MV City Council - June 23, 2026
Missouri Valley prepares for July 4 holiday weekend
By Lee Zion, Editor
Harrison County Times-Reporter
The town will hold a special concert in advance of the Fourth of July celebration.
“Down in the city park, we will have Music in the Park on July 2 — a 250th celebration,” said Jeannie Wortman, with the Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce. “Azria Health will be grilling hot dogs; we’ll have chips and water. There will be cookies with a Fourth of July theme decorated on them. I think a popcorn machine, also.”
Another possibility is a hula hoop contest, Wortman said at the Missouri Valley City Council meeting on June 16.
The hot dogs will be ready at 6 p.m.; Rick Powell will perform at 7 p.m.
Also, red, white and blue bunting will be hung on the gazebo. The coffee group that meets at the community center has paid for the bunting. At the meeting, she offered a bit of sideways thanks toward
Richard Gochenour, the public works director and street superintendent for the city.
“I’ve already spoken with Rich, and I’m hoping that on Thursday, the weather’s cooperating. He will provide the ladder for me. And he says he’ll hold it while I climb the ladder,” she said.
The bunting will stay up until the second week in July, Wortman said.
In other news ...
The swimming pool has been fixed up as well, Gochenour said.
“The concrete looks great,” he said. “They finished everything at the pool?” asked Councilman Sherman Struble.
“Yes, they did. Looks great. Everything’s sealed up. Every crack’s ground out,” he said. “It’s not leaking?”
“It’s not leaking, Sherm. We actually had to empty water out of it. I think it made water,” Gochenour said.
