West Concord’s summer backpack program is off to a flying start, organizers said, as they aim to help those students who rely on free and reduced lunches during the school year.
“It’s been amazing what some of our people have done,” said Shannon Lisowski, who along with Lisa Westlund, coordinates the program.

The Dodge Center City Council has given City Administrator Lee Mattson approval to make a job offer and begin salary negotiations for a new ambulance director.
Mattson said at Monday night’s meeting he was recommending the city offer the position to Jared Oscarson, currently clinical coordinator of an EMS rescue department in Nevada.

Dodge County farmers and school districts are waiting for a special legislative session that could finally see legislation granting a tax credit for school facility bonded debt become law.

Agreeing that this November’s general election is  “going to be a circus” the Triton administrators and Board members held a preliminary discussion last week of the operating levy for the district that will be on the fall ballot.
Most of the discussion at last week’s board work session concentrated on the 2016-2017 budget that was scheduled to be approved at Monday night’s board meeting.

Claremont City Council are in agreement that they want a Veterans’ Memorial in the city, they just are not sure how to go about getting it.
Members of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion Post are both interested in a Veterans Park and would like to see it in the vacant lots next to Legion Post.

Those projects always turn up. The times when a person needs help with a home project but it is not quite big enough for a large construction company.
A new business operating out of Claremont is attempting to meet those needs. Chet and Tanya Bond have recently started Projects Unlimited LLC and are currently working in both Dodge and Steele Counties.