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Aaron Kooiker began his position as Carroll’s new city manager this week, continuing a long career in public service.
The Carroll City Council approved a resolution setting the top of pay, and pay ranges for city employees.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing for the fiscal year 2023 budget amendment.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors set the proposed property tax levy public hearing for March 27 at 9:30 a.m. at the Carroll County Courthouse.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors canvassed the results of two special elections that took place in the IKM-Manning and Glidden-Ralston school districts during their meeting Monday morning.
The Carroll City Council considered a solution for a decrease in tax revenue relating to the fiscal year 2023-2024 budget and gave city staff the all-clear to move ahead with a levy rate of $12.16844 during their meeting Monday morning.
Carroll City Council held the first reading and adopted an ordinance regarding RAGBRAI vendor permits.
Copper contaminants in Carroll’s wastewater could cost the city millions with the implementation of a new limit on pollutants that can be discharged into local waterways.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors opted to pass on installing a new intercom system at the Carroll County Courthouse.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held a public forum and waved the second and third readings for a county ordinance that will require temporary vendors across unincorporated townships in Carroll County to get a permit before selling goods to RAGBRAI riders.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors continued work on the county’s budget, considering non-profit funding and setting a date for the max tax levy hearing for March 13.
New legislation that would allow people to have guns and ammunition in their vehicles at schools, colleges, prisons and their workplaces received preliminary approval from an Iowa Senate subcommittee on Wednesday.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors heard a funding request from the Manning Child Care Center during the board’s regular meeting last week.
Coordinator of Carroll County’s Public Health Department Maggie Pauley gave a quarterly presentation to the Carroll County Board of Supervisors at last week’s meeting, presenting a general overview of the department’s efforts.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held a series of budget workshops last week to assess departments’ financial states and to begin determining how to minimize budgets.
The atmosphere in city hall turned contentious Monday night as the City Council was split between complying with the city’s legally mandated comprehensive plan and allowing a local farmer and entrepreneur to construct a shop for maintaining equipment and manufacturing agricultural parts on t…
The City Council held a budget discussion during their meeting Monday night regarding the altered tax rollback rate passed by Iowa’s Senate.
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Living in different corners of the country, Jacob Matthews says, his new home, Lake City, is “something special.”
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors considered a quote to replace the Carroll County Courthouse’s intercom station during their meeting Tuesday morning.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing for the amended County Ordinance 27 for March 6 at 9:30 a.m. in the Carroll County Courthouse conference room.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing for an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 budget for 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 13, in the Carroll County Courthouse conference room.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors approved an offer to purchase the Breda railroad depot during their meeting Tuesday morning.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to withdraw from the Workforce Development Chief Elected Official Consortium during their Monday meeting.
The City Council held a public forum on the proposed maximum property tax levy during their meeting Monday night.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors heard a funding request from Region XII Council of Governments during their meeting Monday morning.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors completed its first reading of an amended county ordinance that requires temporary food stands around unincorporated townships in Carroll County to attain a permit during the RAGBRAI pass through.
The Carroll Council heard an update to the Carroll Recreation Center Improvement Project and approved a change order during their meeting Monday night.
The City Council considered removing Central Business District business signs that line Carroll’s downtown area, but the vote failed with the issue likely to come up again in a future meeting.
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A candidate for the Carroll County Board of Supervisors illegally acted as a poll watcher in her election last week, but the crime will not be prosecuted, the county attorney said Monday.
Attorney General Brenna Bird joined 24 other states in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over a new federal rule requiring gun owners to register their firearms with attached pistol braces, or risk criminal penalties.
The supervisors held a brief discussion Monday on County Ordinance 27 regarding the RAGBRAI commercial booth sale of food, beverages and other merchandise.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors heard funding requests from both Carroll County Growth Partnership and New Opportunities during their meeting Monday morning.
Republican Cynthia “Cindy” Scaturico has won the electoral race for District 5 seat on the Carroll County Board of Supervisors.
Several wild animals could be trapped or killed without state permission if they pose a “nuisance” to farmers, under an Iowa House bill that was discussed last Monday.
The Board of Supervisors renewed their county health insurance plan with no changes to the previous years during their meeting Monday morning.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors reduced the Compensation Board’s recommended raises for county employees and certain elected officials by 57% after five failed motions and some debate.
Cindy Scaturico says she would bring strong business and management experience to the Carroll County Board of Supervisors if she’s elected to fill the 5th District seat in a special election Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The Carroll City Council set a date for a public hearing regarding the proposed tax levy for fiscal year 2024 during their meeting Monday evening.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors discussed Clerk/Trustee compensation during their meeting Monday morning.
Tim Tracy says that in his career he played a part in successful economic-development initiatives in a number of rural communities and now he wants to contribute that experience on the Carroll County Board of Supervisors.
Carroll’s City Council negotiated new contracts with the city’s public works and police unions Monday night, approving increased wages to balance inflation and help with the retention of police officers.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held a brief discussion regarding a proposal to buy the Breda railroad depot during their Monday meeting this week.
Carroll’s City Council received a report on its rental housing inspection ordinance Monday evening, hearing of the challenges associated with demanding compliance from the city’s various property owners.
Republican legislators want to reduce Iowans’ property tax costs with new rules on how cities, counties and schools determine value and fund projects. But some of the proposed restrictions would throw Iowa’s property tax system into “chaos,” representatives of local governments said.
A spate of bills introduced in the Iowa Senate this week would severely restrict ongoing plans by three companies to build pipelines to transport captured carbon dioxide from ethanol plants in the state.
Margaritas and other mixed, alcohol-containing drinks that were first allowed as to-go orders from restaurants and bars in the early throes of the coronavirus pandemic in Iowa might be relegated to vehicle trunks.
The Carroll City Council is currently underway with work on the city’s annual budget, holding two budget workshops this week with two more scheduled later this month.
During their meeting on Monday morning, the Carroll County Board of Supervisors discussed the salary recommendations from the Compensation Board.
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Carroll City Council members this week were expected to consider approval of Fairfield City Manager Aaron Kooiker, a former West Des Moines police officer who played on the offensive line for the University of Iowa football team in college in the 1990s, as the next Carroll city manager.
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In her Condition of the State Address, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her plans for a maternal health care package — a program that has demonstrated success locally.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in a special election to fill the Carroll County Board of Supervisors 5th District position.
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