THE MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT AND SEVEN ADDITIONAL COUNTIES ARE NOW INCLUDED IN A PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION ISSUED LAST MONTH AS A RESULT OF THE DERECHO.  THER NEW LIST OF COUNTIES INCLUDES GRUNDY AND HARDIN COUNTIES.

IOWA’S WEATHER TURNED FROM DRY TO WET THIS PAST WEEK, AND AS A RESULT, THE MARSHALLTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALTERED PLANS FOR BURNING TREE DEBRIS.  RESIDENTS IN SECTIONS ONE AND TWO WILL BE ALLOWED TO BURN THIS COMING WEEK, SEPTEMBER 14-19.  BURNING IN SECTION THREE WILL TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, SEPTEMBER 21-26, AND SECTION FOUR RESIDENTS CAN BURN FROM SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 1,WHEN FALL OPEN BURNING BEGINS.  RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED TO LET NEIGHBORS KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BURN TREE DEBRIS.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY

CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 6, MARSHALLTOWN 0

BELLE PLAINE 26, NORTH TAMA 6

COLO-NESCO 34, COLLINS-MAXWELL 30

GRUNDY CENTER 42, NORTH MAHASKA 0

IOWA VALLEY 44, MESKWAKI 28

SOUTH HARDIN 28, EAST MARSHALL 7

AG-WSR 58, TURKEY VALLEY 40

NEVADA 23, BONDURANT-FARRAR 20

IOWA FALLS-ALDEN 16, CLEAR LAKE 14

GRINNELL 57, NEWTON 13

SOUTH TAMA 18, VINTON-SHELLSBURG 14

WEST MARSHALL 48, HAMPTON-DUMONT 12

BCL-UW 27, LYNNVILLE-SULLY 0