Wind turbine project debated in Page and Fremont counties, Page County supervisors hammer out budget numbers, Illnesses force three-day Mount Ayr school shutdown, Clarinda school superintendent resigns, School library book issues discussed at Shen legislative coffee.

Omicron variant causes COVID case hike, Page Co. supervisors rescind COVID vaccine policy, Mills Co. officials react to proposed wind energy project, Shen School Board member pleads guilty in OWI case, Area snow plows stay busy.

COVID cases continue to climb in KMAland, Page County pauses COVID vaccine mandate enforcement, MAland school districts in wait-and-see mode on Supreme Court ruling, McQueen presides over first Shen council meeting, Dolecheck declines reelection bid

Shen School Board acts on COVID vaccine mandates, Page Co. supervisors discuss COVID safety compliance, Mills Co. supervisors debate COVID vaccine mandates, First winter storm of '22 rolls through KMAland, Page Co. Comp Board sets salaries.

A special year-in-review edition of "This Week In KMAland" looks back at the big events covered by KMA News in 2021, and remembers the special people we lost during the year.