DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a law that restricts teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through the sixth grade and bans some books in libraries and classrooms, an appellate court said Monday.

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- County burn ban still in place for now

- One county race to be on ballots

- Firefighters train at former Mission House living quarters

- Clinton man hurt in motorcycle crash

- Legislators speak during luncheon

At last week’s meeting the Custer County commissioners enacted a burn ban to last 14 days. With only small amount of rain received in the county in the past few days, the commissioners saw no need to lift the ban during Monday’s meeting at the Custer County Courthouse.

Getting everyone together to gather for a photo to commemorate the Financial Assistance Program loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board was the objective at the end of Friday’s Legislative Luncheon at the Frisco Center. From left are Mayor David Be

Clinton’s elected officials from both sides of the State Capitol, as well as the district’s U.S. congressman’s representative spoke at Friday’s Legislative Lunch sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce at the Frisco Center.

It went down to the wire Friday afternoon, but there will be a local race concerning Custer County government. Incumbent Wade Anders has drawn Jeremiah Trent as an opponent for Custer County Dist. 1 Commissioner.

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