Unconstitutional recess appointments, the Fast and Furious scandal, the Keystone pipeline project, making Veterans Administration services more accessible, extending unemployment benefits and payroll tax cuts and many more topics were discussed when U.S. Senator Charles Grassley spent an hour answering questions from the two dozen citizens who met with him at Jamie’s Coffee Mill and Deli in Mount Ayr Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Grassley’s stop in Ringgold county was one of 34 he is making during January as part of his effort to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties each year.
Retail sales in Ringgold county totaled $13,580,514 for the second quarter of 2011, an uptick of 1.4 percent over the 2010 total to the second highest second quarterly sales on record.
That’s the news from the latest sales tax report from the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.
All five of the large group speech contest entries from Mount Ayr Community high school and one from Diagonal high school received division I ratings and advanced to state following the district speech contest held Saturday, Jan. 21 in Osceola.
The MAC speech team included two group improvisation entries, two radio broadcast entries and a short film entry. Advancing from Diagonal was a group improvisation team.
It’s homecoming week in the Diagonal Community school district, leading up to games with Seymour on Friday, Jan. 27.