Caleb Nelson

1 week ago | crestonnews.com | Caleb Nelson

With an emphasis on home grown products of all kinds, Zach and Kendra Daniels, owners of Greenfield Mercantile, were ecstatic to reach the finish line on the opening of their new small business awhile back. The fruit of their labor along the way was finally realized Saturday with a grand opening and ribbon cutting. They’re located at 226 Public Square, a building most recently home to J’s Variety.

1 week ago | crestonnews.com | Caleb Nelson

Greenfield city council members held two in-depth conversations during their Tuesday, April 8 meeting and voted to proceed in some way on both topics. The council reviewed debt capacity they have in relation to needed capital improvements, like the pool rebuilding and another phase of sewer lining work, as well as mulled the idea of allowing chickens in town.

1 week ago | crestonnews.com | Caleb Nelson

The fire station project for Greenfield will go out to bids now that the city council approved the final drawings at their Tuesday, April 8 meeting. The final design is very similar to conceptual drawings the council approved in February. The plans call for a 10,700 square foot fire station with some truck bays facing south and others facing east.

1 week ago | crestonnews.com | Caleb Nelson

Run to Revival is a recently-opened Christian mercantile that offers many other amenities in downtown Stuart. Jen Fagan, an Osceola native who studied merchandising and design in college, has always wanted to have a store, but she didn’t really know what it would look like. Run to Revival, at 123 NW 2nd Street, not only has a mercantile space that offers gift items as well as books, Bibles and Bible studies and greeting cards that are geared toward women, men, couples and children.

1 week ago | crestonnews.com | Caleb Nelson

Mary Sturdy-Martin of Fontanelle will serve as a mental health advocate for several area counties. The Adair County supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding Wednesday, April 9 for the position that is shared between Adair, Adams, Union, Taylor and Decatur counties. “They’re all the same agreement, it just outlines the duties for all the counties,” Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg said. “We pay initially and then they reimburse us.