The Iowa Pork Tent at the Iowa State Fair celebrated its 40th anniversary this past August. And while much has changed since that first year in 1981, one thing that hasn’t is the support for the tent from the Delaware County Pork Producers.

When Les Carlson travels to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. next May, don’t look for him sitting on the beach. Instead, look for him at the track. Carlson will compete in the National Senior Games in the 50-meter dash and the javelin.

A 1981 graduate of West Delaware returned to Lambert Elementary, Oct. 8, to speak to students about insects as a source of protein for a rapidly growing world population.

West Delaware senior Wyatt Voelker knows how to manage his time. He’s a high school football player and wrestler, a member of the National Honor Society and wrestles out of season with Big Game Wrestling Club of North Liberty.

Thanks to a hurricane and an unseasonably warm September, alfalfa fields across the Midwest have become infested with army worms.

Diane Hammell and Linda Schmitt are both vying for a four-year term for the Manchester City Council at-large seat and were both given the opportunity to answer the following questions.

Connie Behnken and Jeff Ogden are both vying for a four-year term as Manchester’s mayor. Both were given the opportunity to answer the following questions.

After nine months in Manchester, Nathan Lamb was officially appointed the new pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

Milo Livestock is the second biggest 4-H Club in Delaware County. With 51 out of the total 400 members in Delaware County, it contains kids from two counties, three school districts and the seven townships of Delhi, Delaware, Hazel Green, Milo, North Fork, Union and Prairie.

A federal jury recently convicted a Delaware County man on sex trafficking charges.

Ideal fall weather set the stage for a perfect West Delaware homecoming parade through the streets of Manchester, Oct. 1.

Friends of the Castle Theatre in Manchester have named the theatre auditorium in honor of Al Remling, who served as the first president of the community-owned theatre. Remling died in May 2021.

A new program at Maquoketa Valley High School encourages students to volunteer their time and talents for the betterment of the school and community through service projects.

Delaware County Democrats held a political gala at the Franklin Street Brewing Company, Sept. 20, with appearances from three Democratic political candidates, Abby Finkenauer, Liz Mathis and Ras Smith, as well as Joe Shepherd, president of United Rural Democrats. The co-chairs of Delaware Co…

Edgewood-Colesburg celebrated homecoming with an afternoon parade, Sept. 24. Later that evening, the Viking football team defeated Calamus-Wheatland 78-0.

In what could be one of the more innovative educational programs in the area this fall, West Delaware High School is combining student-led and online learning as a way to offer agriculture education and FFA until a new agriculture education instructor arrives in January.

Tony Ede, pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manchester is the new chaplain of the Iowa Firefighters Association. Ede was named IFA chaplain at the IFA convention earlier this month in Grinnell.

Representative Ashley Hinson visited Fareway Meat & Grocery in Manchester as part of her Delaware County tour. She stopped to see how pandemic policies have impacted Fareway’s business operation regarding job opportunities and labor shortages.

With apologies to New York Yankee Lou Gehrig, he’s got nothing on Dr. John Tyrrell. Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games, a streak that ran for 14 years.

A former Manchester hospital official was sentenced Sept. 7 to two years of informal probation for helping a colleague who stole thousands of dollars from their workplace.