MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014
On target: Southwestern’s Cami Feehan shatters a target during Saturday’s trap shooting competition hosted by SWCC at the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance Shooting Range north of Afton.
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Sunday fire destroys Osceola Farm & Home The supply store in Osceola has been owned by the Edwards family since the 1970s. ■
By AMY HANSEN and KYLE WILSON
ahansen@osceolaiowa.com
OSCEOLA — You could smell it before you saw it — the charred and smoking remains of a popular Osceola business. That long-standing business, Osceola Farm & Home, completely burned to the ground Sunday. What once was a building with almost every farm and home item imag-
inable, as well as a tire shop, was gone in less than 24 hours. “If you needed it, they had it, and they had more than one of it,” said Osceola Police Chief Marty Duffus. The fire started around 5:30 a.m. Sunday at Osceola Farm & Home. The fire burned all morning and Todd Jackson, fire chief in Creston, said the supply store was still burning in the afternoon. Firefighters used a backhoe to tear down the east wall of the business Sunday afternoon so they could better extinguish the fire. “It will be a total loss,” Jackson said Sunday. Highway 34 near the business was
The fire at Osceola Farm & Home started around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. The store is being considered a total loss. Contributed photo by TONY GREIF
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BRIGHT EYES More than 540 trick-or-treaters attended the 15th annual Bright Eyes event held Saturday at McKinley Park. All money raised during Bright Eyes is used primarily for veterinarian work for animals at the city pound, advertising and adoption costs. ■
New completion date set for Hwy 34 bridge project By JAKE WADDINGHAM
CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
PHOTOS by KYLE WILSON and SARAH BROWN
Left, Ryer Parker, 7, and sister Rogan, 2, head home with their parents after visiting the annual Bright Eyes trick-or-treating event Saturday at McKinley Park. Above, Jarrett Pingree, 4, and Brady Phipps, 6, pick candy off the Bunn-O-Matic table. Below, Adelyne Cox, 8 months, and her father Vincent gather candy together during Bright Eyes. This event — organized by Creston Animal Rescue Effort (CARE) — hosted more than 540 children Saturday.
CITY TRICK-OR-TREATING NIGHTS THIS WEEK INCLUDE: Afton Creston Corning Greenfield Lenox Murray Orient
5-7 p.m. Friday 5-8 p.m. Friday 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Friday 5-8 p.m. Friday 5-8 p.m. Friday 6-8 p.m. Thursday (Beggars’ Night) 6-8 p.m. Friday
MORE ONLINE: To view all photos taken at Bright Eyes, visit www.crestonnews.com and click on the photos tab.
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The new target date for completing the Platte River bridge project on Highway 34 west of Creston is the first week in November. Scott Nixon, the project’s resident construction engineer for the Iowa Department of Transportation, said the bridge has been complete for a couple weeks, but the weather has not allowed the ■ Cromwell crew to finish grading Road and and paving the proj- the east ect. “We are working culvert projon the approach to ect on REA the bridge,” Nixon Road are said. “They are 70 foot sections of pave- complete ment leading up to the bridge.” Nixon estimated the project is more than 95 percent complete, but it will take time for the concrete to cure properly. The crew will also work on placing the barriers on the bridge. Wet conditions plagued construction through August and as temperatures continue to drop, the amount of workable hours also decrease. “This time of year can be rough because you don’t get the really hot temperatures, so it can take even longer to dry out,” Nixon said. “We have a lot of work left to do yet
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