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- School board awards project bids

- Suspect allegedly assaults woman

- Blood drive set for Nov. 5

- Veterans Day Parade slated for Nov. 10

- Clinton football to face big test against Elgin

Supt. Tyler Bridges promised the Clinton Board of Education would need only three minutes to finish its special meeting Monday night at the board office.

That’s a wrap

Putting the robe on one final time is District Judge Jill Weedon in her courtroom at the Custer County Courthouse. Wednesday was her last day serving the five counties in her district. She has retired her gavel, actually, she said she never used one in her courtrooms.

Left in tatters

High winds ripped apart the tarp atop the 18th Street water tower Tuesday afternoon. According to Clinton Public Works Director Gene McCullough, this will fall under the purview of the contractors rather than the City of Clinton itself.

Roger Dale Lively Jr, 45, of Clinton, was arrested Oct. 10 on the charge of assault and battery against a person living in the same household.

5 Clinton residents who are ready and willing to donate blood will be able to do so close to home from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday at a blood drive to be hosted at the First Christian Church Family Life Center located at 111 South 28th St., east of the church.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, researchers and tribal members.

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