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2 days ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
After having it pulled from the consent agenda and then some deliberation, the West Burlington City Council voted to purchase a John Deere Backhoe from Martin Equipment for $111,681. Councilor John Johnson wanted the council to reconsider the purchase because the runner-up, a J.I. Case Backhoe for $112,500, is made locally and the backhoe manufacturer may close its doors in 2026. “I feel it’s wrong not to help them out,” Johnson said.
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3 days ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
A Pride month proclamation read Monday night by Burlington Mayor Pro Tem Lynda Graham-Murray received some push back from city councilor Tim Scott during the regular meeting of the city council Monday. Scott turned his chair away from the city council rostrum and faced the wall behind where the council sits during the reading of the proclamation.
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3 days ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
At the close of the regular weekly meeting of the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, county resident Cindy Newberry presented the board with 500-plus signatures on a petition imploring the board to implement a two-year moratorium on approving any applications for the construction of commercial wind energy conversion systems (CWECS) in the county. After accepting the petition, the board held an extended work session about its CWECS ordinance, which was adopted by the board in 2023.
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5 days ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
It was all things music, crafts and teddy bears in Crapo Park Sunday, when the Burlington Municipal Band got its season into full swing with the annual Teddy Bear Picnic.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
Preservation is the thread that runs throughout Bob McCannon’s life. That is, preservation of antiques and artifacts, the community, and memories. He wants to preserve those memories for others, so generations to come can know about Burlington’s native sons and daughters who leapt beyond the town’s borders and made their mark elsewhere. Preserving the past is only valuable if people know about it. McCannon fears that not enough of the town’s current residents know enough about its past.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
Native prairie landscaper Sam Hollingsworth said Iowa was once 85% of prairie land and now 99.9% of that is gone. Ag production practices have all but eliminated most of the state’s native prairie, which has interrupted the codependent relationship between prairie grasses and flowers and the insects that need the plants to survive, according to Hollingsworth. “Everybody knows that the monarch butterfly needs milkweed to survive.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
Traffic snarls are expected when the Iowa Department of Transportation begins work on the replacement of the bridge deck on Roosevelt Avenue/Highway 61 this summer. Nick MacGregor, City of Burlington Public Works Director, informed the Burlington City Council at its work session Tuesday that traffic detours for the project, which is the replacement of the bridge deck that spans Highway 34, will be happening as early as this week.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
When former Hawk Eye publisher Steve Delaney brought the “52 Faces” personality feature idea back to The Hawk Eye newspaper, he wanted Hawk Eye Features Editor Criss Roberts to do it just like they did in Garden City, Kansas. “In Garden City they opened the phonebook and pointed to a name and called that person up and interviewed them,” Roberts said. “I told him there was no way I was going to do that.”Instead, 52 Faces personalities were suggested by Hawk Eye readers and staff.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session on Tuesday, June 3 following the regular meeting of the board, to start addressing possible amendments to the county's commercial wind energy conversions systems (CWECS) ordinance. Supervisor Tom Broeker said the board has held two extensive work sessions and received a large amount of input from the public about the ordinance, and he wishes to hold a work session while the issues are still fresh in everyone's mind.
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1 week ago | 
mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm
Retired Marine Corps Veteran Curt Daughters wanted to make sure those who attended Monday’s Memorial Day Service at Burlington Memorial Auditorium understood the difference between the various military holidays. Daughters said sometimes people get confused. Memorial Day, always the last Monday in May, was designated to honor and mourn members of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives in service to their country.
