Ashton, Iowa

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Ashton

Sunny
Temperature: 28.4 °F

Humidity: 64 %
Wind Speed: 21 mph NNW
Pressure: 29.94 "

Dew Point: 18 °F
Gusts: 34 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• One-woman band: Shirley Brandt keeps feet dancing with her big-band sound
  

  WORTHINGTON - The band that played at a recent dance for senior citizens in Worthington included two keyboards, a pocket trumpet, electric ukulele and violin.

• Weekend Cook
  

  Even those who are not accomplished cooks and former catering company/lunch spot owners like Paula Juffer can take a page from her working-mother-of-two, driving-kids-hither-and-yon book.

• Radunz-Van Meeteren vows spoken at Ocheyedan
  

  Amanda Radunz and Heath Van Meeteren were married on Saturday, August 9, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Ocheyedan.

• Final piece of Highway 60 project opens
  

  In this 2006 photo, the interchange of Highway 75 and Highway 60 north of Le Mars is still under construction.

• Engineer meets with supervisors
  

  The Osceola county board if supervisors agreed Tuesday have a public hearing on an ordinance regarding Urban Renewal District #3, the 40-acre county development park at Highway 9 and Highway 60.

• Margaret Van Stelton, 84
  

  Funeral services for Margaret L. Van Stelton, 84, of Sibley, were held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 17, at Sibley Senior Citizens Center, Sibley, with Bruce Van Stelton and Tim Vaughan officiating.

• Hospers, Iowa, building damaged when hit by van
  

  A building was damaged Monday in Hospers, Iowa, when a man drove his van into it.

• Six hundred attend Hawkeye Point event
  

  Visitors view the informational sign built by Ed Meendering and Lynn Kleve which highlights many of the other points of interest in Osceola County.

• HTC Communications to provide Ocheyedan with new cable system
  

  Dave Raak, owner and general manager of HTC Communications, Hospers, met with the Ocheyedan council August 11 to present options for a new cable system coming to Ocheyedan.

• John Poppema, 75
  

  Funeral services for John Poppema, 75, of Sheldon, were held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, August 5, at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, with Rev.

• Ethanol Industry Winners
  

  Two ethanol plants were honored by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday with the Energy Star Combined Heat & Power Award .

City Description

Ashton is a city in Osceola County, Iowa, United States. The population was 461 at the 2000 census. Ashton is located at 43°18′43″N, 95°47′30″W (43.311916, -95.791613). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), of which, 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²) of it is land and 0.99% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 461 people, 192 households, and 126 families residing in the city. The population density was 458.6 people per square mile (176.2/km²). There were 212 housing units at an average density of 210.9/sq mi (81.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.13% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% Asian, and 0.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 192 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.01. In the

City Contained By:

• Osceola County
• Iowa

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.58998811034 km squared

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