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Record UTM commencement includes 31 Dyer Countians
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday night approved a $21.1 million city school budget for 2005-06 general operations and an additional $2.2 million for capital improvements at the high school. City School Superintendent Lloyd Ramer presented the new budget to board members. He said the approximate $300,000 increase, compared to the current operating budget, is largely the result of rising costs for utilities, building repairs and insurance...
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Farmers Market may take root in Downtown warehouse
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The preferred location for a Dyersburg Farmers Market is a vacant storage building downtown that was once used as a lumber warehouse by Forcum Lannom, Main Street Dyersburg director Lori Vaughn told area vegetable growers Monday . The building measures approximately 300 by 400 feet and is open along the sides, which Vaughn said would be almost ideal for the marketplace...
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'Y Knot Road Race' scheduled Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The YMCA of Dyer County will kick off its inaugural Y Knot Road Race on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. The foot race, sponsored by First South Bank, is a fund-raising event for the YMCA Scholarship fund. The YMCA's Jim Stark said he hopes it will become their premier fund-raising event each year...
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County budgets tentatively approved
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The Dyer County Commission Budget Committee tentatively approved five more Fiscal Year 2007 budgets Monday, leaving only county schools' budgets yet to be considered. During a two-and-a-half hour meeting the committee gave provisional approval to proposed budgets for the county general fund, sheriff's drug fund, special purpose (investment), worker's compensation and solid waste/sanitation fund budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1...
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Firm decision on spec building expected
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce has fielded a dozen inquiries since January from industrial prospects considering opening facilities in Dyersburg, the city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen were told Monday night. The products that could be manufactured here range from automotive to mineral-based products...
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Teenager arrested with gun at eatery
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
A 15-year-old Dyersburg youth was arrested at McDonald's on Lake Road after officers found a handgun on him 10:30 p.m Friday. The teenager was charged with unlawful possession of weapon. The teen was reported to police after he was involved in an altercation, along with three other juveniles, with several other juveniles at Okeena Park on Lake Road...
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$21 million city school budget approved
(Local News ~ 05/16/06)
The Dyersburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday night approved a $21.1 million city school budget for 2005-06 general operations and an additional $2.2 million for capital improvements at the high school. City School Superintendent Lloyd Ramer presented the new budget to board members. He said the approximate $300,000 increase, compared to the current operating budget, is largely the result of rising costs for utilities, building repairs and insurance...
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