Marcus Mackey

5 days ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Marcus Mackey

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6 days ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Marcus Mackey

Earlier this year the Guthrie Center City Council approved decreasing the speed limit on Bluff Street. City Clerk Kris Arrasmith says that the reason that the speed limit was changed was because the city received multiple complaints and requests from residents in the area, and a recommendation to do so had come in from the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office. She adds that it was also the only residential street in town that was not already dropped to 25 miles per hour.

6 days ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Marcus Mackey

A bill on Governor Kim Reynolds’s desk would change the definition of bullying in Iowa Code. Representative for District 23 Ray Sorensen says that House File 865 is about clarity, and making it easier to define the act of bullying. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio what would change. “So right now the definition of bullying in our code is, it’s been all over the place. This bill tightens that up by defining bullying as repeated and targeted behavior that creates a hostile environment.

6 days ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Marcus Mackey

Counties in the Raccoon Valley Radio listening area are seeing the same drought conditions as last week. According to the US Drought Monitor, Dallas County is mainly seeing no drought conditions, with a small area of abnormally dry conditions in the very southeast corner, while all of Greene County, and the eastern half of Guthrie County are not facing any drought conditions. The western half of Guthrie County is abnormally dry.

6 days ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Marcus Mackey

The Adair – Casey / Guthrie Center FFA Chapter held its annual banquet on May 4th. During the event, the chapter officers from the 2024-25 year stepped down, and the new group of officers for the 2025-26 year. Senior Gavin Sloss was the 24-25 chapter president, and the newly appointed chapter president is junior Lucy Knutter. Knutter tells Raccoon Valley Radio what she’s hoping for in the coming year.