Guttenberg Press

Audrey Posten and Steve Van Kooten have taken over editorial duties for The Guttenberg Press newspaper, joining long-time Press staff Austin Greve and Melissa Spielbauer-Combs. 

Posten is currently editor of the Times-Register, based in Elkader and McGregor. She grew up outside of Prairie du Chien, Wis., and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013 with degrees in journalism and history. Posten became editor of the North Iowa Times in summer 2013 and has continued in that role through the newspaper’s merger with the Clayton County Register in 2020. 

The Guttenberg city council at its monthly meeting on April 13 approved the budget for the coming fiscal year and set a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the current city budget. The new budget features a tax levy of $15.24937 per $1,000 valuation on regular property, a decrease from the current levy of $15.44826. 

A public hearing on a proposed amendment to the current year’s budget was set for May 12 at 6 p.m. The budget is routinely amended each year to reflect unanticipated changes in income and expenditures, as well as transfers between various city funds.

By Deirdre Errthum

Dyersville Commercial

In 1964, John Hartmann of Dyersville began a job with Neil Webster at his TV sales and repair shop in Guttenberg. Little did Hartmann know that this would feed into his passion for electronics and get him started in a hobby that would prove useful for his entire life.

The Clayton Ridge School District Board of Directors approved a four-day weekly schedule for the 2025-26 school year at their April 10 meeting.

The board’s approval was not unanimous, with T.J. Pierce and President Jessica Bittner voting against the change.

Bittner told the audience, “I think it’s a ‘no’ for now, not a ‘no’ for always. It’s something that I think we could put off for another year.”