Quick action by an Edgewood post office worker last August has resulted in her receiving the Hero Award from the United States Post Office.
News
A Manchester man is asking for both the community and City Council to be more cognizant about how leash laws are enforced after he was attacked while out walking his dog.
The West Delaware School Board was presented with a new safety feature for their buses at its monthly meeting, Jan.13. Nick Gibbs, with U.S. Cellular, gave the presentation about some of the new features that will be available to the students, parents and drivers.
It is no secret that eastern Iowa is full of farming communities. Fields line every roadway and the smell of manure is present in most areas. Mother Nature often throws a wrench into farmers’ plans with flooding, gusty winds and hail damaging the crop that they spend all year growing. Most f…
A program that began in the summer of 2019 from a seed corn company that values its independence is donating money to a national program that builds homes for severely injured post-9/11 service veterans.
Sports
A 62-60 road win at Solon to start the week was the only win for the West Delaware boys basketball team in a week that saw the team show signs of an improved defensive intensity the Hawks have been known for in past years.
West Delaware continued its stampede through the WaMaC Conference at Central DeWitt, Jan. 16, pounding Center Point-Urbana, 72-9, and bettering that with a 73-9 win over the host Sabers.
The West Delaware girls’ basketball team lost all three games last week, including a 46-42 loss to Solon, Jan. 13, that the Hawks led late into the fourth quarter.
A double dual against East Buchanan and North Linn, Jan. 16, resulted in two losses for the Edgewood-Colesburg wrestlers.
Obituaries
Thomas G. Hoefer, 81, of Earlville, passed away Sunday, Jan 12…
Gertrude Earlene “Butch” Devlin, 83, of Dundee, passed away We…
Tyler James Pint, 38, passed suddenly at his home in Omaha, Ne…
Verna Nance, of Cedar Rapids, passed away in her home, surroun…
Darlene N. (Sandhagen) Ives, 95, of Cedar Rapids, died Jan. 9,…
Opinion
I want to start by making it clear that I have nothing against cowboys.
There is a retired businessman in western Iowa who bristles every time he reads a newspaper article from somewhere in our state about government officials who have misused their government credit cards for unauthorized purchases.
At a recent editorial meeting of our newspaper staff, a colleague lamented the fact that the source of a potential story wasn’t getting back to him. He said he felt that the person was “ghosting” him.
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