Category Archives: Community News
Faith and family fill 100 years for Feikema
By Jill Fennema – On November 3, Irene (Schaap) Feikema will celebrate her 100th birthday. Her family has an open house planned in her honor on her birthday in the Verdoes Room at Edgebrook Care Center. Irene was born in
Leota Park receives funds
On Wednesday, August 21, Nobles Co-op Electric, along with CoBank, a national cooperative bank, donated $10,000 to the Leota Park Board. The funds were to help defer the costs of their recent upgrades. The upgrades at the park included doubling
Bid awarded, construction can begin
By Jill Fennema On Thursday, Feb. 29, the city council met for a special meeting to pass a resolution to officially award the bid for the Capital Improvement Plan, Phase 1. The council had been discussing options with DGR, the
Building plans take shape at EPS
Pictured: A drawing of the proposed new gym, locker rooms, weight rooms, and possible office space. By Jill Fennema Edgerton Public School has proposed a new building project that voters will consider on April 9 at a special election. Above
School News From Edgerton Public School
Pictured: Edgerton Speech Team competitors advancing to sub-section competition on March 28. Front row (L-R) Jael Lopez Garcia, Gabriel Lopez Garcia, Keira Cruz Medina; back row (L-R) Mayori Godoy, Lydia Skime, Kaitlyn Van Otterloo, Joey Fleischman. The Edgerton Dutchmen speech
School News
This week from from Edgerton Public School Music program news The Spring Classic Concert for 6th-12th grades was held on Monday evening, March 6. All the various bands and choirs performed at the concert. On January 7 band students participated
Council approves two new ordinances
By Jill Fennema – Last week Wednesday, the Edgerton City Council approved two new city ordinances – a special assessment ordinance and a snow emergency ordinance. A summary of both those ordinances will be published in future editions of the
March 8 is Internat’l Women’s Day
March 8 is International Day for Women. This holiday is not celebrated around here, but Stacie Nagel and Yuliia Danish are celebrating this day at the Edgerton Bakery. Yuliia is from Ukraine and there the holiday is a big event.
School News This Week From SWC Grades 6-8
7th grade news Seventh grade English and Literature have been abuzz with many new things this quarter. From research papers, to modifiers, to Lit Circles, we have continued to grow in our language and reading skills. Since returning from Christmas
