On Friday, May 6th, from 7:00 to 9:00am, the American Red Cross, Southern Prairie Chapter will present nine awards for local heroic acts of heroism at the First Annual Heroes of the Heartland celebration. The event will take place in the Indian Hills Community College Dining Room in Ottumwa, IA. A breakfast will be served, […]
What was a very full gym at both the senior high and and middle school as KAOS Gold Wrestling conducted their AAU District 6 wrestling tournament on Saturday March 12th, 2011. With 275 wrestlers each contending for 1 of 4 spots in their respective weight classes to advance to the next round, it was a […]
DALLAS (TEXAS)—It was another day of tight matches against top-level competition as Howard Payne Univ. (Texas) swept the Central College tennis teams Tuesday. The men fell 6-3 and the women were topped 5-4. Sophomore Bryn Boswell (Pella) racked up two wins, taking the No. 3 singles match 6-3, 6-4, after winning No. 2 doubles, 8-4, […]
“The original plan was that they wanted one person to host a table that sat 16, and they wanted to get 8 people from the city and 8 people from the country. Back then it was unusual for the country to come to the city a lot of times, so that’s why they started this. […]
February 12, 1950 – March 15, 2011 Grinnell, Iowa Memorial Service: A memorial will be held at a later date. , at Mary Jean Cousins was born on February 12, 1950, in Winner, South Dakota. She was raised in Winner and graduated from Winner High School in 1968. Following high school, she moved to Minneapolis […]
September 22, 1907 – March 15, 2011 Sigourney, Iowa Visitation: Open after 2:00 p.m. with family present between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star service at 6:30 p.m. March 18, 1911 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. March 19, 2011 at Hedrick Martinsburg United Methodist Church, […]
The Eddyville-Blakesburg and Fremont School District Reorganization Committees met last night to discuss the possibility of school consolidation. The committee’s have been meeting on their own to discuss the matters with their own respective districts. The purpose of the joint meeting was to bring ideas to the table and make decisions on some of the […]
DALLAS (TEXAS)—In their first match on an outdoor court this spring, the Central College men’s and women’s tennis teams struggled to win the close ones as both teams fell to the Univ. of Texas-Dallas Monday. The men dropped an 8-1 match, while the women fell 7-2 in their spring opener. Sophomore Bryn Boswell (Pella) secured […]
Friday, August 8th, 1919 to Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Obituary: Macil Don King was born on August 8, 1919 in the Indiana Township, Marion County, Iowa, the son of Owen King and Alice (Parker) King. Don began farming at age 15 and continued following graduation from the Attica High School. He was united in marriage […]
This edition of ‘Where in Mahsaka County is different than the others I have done in the past. This time I will be giving away a prize for the correct guess. The prize for correctly identifying the location in the picture is 2 tickets to CEW’s Showdown on March 26th at Bradbury Hall. Each is […]
