City of Salix, Iowa
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON APPLICATIONS FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF SALIX REQUESTED BY GREGORY J. JOCHUM, ALSO KNOWN AS GREGORY JAMES JOCHUM, AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM, THOMAS JOHN JOCHUM AND PAULA MARIE WRIGHT, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE WILLIAM P. JOCHUM TRUST DATED AUGUST 15, 2025, MARY E. BRAUNGER AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARY E. BRAUNGER REVOCABLE TRUST, MICHAEL D. NOFTSGER AND ANN NOFTSGER, AS TRUSTEES OF THE MICHAEL & ANN NOFTSGER REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 18, 2017, AND RICHARD L. PARKER AND BARBARA M. PARKER
TO: ALL CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SALIX, IOWA, AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO MAY BE ENTITLED TO NOTICE OF THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF IOWA CODE SECTION 368.7.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that applications for annexation have been made and are under consideration by the City of Salix by the following property owners of tract of land, legally described as follows:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4 SW 1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN, WEST OF THE FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA. [Owner(s): GREGORY J. JOCHUM AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM],
AND:
THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (NE1/4 SW1/4), AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS:
ALL THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47) WEST OF THE FIFTH (5TH) PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER (N1/4) CORNER OF SAID SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION, ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN AND THIRTY-NINE HUNDREDTHS FEET (1,315.39') TO THE NORTH ONE-SIXTEENTH (N1/16) CORNER ON SAID HALF SECTION LINE, BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH ALONG SAID NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO AND SIXTY-THREE ONE HUNDREDTHS FEET (662.63'), THENCE NORTH EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES, FIFTEEN SECONDS (N 87⁰ 28' 15”) WEST, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO FEET (362.00'), THENCE NORTH PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE FEET (663.00') TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4), THENCE SOUTH EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, TWENTY-FOUR MINUTES, FORTY SECONDS (S 87⁰ 24' 40”) EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO FEET (362.00') TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. [Owner(s): GREGORY J. JOCHUM AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM],
AND:
THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA. [Owner(s): GREGORY J. JOCHUM AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM],
AND:
THE NORTH ONE-HALF (N1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25) AND THE EAST ONE-HALF (E1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), ALL IN TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE 5TH P.M. IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA. [NOTE: THE NORTH ONE-HALF (N1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25) IS THE SAME LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS THE WEST HALF (W1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE1/4) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25).] [Owner(s): GREGORY J. JOCHUM AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM],
AND:
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA. [Owner(s): GREGORY JAMES JOCHUM AND KRISTA D. JOCHUM],
AND:
THE WEST HALF (W1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87), NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA. [Owner(s): WILLIAM P. JOCHUM TRUST DATED AUGUST 15, 2025],
AND:
ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE1/4) LYING EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 75 AS NOW LOCATED IN SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN (27) IN TOWNSHIP EIGHT-SEVEN (87), NORTH RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA, EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER (E1/4) CORNER OF SECTION 27, THENCE NORTH 88⁰ 11' 53” WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 27, 1516.15 FEET TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FORMER U.S. HIGHWAY #75; THENCE NORTH 27⁰ 12' 03” WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 152.30 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 27⁰ 12' 03” WEST 340.15 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE SOUTH 88⁰ 08' 35” EAST 376.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01⁰ 57' 41” WEST 297.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88⁰ 14' 05” WEST 210.35 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 701, PAGE 5621.
AND ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER (E1/4) CORNER OF SECTION 27, THENCE NORTH 88⁰ 11' 53” WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 27, 1115.10 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 88⁰ 11' 53” WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE 401.05 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FORMER U.S. HIGHWAY #75, THENCE NORTH 27⁰ 12' 03” WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 152.30 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88⁰ 14' 05” EAST 210.35 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01⁰ 57' 41” EAST 297.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88⁰ 08' 35” EAST 309.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 07⁰ 52' 28” WEST 432.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 445, PAGE 1804. [Owner(s): MARY E. BRAUNGER REVOCABLE TRUST],
AND:
ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) LYING EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 75 AS NOW LOCATED IN SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN (27), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47) WEST OF THE 5TH P.M. IN THE COUNTY OF WOODBURY AND STATE OF IOWA,
EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF U.S. HIGHWAY 75 FOR A DISTANCE OF 270 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID N1/2 OF THE SE1/4 TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID N1/2 OF THE SE1/4, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID N1/2 OF THE SE1/4 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID N1/2 OF THE SE1/4; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID N1/2 OF THE SE1/4 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 190 PAGE 576;
ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART COMMENCING AT THE NE CORNER OF SAID SE1/4; THENCE DUE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SE1/4 FOR 1160.35 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING DUE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE FOR 355.80 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY #75; THENCE SOUTH 27⁰ 12' 03" EAST ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE FOR 386.99 FEET; THENCE DUE EAST FOR 168.11 FEET; THENCE DUE NORTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 760, PAGE 9946. [Owner(s): MARY E. BRAUNGER REVOCABLE TRUST],
AND:
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M.; AND THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER, SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M.; AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER, SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 87 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST OF THE 5TH P.M., ALL IN WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA. [Owner(s): MICHAEL & ANN NOFTSGER REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 18, 2017],
AND:
ALL THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47) WEST OF THE FIFTH (5TH) PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER (N1/4) CORNER OF SAID SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) NORTH, RANGE FORTY-SEVEN (47), THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION, ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN AND THIRTY-NINE HUNDREDTHS FEET (1,315.39') TO THE NORTH ONE-SIXTEENTH (N1/16) CORNER ON SAID HALF SECTION LINE, BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH ALONG SAID NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO AND SIXTY-THREE ONE HUNDREDTHS FEET (662.63'), THENCE NORTH EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES, FIFTEEN SECONDS (N 87⁰ 28' 15”) WEST, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO FEET (362.00'), THENCE NORTH PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH-SOUTH HALF SECTION LINE, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE FEET (663.00') TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE1/4) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1/4), THENCE SOUTH EIGHTY-SEVEN DEGREES, TWENTY-FOUR MINUTES, FORTY SECONDS (S 87⁰ 24' 40”) EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO FEET (362.00') TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. [Owner(s): RICHARD L. PARKER AND BARBARA M. PARKER].
WHEREAS, Section 368.5 of the Iowa Code provides that cities may, in connection with an annexation, annex property owned by the State of Iowa and county. The annexation includes any and all Woodbury County road right-of-way to the centerline of any adjacent road; and
YOU ARE FURTHER AND SPECIFICALLY NOTIFIED that a hearing before City Council on the above described Application for Annexation has been set to commence on the 8th day of April, 2026, at 7:00 P.M, in the Salix Community Center, 317 Tipton Street, Salix, Iowa, at which time and place any person wishing to speak for or against said Application will be given the opportunity to be heard. Written public comments may also be sent to the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 240, Salix, Iowa by 4:00 p.m. on April 8, 2026.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that a copy of said Applications are on file in the Salix City Clerk’s office, and may be examined by any interested person during regular business hours.
DATED this 13th day of March 2026.
CITY OF SALIX, IOWA Ashley Mareau, City Clerk
Published in the Sergeant Bluff Advocate weekly newspaper, Thursday, Mar.19, 2026. The SB-Advocate is the Official Newspaper for the City of Salix and is an Official Woodbury County newspaper. (PN#031926-00353)
