10 years ago May 26, 2016
• Osceola City Council is looking to shoot a hole-in-one with the creation of a new golf cart ordinance on city streets. The ordinances in other cities have restrictions about where golf carts can be driven and the requirements of the driver having a valid license, a slow-moving sign, safety flag, adequate brakes and only operated during sunlight hours.
• Clarke senior Kooper Brimm exceeded his own expectations at the state 2016 CoEd State Track Meet. Entering the boys Class 2A shot put, Brimm made it to the finals and finished in eighth with a throw of 51-2.75.
25 years ago May 24, 2001
• A local golfer beat the odds to win a new car when he made a hole-in-one in a golf tournament that offered a new Buick for such an achievement. The prize was part of the annual D.A.R.E golf tournament sponsored by the Osceola Police Department. The $27,300.00 Buck was given by Querrey Motors of Osceola.
• Clarke sophomore Kelsea Canon wanted the gold medal this year at State, but she won’t complain about bringing home another silver. Cannon repeated as the second-place finisher in the Class 2A 100-meter dash with a time of 12.84, behind the winning time of 12.76.
• In other Clarke sports, tennis senior Jessica Wood claimed the Class 1A District tennis single title to advance to the state meet, while Blake Halvorsen is believed to be the first state qualifier for a Clarke golf team.
50 years ago Tues., May 25, 1976 Osceola Tribune
• Iowa Southern Utilities Co. announced the Iowa State Commerce Commission has reversed an earlier ruling and will allow the company to start billing in June an increase in electric and natural gas rates.
Electric increases will average $2.97/month for residential customers and $9.31/month for commercial customers.
• Paving of the eight-mile stretch of county road H-59 from Liberty south to Highway 34 has started. The paving is estimated to take 12 working days as crews will lay up to 4,000 feet each 10-hour working day.
50 years ago Thurs., May 27, 1976 Osceola Sentinel • Pouring of concrete for the 49 blocks of new paving in Osceola was completed over the weekend. With the mixer dismantled, the crews have moved on to Iowa Falls. It is estimated that two weeks will be required to complete backfilling before work can finish on driveways and sidewalks.
100 years ago The Osceola Sentinel Thurs., May 27, 1926
• The new coal office that is being built on the lot east of the Standard Oil Station on North Main Street is about completed. When done, the new place of business is to be equipped with scales and other appliances usually used to conduct a coal yard.
• “Big George” Gibson, the man on trial at Creston during the past week for the murder of Fred Collings, sheriff of Union County, will serve the remainder of his life at hard labor in the penitentiary according to a verdict rendered by the jury.
