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Striking a Chord… Striking a Chord…

Greetings! Hope you had a great Corn Fest and start to this week. I ran out of room in the regular news coverage so I’ll put this piece of trivia here: The Loyal bakery, Sweet Retreat, once again...

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State and federal action needed on spiraling fire truck costs

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