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Election results for Fayette County

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 10:21

Election results for Fayette County

 

According to unofficial election results, Janell Bradley won her re-election bid for Fayette County Supervisor by a large margin. She received 6,290 votes. Her opponent, Jon Bushaw, got 3,207 votes.

Voter turnout in Fayette County was 80 percent with 10,239 ballots cast out of 12,722 registered voters. This was close to the same number of voters in the last Presidential election in 2016.

Fayette County voters overwhelmingly cast their votes to re-elect Donald Trump. He had 6,139 votes compared to 3,833 for Joe Biden.

In the U.S. Representative District 1 race, Republican Ashley Hinton had 5,979 votes and incumbent Democrat Abby Finkenauer, 4,095.

In the U.S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Joni Ernst got 5,860 votes compared to Theresa Greenfield with 3,908.

State Senate District 28 – Rep. Mike Klimesh, 3,229: Dem. Matt Tapscott, 1,470.

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Nov

Howard Poitevin

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 10:19

Howard Poitevin

 

Howard Poitevin age 87 passed away at Mercy One Hospital Waterloo, Iowa on October 14, 2020. 

A graveside service was held  at 2:30 p.m. on Friday October 30, 2020 at the West Union, Iowa City Cemetery. Howard is survived by his children Julie, Jean and Jay and his sister Wanda. 

He graduated with a masters degree from Iowa State University, was a High School Teacher and worked in the Banking Industry. A memorial fund has been set up in his name at Green State Credit Union 3409 Cedar Heights Dr. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

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04
Nov

Lois Miller

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 10:13

Lois Miller

 

Lois J. Miller, 87, of Fayette, formerly of Maynard, Iowa, Temple Bar, Arizona and Ranch Cucamonga, California died Monday morning, October 26, 2020 at the Gundersen Palmer Hospital in West Union, Iowa.

Private family services will be held at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Maynard, Iowa.

Interment: National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

  Memorials may be directed in her name to the Maynard Public Library, Gundersen Palmer Hospital in West Union or Maple Crest Manor in Fayette.

Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

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Nov

Donald Saboe

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 10:04

Donald Saboe

 

Donald Marvin Saboe, 65, of Elgin, Iowa and West Union, Iowa died Monday, October 19, 2020 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, Wisconsin.  Donald was born November 24, 1954 to Marvin and Jeanette (McIntyre) Saboe in West Union, Iowa.  He was baptized on November 26, 1954 in the hospital and confirmed on May 18, 1969. Donald graduated from North High School in 1973.

Amazingly, this quiet and polite young man starred on the North High School stage his sophomore through senior years. He had important roles in "The Skin of Our Teeth” in 1970 "The Mouse that Roared” in 1971 and "Harvey” in 1972. As the principal lead in "Harvey” he played Elwood P. Doud, the quiet man who could see a tall, invisible rabbit named Harvey. Don treasures a prop from the play, a large portrait of himself as Elwood with Harvey painted by a classmate and which hangs on a wall of his Elgin home. 

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Nov

LeAnna Hulbert

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 10:00

LeAnn Hulbert

 

LeAnna Jane Hulbert, 92, of Clermont, Iowa died Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Stoney Brook in West Union, Iowa. LeAnna Jane was born May 23, 1928, to Oscar and Helen Johnson Osmundson of West Union. She was baptized and confirmed at West Clermont Lutheran Church, Clermont, where she remained a lifelong member. She received her education at Clermont Schools, graduating with the class of 1946.

LeAnna was united in marriage with Verdell Benjamin Hulbert October 3, 1949, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. One son was born to this union. Verdell's death occurred September 11, 1963.

After her husband's death, LeAnna was employed by the Fayette County Superintendent's Office, West Union, in 1964. With the formation of Keystone AEA I, Elkader, and the closing of county superintendent's offices, she began employment at Keystone. She worked there until her retirement on June 30, 1990.

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Nov

Gamm, TH boys compete at State XC Saturday

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 09:52

North Fayette Valley senior Brynn Gamm took 26th at the State Cross Country Meet Saturday morning in her final race of her high school career. Gamm finished the race in 21:06.7. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Gamm, TH boys compete at State XC Saturday

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

Saturday morning was a chilly one for runners at the 2020 Iowa High School State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge as NFV senior Brynn Gamm and the TigerHawk boys all competed in the 2A races.

In the girls’ race, which was held at 10:30 a.m., Gamm finished off her high school running career with a solid 26th place finish among the 133 competitors.

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Nov

Marvin Youngblood

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 09:48

Marvin Youngblood

 

 Marvin Youngblood will be celebrating his 80th birthday on Nov. 12.

 His family would like to honor him with a card shower.

 Please help him celebrate by sending cards to Marvin Youngblood, 111 State Street, West  Union, IA 52175.

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04
Nov

Elaine Grimes

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 09:45

Elaine Grimes

 

Elaine Grimes will celebrate her 90th birthday on November 7. A card shower is planned to give her friends and family an opportunity to celebrate with her. Cards should be sent to: Elaine Grimes, 508 E. Main St., Decorah, IA 52101

 
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04
Nov

100-year-old bridge truss hasn't outlived usefulness yet

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 09:42

Involved in the bridge project in one way or another on Bell Creek are (l-r) Fayette County Road Superintendent Jeff Koehn, former County Engineer Bill Moellering, President of K Construction of Elkader Kendall Knospe, and Assistant Fayette County Engineer Ben Daleske. The bridge utilizing a 100-year-old truss can be seen in the background. (Jack Swanson photo)

 

100-year-old bridge truss hasn't outlived usefulness yet

 

By Jack Swanson
jswanson@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

The term “you’re never too old” couldn’t fit the iron bridge that now crosses Edge Road about five miles northwest of Elgin, any better.

The Fayette County Secondary Road Department recently gave the bridge a new home. This is now one of three it has had since it was first placed in Fayette County 100 years ago.

Wed
04
Nov

Tradition: Big part of Norwegian Meat Ball Dinner in Elgin

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2020-11-04 09:35

Darlene Johnson makes sure her lefse making tools are ready for the upcoming Norwegian Meatball Dinner. Lefse is one of the specialty treats that are served. The cooking pan on the left was her grandmothers.

 

Tradition: Big part of Norwegian Meat Ball Dinner in Elgin

 

By Jack Swanson
jswanson@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

"Veldig deilig" means very delicious in Norwegian.

It appears that the congregation at Elgin Lutheran Church have lots of things “veldig deilig” coming your way this Sunday, Nov. 8, when they host the annual Norwegian Meatball Dinner.

Most of us are familiar with meatballs in one flavor, size, shape, or another, although these are made from a special Norwegian recipe, but how many of us can say lefse, krumkake, rosettes or sprintz cookies are a part of our dining repertoire? Those are all special Norwegian treats that are made annually for the dinner by members of the congregation.

One such member is Darlene Johnson. Darlene has been involved with helping in the dinner preparation since it was started in 2007. 

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