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Main Street Print + Design to open in downtown Parkersburg

Published by editor on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 10:53am
A new business has designs to leave its imprint in downtown Parkersburg. Aplington-Parkersburg High School Principal Aaron Thomas and his wife Ellie are putting the finishing touches on their new venture in preparation for their projected soft opening next week.Together with graphic designer Meghan Flanigan, the trio are the operators of Main Street Print + Design Co.
 
The business will open in the building that formerly housed Sister Style, 211 3rd Street in Parkersburg. With an all-glass storefront, polished hardwood floors and exposed brick walls with crosshatch beams, Main Street Print + Design Co. gives off a hip vibe of modernity and contemporary spirit that pairs well with the business model they have laid out.

A-P's graduation gets a sequel

Published by editor on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:19pm

PARKERSBURG- A-P High School held their “graduation part two,” on Wednesday, July 1. This event honored a group of seniors that were unable to attend the first event after following quarantine measures related to the spread of COVID-19. A much more intimate experience that the one held in June, family members filed into the auditorium to celebrate the important milestone.

 

A-P, D-NH discuss Return to Learn

Published by editor on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:01pm
AREA - The 2020-21 school year will be a little different than years previous for both students and staff.
 
With guidelines laid out from Governor Kim Reynolds rolling over through the next year, area school districts have chosen to be proactive in mitigating any potential issues with returning to a physical classroom setting.
 

Bev & Hennie's to bring old-fashioned feel to Parkersburg

Published by editor on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 9:49am
PARKERSBURG - There’s a new business brewing in Parkersburg this summer.
 
Bev & Hennie’s, a coffee and sandwich shop, plans to be opening its doors mid-July after finishing their remodel of the former JBL Rentals building on Highway 14 in Parkersburg, located across the street from Kwik Star and next to Parkersburg City Hall. Prior to JBL Rentals occupying the building, the space was used as a car wash.
 
The restaurant is the creation of Kent Klooster and his fiancée Missy Schellhorn, both of Aplington, and is based around their love for service, and their grandmothers. Klooster and Schellhorn wanted to bring tried-and-true recipes into the fold and incorporate a place that is comfortable and modern, but with an old-fashioned vibe.

Split end of an era

Published by editor on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 9:45am
On Friday, June 26, family, friends, clients, and general well-wishers stopped by the Mane Station Salon and Spa, on 4th Street in Parkersburg, to celebrate Deb Kerns' retirement after 40 years.
 
Two pop-up canopies, loaned by the NAPA Auto Parts store across the street, protected from the chance of occasional rain. Beneath these were several tables laden with coffee, cookies and cinnamon rolls provided by new local business, Bev & Hennie’s.

Class of 2020 graduation ceremony held indoors

Published by editor on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 10:01am

The Aplington-Parkersburg High School graduation ceremony was held Friday night at the Aplington-Parkersburg High School gymnasium. Because of COVID-19 guidelines recommended by Governor Kim Reynolds, the original intent was to keep the event outdoors, at the football field. However, the morning of, Principal Aaron Thomas announced via the school’s Facebook page that an outside ceremony would not be possible because of adverse weather conditions. So, the event moved indoors, where guests had the choice of either the gymnasium or the auditorium for where to view the ceremony.

 

Fun in the sun

Published by editor on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 9:31am

Pools in the area are gearing up for the summer season after COVID-19 regulations kept them closed a little longer than usual this year.

Parkersburg awarded $500,000 grant

Published by editor on Wed, 06/17/2020 - 12:05pm

$4.6 million dollars will be awarded to different communities in Iowa for infrastructure projects, and Parkersburg will be one of them. Per the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA,) Parkersburg, Iowa will receive $500,000 of this grant money for help in dealing with over 17,000 feet of pipe in the city’s sanitary sewer system.

“This has been a project goal for ten years now for us to begin work on,” said City Administrator Chris Luhring, “and it’s probably the most unglamorous project you could think of.”

A-P vehicle parade held amid cancellations

Published by editor on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 2:56pm
Saturday evening, Aplington and Parkersburg residents spent their sunset celebrating a vehicle parade sponsored by the Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Aplington Community Club.
 
A combined effort of both, the event was decided on as a way of providing the communities with a sense of normalcy after the many cancellations from COVID-19.
 

Man faces weapons charges after Parkersburg shooting incident

Published by editor on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:01am
Gunshots were fired, but no one was injured during an incident in Parkersburg on May 26. Timothy Ovel, 53, Waterloo, was arrested by the Parkersburg Police Department and charged with Reckless Use of a Firearm, Carrying Weapons, Domestic Assault Abuse while displaying a dangerous weapon, Child Endangerment, Going Armed with Intent, and Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon.
 
According to the criminal complaint, a Parkersburg Officer was contacted by Butler County Dispatch on May 26 at 12:40 p.m. Dispatch informed him of a gunman actively shooting in the front yard of a home on Third Ave., Parkersburg. 
 
“An officer immediately responded, and was able to intercept the suspect while he was walking away,” said police chief David Jara in a press release.
 
Upon arrival at the scene, the Parkersburg Officer stopped his fully marked patrol car with emergency lights and deployed his patrol rifle. Ovel, who was armed with a pistol, immediately unloaded his firearm and threw it away. The officer approached Ovel and placed him in handcuffs. While waiting for backup to arrive, the officer checked through an open window to see if anyone was injured; everyone seemed OK. Backup arrived, and Ovel was placed in an Aplington squad car. 

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