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BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Throngs of people arrived at the Iredell County Fairgrounds on Friday night to experience the thrilling rides, view the exhibits, and learn more about agriculture at

Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville resident Richard Coleman has announced his candidacy for a seat on the Iredell County Board of Commissioners. Coleman is running as a Republican in

Special to Iredell Free News City of Statesville offices will be closed Monday, September 6, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Garbage Collection Here’s the information on the revised

Special to Iredell Free News The 47th Carolina BalloonFest scheduled for October 15-17 has been canceled due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, organizers announced early Friday. National Balloon

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Iredell County’s unemployment rate July dropped to 4.4 percent in July, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce. Iredell County has a labor

Special to Iredell Free News Rescue Ranch will host its Family Fun Day on Saturday, September 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Throughout the day, families can enjoy the

Special to Iredell Free News As a result of active COVID cases as well as close contact quarantines, five Iredell-Statesville Schools are now operating on a remote/virtual schedule. The following

FROM STAFF REPORTS A 36-year-old man faces several drug charges after an Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputy found methamphetamine in a vehicle after responding to suspicious person report at a

  FROM STAFF REPORTS A parent of a student enrolled in the Iredell-Statesville Schools’ exceptional children’s program has filed a grievance with the district related to comments a school board

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Results from state testing for the 2020-21 school year released today are an indicator of the formidable challenges that students and educators across North

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Economic Development Corporation (Iredell EDC) held a virtual annual meeting on August 25. The annual meeting brings together leaders from across the county

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Animal Services & Control has confirmed two cases of rabies. One case involved a skunk that tested positive for rabies in the area

FROM STAFF REPORTS A western Iredell County man faces four felony charges related to child pornography following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. The ICSO began investigating on

Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College congratulates the following students who made the full-time and part-time Dean’s List for the summer semester 2021. To be eligible for the

FROM STAFF REPORTS A convicted felon who was released on bond in early August following his arrest faces numerous new felony charges following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s

Gov. Cooper urges families to sign up for discounts on internet, computers Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — More than 180,000 North Carolina households are getting critical assistance for

BY KARISSA MILLER A divided Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday to mandate face masks in district schools and authorized the superintendent to do whatever is necessary to keep

Editor’s Note: The Iredell County Health Department provided the following guidance in an effort for preventing the spread of COVID-19.  Special to Iredell Free News With COVID-19 cases continuing to

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville City Council has rewarded City Manager Ron Smith with a new three-year contract that includes a salary of $195,000 and the use of a city-owned

Special to Iredell Free RALEIGH — North Carolina’s $100 Summer Card program will end Tuesday, August 31. As part of its ongoing effort to get more North Carolinians vaccinated and

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Under a new state law, a person is not eligible to serve as a sheriff in North Carolina if they have been convicted of

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, August 31, to revisit whether to require students and staff in district schools to wear face masks

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Monday, raising the county’s death toll since the onset of the pandemic to 250.

FROM STAFF REPORTS More than three dozen Iredell-Statesville Schools staff members and nearly 1,000 district students were required to quarantine or isolate due to possible exposure to COVID-19 between August

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BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Statesville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park has some new improvements thanks to Parker Rufty and his friends and supporters.  The Statesville High School senior recently donated his

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: AUGUST 20 ♦ Lenzell Boddie Jr., 62, of Wilmington Avenue, Statesville, charged with two counts of sell

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Over 350 Iredell County residents have lost their lives to a medication or drug overdose since 2008, according to Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell (DACI) Director Jill

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Mooresville Police Department reported the following felony arrests: AUGUST 5 ♦ Tauvea Malik Davis, 18, of Beckley, W.Va., charged with possession of a stolen firearm. ♦

BY KARISSA MILLER With students across the Iredell-Statesville Schools district returning to the classrooms this week, teachers, families and school officials hope to return to some semblance of normalcy following

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Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to welcome Teresa Armstrong as a new director of operations for the Iredell Physician Network. As director of operations, Armstrong

BY BRANDY TEMPLETON South Iredell High School football players and cheerleaders welcomed Troutman Elementary students to school on Friday morning to kick off South Iredell High School Team Spirit Day.

State health officials now recommend wearing a mask in all indoor public spaces Special to Iredell Free News The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has released new data