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Mt Zion Fest features plenty of local talentMT ZION - Sometimes an event takes on a life of its own, like the rock festival in upstate New York held in the summer of 1969, which came to be known by a single word–Woodstock, the name of the nearby village where it was held.June 25, 2025 -
Village Board addresses seasonal changesGAYS MILLS - As school ends and summer begins, the items on the agenda of the Gays Mills Village Board’s June 2 meeting reflected those changes.June 19, 2025 -
Mark Johnson elected school board presidentSENECA - There was a bit of reorganization at the Seneca School Board, as two new board members Matt Dahlberg and Kyle Berger, participated in a board meeting for the first time.June 9, 2025 -
The Independent-Scout has printed 6,240 issuesGAYS MILLS – After 120 years, there’s been a lot work putting out what is calculated to be 6,235 editions of a paper known originally as ‘The Crawford Independent’; then, ‘The Crawford County Independent’; and finally, the ‘The Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout’.May 28, 2025 -
Village must meet phosphorous levels or find alternativeGAYS MILLS - The Village of Gays Mills Board received a re-port on the status of the Wastewater Treatment Project from Evan Chambers, a project engineer at Town and Country Engineering.May 21, 2025
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Paper’s anniversary celebrates 120 yearsGAYS MILLS - There’s no way around it, being in business for a 120 years is a notable achievement. So, we’re going to celebrate 120 years of publishing The Independent with an anniversary party on Friday, May 23 at our Independent-Scout office in the Gays Mills Mercantile Center.May 14, 2025
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Boland retires from SenecaSeneca School District Administrator David Boland’s resignation from his position was accepted by the Seneca School Board at their meeting on Monday, following a closed session discussion.March 26, 2025
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Board approves open enrollment numbers for DPISENECA - The Seneca School Board met Monday, January 20 for their regular monthly meeting with a sparse agenda.February 5, 2025
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Board addresses multiple concernsGAYS MILLS- A lot exchange between the Jensen family and the Village of Gays Mills sparked a long conversation about the proposal at the village board meeting Monday, Jan.6.January 22, 2025
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Village Board approves well-balanced budgetGAYS MILS - Well, some things got done at the Gays Mills Village Board Meeting on Monday, December 2, and other things were discussed but not acted upon. The board passed a General Budget calling for a balanced budget of $904,400 in revenues and expenditures.December 11, 2024