McLane was helping put the finishing touches on what he called “a work of art” in South Fork Pedee Creek.

POLK COUNTY — Jason Ryan Trower, 35, of Salem, was arraigned in Polk County Circuit on Friday on charges related to an Oct. 24 car theft and chase.

Tuesday night's low is expected to be 24 degrees.

Jason Ryan Trower, 35, of Salem, was arrested yesterday in Salem at the end of a car chase that started at O’Reilly’s Auto Parts in Dallas.

DALLAS — Dyllan Michael David Coons, 20, of Dallas, pleaded guilty on Oct. 10 to two of five charges stemming from a fatal crash Sept. 7, 2018, in Monmouth.

DALLAS — The Dallas Area Visitors Center and the Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce are relocating temporarily to new offices before the end of the year as they look for new permanent locations for their respective organizations.