State budget challenges and education issues led the topics discussed by state senator Kim Reynolds of Osceola and state representative Cecil Dolecheck of Mount Ayr when they met with more than two dozen Ringgold county residents for a legislative coffee Saturday.
The legislators noted that Governor Chet Culver’s budget was received by legislators last week and despite claims by the governor, the budget spends more than the state takes in and raises taxes, the legislators noted.
The unattended death of a Diagonal man is under investigation by the Ringgold county sheriff’s office and Ringgold county medical examiner.
The sheriff’s department responded to a call on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 4:43 p.m. to a residence at 1457 140th Avenue in Diagonal.
There the body of Thomas Darrell Rhodes, 30, of rural Diagonal was discovered.