With a loyal following of fans around Delaware County and northeast Iowa, and with gigs scheduled from Des Moines to Wisconsin, things are starting to get serious for the Not Quite Brothers Band.
News
A group from the Nebraska Community Foundation stopped in Manchester last week for a peer learning day with officials from the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD) and the Foundation for the Future of Delaware County (FFDC).
By the end of September, ATV/UTV users in Delaware County will be able to ride on the Class B road located in Fountain Springs Park.
The Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce is honored to announce the nominees for Manchester Area Woman of the Year. This award will be given out at the EmpowHER Women’s Night event Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Sports
Anyone looking for a player of the week designation following West Delaware’s 32-20 win over Marion at Brown Field, Sept. 6, would have no shortage of candidates.
Class 4A’s No. 4 ranked West Delaware flexed its muscles to sweep Class 2A’s No. 1 Mount Vernon in a big early-season WaMaC Conference volleyball match at Mount Vernon, Sept. 6, taking care of business in a 25-23, 25-11, 25-23 whitewash of the Mustangs.
With Nathan Goranson clocking in with a sub 18-minute effort, and 10 runners setting personal records, the West Delaware Hawks took seventh place at the Oelwein Invitational at Hickory Grove Golf Course Sept. 3.
Freshman Brooke Lewin’s time of 24:21 claimed 56th place and helped the West Delaware girls cross country team to a 10th-place finish at the Oelwein Invitational Sept. 3 at Hickory Grove Golf Course.
Obituaries
Charles Leslie Ankrom, 78, of Masonville, died Saturday, Sept.…
Leona C. Niehaus, 100, of Dyersville, passed away Wednesday, S…
Donald (Donnie) Cole, 84, of Marion, entered the gates of Heav…
Edward Joseph Schulte, 83, of Manchester, passed away Thursday…
Theresa Diane Heims, 57, of Manchester, passed away Saturday, …
Opinion
We’ve got a big goal this year, Iowans, and we need your help to achieve it. The Healthiest State Annual Walk is celebrating its ninth year. To celebrate, our goal is to have walks registered in all 99 counties across the state with a total of (at least) 900 walks.
They say that blessings come in disguise.
City officials were on the radio and in the newspaper last week, saying that Manchester’s citizens “need to be educated” about the City’s proposal to spend $2.6 million on a new city shop. In my opinion, that is an insult to the citizens’ intelligence. We are educated, and we know that the c…
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