Loras and Jolene Bagge, of Delaware County, will be inducted into the 2020 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony Sunday, Aug. 23. Eighty-six Iowa counties are participating this year and have selected 117 inductees for their outstanding service and dedication to 4-H.
A recent anniversary ceremony celebrating 100 years of Backbone State Park remembered the donation of land by Manchester resident E.M. Carr that became Iowa’s first state park. Among the speakers at the celebration was Manchester resident Mike Carr, the grandson of the park’s benefactor.
A popular peach fundraiser by Backbone Area Youth For Christ proved successful once again, even though the organization had to look to a different state this year to secure their produce.
An opportunity to look at possible sharing between districts was the focus of a meeting last week between school boards and administrators from Edgewood-Colesburg and Clayton Ridge.
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A Kehrli sweet corn stand sits along the side of the road with dozens of delicious ears for sale.
The West Delaware softball season ended with a 7-4 loss to the Winterset Huskies in a Class 4A State Tournament quarterfinal game in Fort Dodge, July 27.
June Zella Orr, 99, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Aurora, Ill.,…
Hilda Gibbs, 90, of Manchester, passed away Friday, July 24, 2…
Gloria E. Noble, 81, passed away Monday, July 20, 2020, at her…
Lila Mae Luensmann, 93, passed away peacefully at the Good Nei…
Roger M. Simon, 67, of Farley, passed away Sunday, July 19, 20…
I have a few baseball-style caps that I’ve collected over the years. I have a couple of caps of my New York Yankees, a few golf caps, some Ed-Co baseball caps from my years as head coach and a couple caps from bands I enjoy. I have more caps than I can wear.
Even before COVID-19 hit American colleges and universities, even before their budgets imploded because of the pandemic, questions were being asked nationally about how these institutions spend their money.
I write this as a person who has recovered from COVID-19. I began flashing symptoms in early July, took those symptoms seriously, qualified for a test through Test Iowa and got my positive result back the next day.
Fireworks will honor West Delaware Class of 2020
Edgewood-Colesburg School District will host a virtual town hall forum Tuesday, July 28, at 6 p.m., to discuss the district’s Return to Learn plan with parents and district stakeholders.
The Castle Theatre reopens Wednesday, July 15, with a limited schedule and seating, complying with recommended Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on social distancing.
Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) is offering Behavioral Health Intervention Services to families in-person, with additional safety precautions put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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