Roger Sims, Journal Staff

An engineer with BG Consultants Inc. met with the Pleasanton City Council on Wednesday, Feb. 11, to discuss how to make repairs to a roof in the city's water plant complex. (Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal@icloud.com (Correction: In the original version of this story, Jason Hoskinson's name was spelled incorrectly. We regret the error.) PLEASANTON – An engineer’s assessment of the Pleasanton water plant is that city officials have little choice...

By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal@icloud.com PARKER – Pending confirmation that the contractor will remove the old roof material, the Parker City Council on Thursday, Feb. 12, voted unanimously to hire H&S Roofing from Mapleton to tear off and install a new metal roof on the City Hall and city maintenance shop for $17,075. The council originally looked at hiring a contractor to install that roof as well as replace siding and the roof on the Parker Community Center, the former...

Pleasanton High School scholar bowl team members, from left, Kooper Milburn, Mia Miek, Alexandra Miek, and Braydon Reeves lead the team down the high school hallway to applause from fellow students as they prepare leave for the state meet on Friday, Feb. 13. (Billy Roudybush / Journal contributor) By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal@icloud.com After placing third in the Class 1A Division I regional meet, the Pleasanton High School scholars bowl team earned a trip to Lincoln High...