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The loss of a substantial market for Iowa pork has farmers across the state on edge as the United States Supreme Court turned its attention Friday to whether to take up a challenge to legislation that could rob swine producers of a lucrative market.

California, which accounts for 15 percent of the country’s pork production, has legislation, Proposition 12, that took effect Jan. 1 requiring that pork sold in that sold be raised under strict guidelines.

2021 has come and gone, but a lot has happened over the last 12 months in Franklin County.

COVID-19

After 2020 was defined by the outbreak COVID-19, 2021 saw the first signs of life returning to relative normal as pandemic restrictions were lifted and vaccines made available.

Following the first year of the pandemic, Franklin County started with 923 total cases going into 2021. Over the course of the year that number more than doubled, with the state reporting now an even 2,000 individuals positive since the pandemic started in the county.

The CAL Community School Board said farewell to retiring members during their final regular meeting of the year on Monday, December 13.

At the meeting, the board went over the results of the November election, stating that Elizabeth Podolon won re-election in District 2 with 113 votes. New members Bradley Wessels and Liliana Velasco won District 1 and the At Large seat with 124 votes and 17 votes respectively.