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William Linn named new city manager

After meeting briefly in executive session at the Thursday, Nov. 30, special called meeting of the Yoakum city council, aldermen reconvened in open session to announce the hiring of new city manager William Linn. “We had a pool of 21 applicants.

Council to adopt budget, tax rate Sept. 5

HALF A CENTURY

By CHASTITY GRANT CARTER Special to the Tribune-Herald   Junior. Elmo. Chief. Alderman. Those are just some of the names the fine folks around Hallettsville and surrounding towns have called him through the years.

Yoakum’s city council incumbents edged out by challengers

As few as two votes in one race and five in another is all that separated the winners from the losers Saturday in Yoakum’s first contested city council race in a couple decades, unofficial election night returns showed.