Peters, Steve C. of Thornton – Service May 6th, 2024
Service for 50-year-old Steve C. Peters of Thornton will be Monday, May 6th at 2pm at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Thornton. Visitation will be Sunday, May 5th from 4-6pm at the church and will continue
Drivers and farmers must share the road during planting season
Planting season is well underway, and it’s crucial for motorists to be aware of safety precautions while sharing the roadways with farm machinery. Steven Freeman, a professor in agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, tells
Annual report released by the Hansen Foundation
The Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation has released its 2023 Impact Report. The foundation hit a milestone last year by directly impacting over 1-million Iowa families, delivering $2,656,460 in programming and bringing help to 1,096,823 families. The
Thursday, May 2
Track & Field NICL Coed Meet @ Grundy Center – rescheduled to 5/6/24 (AGWSR, Aplington-Parkersburg, Dike-New Hartford, Grundy Center, South Hardin) North Central Conference Girls Meet @ Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 5:00 p.m. (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Iowa Falls-Alden) Team 1.
Cerro Gordo Supervisors to hold a special meeting
Tomorrow the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting and will consider a grant application from the Community Development Fund. The supervisors will also meet with I-T staff to discuss technology in the
Drought conditions continue to improve in Iowa
Just over 30 percent of Iowa is now drought free, this according to the latest U-S Drought Monitor Report for the week ending Tuesday. The number increased from last week’s 23-point-52 percent. All the drought categories showed
Franklin Supervisors hold a special meeting and joint session
This week the Franklin County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting and a joint session with the Franklin County Board of Health and the Franklin General Hospital Board of Trustees. Supervisor chairman Chris Vanness began the
Violence erupts and hundreds arrested as college protests continue; Columbia, UCLA and more cancel classes
College protests continued across the country, resulting in escalating violence between pro-Palestinian encampments and counter-protesters. The movement calling for universities to divest financial support for Israel, which has affected dozens of campuses across America, has gone on
North Central Conference Girls Track Meet in Hampton Thursday
The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Hampton-Dumont-CAL and Iowa Falls-Alden girls track and field teams are scheduled for a competitive evening at the North Central Conference meet in Hampton on Thursday. NCC leaders for HD-CAL include Charlee Morton with the top
North Central Conference Boys Track Meet at Clarion Thursday
The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Hampton-Dumont-CAL and Iowa Falls-Alden boys track and field teams are scheduled to be in a title chase at the North Central Conference meet in Clarion on Thursday. IFA’s Jaden Damiano has the top times in