Visitation: Will begin at 10:00 a.m, Tuesday morning, September 08, 2009 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel, the family will be at the funeral chapel from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to greet visitors. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday morning, September 09, 2009 at Garland – Van Arkel – Langkamp Funeral Chapel with Reverend Jason Gutzmer of […]
Parents night at Badger-Gabriel field where the Montezuma Braves took on New London last Friday night. Monte moves to 2-0 on the season with an earlier season win over Eddyville-Blakesburg. The Braves defense held the Tiger’s scoreless for the first 3 quarters when Braves head coach put in 9th graders for experience allowing New London […]
The Oskaloosa cross country teams ran at the Grinnell Invitational on Tuesday. Brooke VanHouweling led the way with a 4th place finish in a time of 16:44, helping the varsity girls team to a 10th place finish in the 14-team field. “Brooke really looked good tonight, she got up with the lead pack and ran […]
From the Eddyville-Blakesburg cross country website: The Runnin’ Rockets competed yesterday in the Lake Keomah Invitational hosted by Pekin HS. The boys finished 3rd, 5 points behind team champion Albia, while the girls finished 4th. Christopher Welch and Lucas David finished 1-3 to pace the boys, while Anna Tanner finished in 18th to lead the girls. […]
The Eddyville-Blakesburg volleyball team has recorded another win after defeating Centerville this evening 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Coach Gladys Genskow commented on the results “(It was) good to have that first conference win. (The) girls started off really well with a good lead in the first match and then we started to lose the focus. They […]
Before I get to the subject of laundry, I want to expand upon my prior posts on grocery shopping and saving money. In making a change of any kind in your life, you need to take baby steps. Changing everything all at once can set you up for failure. So, take baby steps when you […]
The citizens have spoken and they have said that they are not concerned by the current egg recall. 78% of residents (25 voters) voted no in our last question of the week poll. Meanwhile 4 residents (13%) voted yes and 3 residents (9%) voted not sure. The question of the week poll is an unscientific […]
From the Eddyville Cross Country website: The Runnin’ Rockets were in action Saturday at the Central Invitational. The boys finished 10th out 16 teams and the girls were unable to compile a team score. Leading the way for the boys was sophomore Christopher Welch who fnished 9th in a time of 17:10. Other scorers for […]
1969: A severe thunderstorm struck northwestern and central Iowa with 85 mph wind gusts producing extensive damage at Ames and large hail falling from Fonda to Rockwell and from Ames to Huxley and Slater. Hail stones as large as 2 inches in diameter were reported and crop losses were in the millions. 1939: Very hot […]
From an official press release from Governor Culver’s office: “It is an honor to appoint Lucy Gamon as an Iowa District Court Judge,” Culver said. “Lucy has an outstanding record of service to Iowans as an Associate District Judge in the Eighth District. I want to thank her for continuing her commitment to justice through […]
