How to Feed Wild Birds this Winter
With the official start to winter now here, many birds in Iowa have migrated south to warmer climates for more food opportunities. Aubrey Brown, a Naturalist for the Franklin and Wright County conservation boards, says there are
Saturday, December 20
Girls Basketball
#13 (3A) Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 43
@ #12 (1A) Saint Ansgar – 33 (KLMJ)
North Butler – 33
@ Nashua-Plainfield – 41
Boys Basketball
Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 37
@ Saint Ansgar – 46 (KLMJ)
North Butler – 44
@ Nashua-Plainfield – 45
Boys Wrestling
Al DeLeon Invitational @ West Hancock –
(AGWSR)
Team Score
1. Central Springs – 308
2. Algona – 215
3. West Hancock – 173
5. AGWSR – 134
AGWSR
1st at 106, Kealain Urban
1st at 120, Brady Abbas
3rd at 132, Kade Urban
3rd at 190, Clayton Van Loh
3rd at 285, Gage Van Loh
4th at 113, Sam Mausser
5th at 126, Layne Nagel
6th at 138, Jariyah Bowles
Jones Brothers Invitational @ Iowa Falls-Alden –
(AP/GC, BCLUW-SH, Iowa Falls-Alden, North Butler-Clarksville)
Team Score
1. West Marshall – 251
2. Iowa Valley – 173.5
3. Iowa Falls-Alden – 172
5. AP-GC – 125
7. North Butler-Clarksville – 81.5
9. BCLUW-SH – 69
Iowa Falls-Alden
2nd at 106, Zane Gillespie
2nd at 120, Kolbe Hansen
2nd at 132, Sam Robinson
2nd at 150, Kyler Patton
2nd at 165, Drake Sanders
3rd at 215, Brooks Hickman
3rd at 285, Trayvahn Williams
4th at 190, Trevor Bailey
AP-GC
1st at 132, Carter Liston
1st at 215, Jesse Brouwer
2nd at 138, Matthew Luiken
2nd at 190, Maison Copp
4th at at 150, Kellen Reints
North Butler-Clarksville
2nd at 126, Weston Miller
3rd at 132, Maddox Morrison
4th at 138, Cain Nielsen
4th at 144, Jaxson Miller
BCLUW-SH
3rd at 120, Garett Bruner
3rd at 138, Parker Pagel
3rd at 175, Ryan Busch
4th at 157, Beau Towne
Battle of Waterloo –
(Clarion-Goldfield-Dows)
Team Standing- Bracket D
1. Southeast Polk
2. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
3. Norwalk
Pool 2
#17(2A)Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 28
v.s. #6(3A)Indianola – 45
#17(2A)Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 25
v.s. #9(3A)Ankeny – 54
Dike-New Hartford Dual Tournament –
(Dike-New Hartford)
Dike-New Hartford – 52
v.s. Marshalltown – 21
Dike-New Hartford – 11
v.s. #1(2A)Mount Vernon – 71
Dike-New Hartford – 66
v.s. Van Buren County – 18
Jim Kinyon Invitational @ Roland-Story –
(Hampton-Dumont-CAL)
Team Score
1. Sergeant Bluff – 230
2. Winterset – 226
3. Atlantic – 173
5. Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 153.5
Hampton-Dumont-CAL
1st at 132, Charlie Showalter
1st at 157, Taylor Mahler
2nd at 165, Colin Bird
5th at 106, Madox Strother
5th at 120, Luke Showalter
5th at 215, Maddon Evans
North Linn Tournament –
(West Fork)
Team Score
1. North Fayette Valley – 250
2. Belle Plaine – 149
3. North Linn – 120
15. West Fork – 13
West Fork
7th at 138, Brooks Jones
8th at 144, Jasper Jones
Men’s College Basketball
Northern Iowa – 68
Vs. Washington State – 76 (The Wave)
@ Las Vegas, NV
Green Bay – 62
@ Drake – 72
Iowa – 95
Vs. Utah – 88
@ Sioux Falls, SD
Cruzin Classic @ Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wartburg – 79
Vs. Ursinus – 72
Women’s College Basketball
Drake – 92
@ St. Thomas – 81
Iowa State – 75
@ Oklahoma State – 81
Upper Iowa – 79
@ Lake Superior State – 82
D-NH School Board discusses staffing
The Dike-New Hartford School Board this week directed Superintendent Justin Stockdale to affect staff reductions as needed in areas of the Pre-K-12 program which are necessary to bring 2025-26 costs within resources in compliance with the collective
H-D-CAL High School student to take part in a senate youth program
Two high school students have been chosen to represent Iowa at the 63rd annual United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C., on March 1st-8th. Tori Paga, a senior at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, and Isaac
B-K School Board held a regular business meeting
Thursday night the Belmond-Klemme School Board tentatively approved the plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated project cost for the track project at the football field in Belmond. In other business, the B-K board approved several resignations
Grundy Supervisors to meet at a different time and location Monday
Monday the Grundy County Board of Supervisors will consider a request by the county engineer to purchase two pup trailers. The Grundy supervisors will discuss a proposed bond issuance timeline from Speer Financial, and will consider retirement
Pingel, Mildred of Hampton – Funeral Service December 27th, 2024
Funeral service for 98-year-old Mildred “Millie” Pingel of Hampton will be Friday, December 27th at 10:30am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hampton. Burial will be in the Hampton Cemetery. Boeke Funeral Home in Hubbard is in
First human case of bird flu reported in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first human case of avian influenza in the state. The individual was exposed to infected poultry while working with a commercial flock in northwest Iowa. The
IEDA Board approves a CAT grant to Grundy County
Friday the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved a Community Attraction and Tourism, or CAT grant, to the Grundy County Conservation Board of 214-thousand dollars. The funding will help to pave the remaining 1-point-3 miles of trail
H-D-CAL Splits Doubleheader at St.Edmond Friday, Plays Final Games of 2024 at Saint Ansgar Saturday
The #13(3A) Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls basketball team extended their season opening win streak to seven straight games and the Bulldog boys lost their third straight in North Central Conference play as part of a doubleheader at St.Edmond in