RIVERSIDE
In what is now their third coach in as many seasons, the Highland boys track and field team is hoping to strike gold with their new head man, Logan Moeller. In fact, this season …
KALONA
Some 200 quilts will fill the exhibition space at this year’s annual Quilt Show & Sale in Kalona, just as they have for the past 52 years. All hand-quilted, the works will be a marvel of …
KALONA
Cousins Julie Zahs and Locke Peterseim couldn’t have more perfect backgrounds for creating a Founding Families exhibit at the Kalona Historical Village.
Julie has experience putting …
KALONA
When you hear the words, “Cocoa futures are on a record-breaking rally,” you might think, “Wow, way to go, cocoa.” If you were a marathon runner, the idea of rallying and breaking …
KALONA
When visitors enter the English quilt gallery at the Kalona Historical Village this season, they may find themselves surrounded by the unexpected. Bold colors, nontraditional techniques, …
IOWA CITY
Arrests of seven transgender people following an October 2023 protest in Iowa City helped lead to a split vote of pay increases for Johnson County elected officials.
The Johnson …
WASHINGTON
As noted during the public hearing discussion prior to approving the Washington County FY24-25 budget Tuesday, “the county’s backed into a corner” to cover services and operations …
KALONA
Back in 1978, when Dr. Sheldon Yoder first began practicing veterinary medicine, he spent his days checking swine for crooked snouts and reaching his arm into cows to relocate their …
KALONA
Hillcrest Academy and Highland took to the pitch on Monday, April 29. Hillcrest was victorious, winning 5-1 with the hat trick from Micah Gerber and two goals from Mason Bender.
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The Lone Tree Lions and Lady Lions track and field teams competed in the Ekstrand Relays at WACO HS on April 25.
The Lady Lions finished with 102 points to place 1st in Class B.
The …
The Highland boys and girls track and field teams competed in the Ekstrand Relays at WACO High School on April 25.
In Class B the Highland girls scored 33 points to place 7th in the team …
RIVERSIDE
Highland hosted their prom on Saturday, April 20. Students lined the halls for a professional photo shoot before walking the stage for the Grand March beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Some …
WELLMAN
It was time for the Golden Hawks to honor their accomplished senior class and what better way for those seniors to celebrate their last home meet than by collecting a commanding victory. …
TIPTON
Heading into the Tiger’s den last Monday to battle Tipton, the Golden Hawks’ road trip turned into a defensive battle but this was something they were prepared for.
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WAPELLO
Keeping up their stellar play, the Highland girls golf team hit the road to compete in the Wapello Invite at the Heritage Oaks Golf and Country Club on April 17 and left with the team …
KALONA
With rain coming down like cats and dogs last Thursday most golf meets in Iowa were postponed but the show must go on and it did.
After waiting a day for the weather to …
Wayne Jarrard passed away January 12, 2024, on the coldest day of winter. We will now have a Memorial Service, military honors and a luncheon on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the Lone Tree American …
Daniel Coblentz, 85, passed from this life Thursday, April 25, 2024, at his home in Kalona. A funeral service will be held Monday, April 29, 2024, at 10 a.m., at Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona. …
Mary Lou Yoder was born Feb. 7, 1939, in Culp, Arkansas, the daughter of Walter and Alice (Seawright) Freeman. She graduated from Iowa Mennonite School (now Hillcrest Academy) in 1956. On …
Esther Viola (Beachy) Zook of Kalona, Iowa, passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at her home. Esther was born Oct. 28, 1932, in Kalona, the daughter of Ananias J. and Ella Mae …
Grant T. Colbert, 21, of Riverside, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Visitation will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the …
The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in about 20% of milk samples from stores in initial testing across the U.S. suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in U.S. dairy cattle than previously realized. …
The pretzel, one of the fastest-growing snack foods in the world, recently crossed a billion dollars a year in sales. It has its own emoji, comes in flavors like pumpkin spice, mocha and banana, and is now available as an aromatherapy scent. …
