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Body of Sanborn man found in lake

April 11, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

OKOBOJI, Iowa Divers recovered the body of a Sanborn, Iowa, man from the waters of West Lake Okoboji late Monday evening. Continue Reading

Railroad Days in Iowa this weekend

July 18, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe

SANBORN, Iowa The northwest Iowa community of Sanborn will celebrate its 15th annual Railroad Days Friday through Sunday. Continue Reading

County sticking with weekly meetings

January 13, 2011 in The Daily Republic

Cutting the number of county commission meetings from four to two Tuesdays a month isn’t something that’s high, or even on, Davison County’s list of priorities, the commissioners said recently.
That means Davison County will remain the only county in The Daily Republic’s 17-county readership area that meets on a weekly basis. Other counties meet once or twice a month. Continue Reading

Opinion: Experience shows roadmap to legislative seat

January 7, 2011 in The Daily Republic

I was a rookie that went three for three. I ran for GOP chairman of Sanborn County and won. Sanborn had about 20 percent of the population of Davison County, but I was only 26 years of age.
In the fall of 1975, the chairmen of Sanborn, Miner, McCook and Hanson counties met in Howard. We tried to find a “sacrificial lamb” to run for the Legislature, as the Democrats had held the three seats for four, six and eight years. Continue Reading

Jaycox was POW in German camps

September 22, 2010 in Worthington Daily Globe

World War II veteran received Medal of Excellence earlier this month
SANBORN, Iowa More than six decades after the war’s end, one thing still makes Marion “Jay” Jaycox choke up. Continue Reading

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Veterans gather at 164th reunion

September 17, 2010 in INFORUM

VALLEY CITY, N.D. Sixty-seven years ago, at age 18, Horace Nearhood was drafted into the 164th Infantry Regiment a unit of North Dakota’s National Guard and shipped out to the Pacific to fight. Continue Reading