The Wilder City Council voted to increase the city’s tangible property tax rate after a night of tense exchange between council members and city staff on Monday. The council meeting featured the second of two legally-required readings relating to proposed changes in the tax rate. Tangible property refers to property that can be moved between […]
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Republican candidates speak at Wilder city council meeting
Two local Republican candidates, Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Jerry Gearding, visited the Wilder City Council meeting last week. Several Wilder residents also attended the meeting, both to hear about news related to the city and to listen to the candidates speak. Tyna Eichman, a Wilder resident of 14 years, attended the meeting to get a […]
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Alexandria welcomes new city clerk
Alexandria officially swore in longtime city employee Stephanie Tarter as city clerk at Thursday’s city council meeting. Tarter currently works as the assistant city clerk and will assume her new duties on October 1. “I have no doubt that Stephanie’s going to do a wonderful job,” said councilwoman Susan Vandlandingham. Tarter will fill the role […]
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Traffic studies suggest no speeding problem in Alexandria neighborhood
A pair of studies indicated that speeding is not an ongoing problem in Alexandria’s Arcadia neighborhood, according to documents obtained from the Alexandria Police Department. The first study, which took place in October 2021, tracked the speeds of 25,119 vehicles near the neighborhood entrance. The second, conducted in June, tracked the speeds of 10,230 vehicles […]
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Alexandria committee considers changes to gun ordinance
The Alexandria Safety Committee agreed to consider revisions to the city’s gun ordinance in their meeting earlier this month. Although the issue had been brought up in city council meetings in the past, this is the first time it has been fielded by the safety committee. A resident who wanted to hunt deer on their […]
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Alexandria’s community center sees more activities, opportunities
Kim Wagner, the City of Alexandria’s recreation director, knew she had her work cut out for her when she took the job in 2015. “It was a new position for the city. They never had a recreation director before,” she says as she sits in her office, nestled in a small alcove just above the […]
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Alexandria to bring in more revenue despite decreased tax rate
At a public hearing last week, Alexandria City Council proposed changes to this year’s property tax rate in order to avoid gaining more revenue than allowed by law. Despite the fact that this year’s proposed tax rate is slightly less than last year’s, the city is expected to draw in more revenue. This is attributable […]
