News
Vern Greimann of Eldora will celebrate 50 years as member of the Eldora Kiwanis Club this November.
07/12/2020 - 2:00pm
ELDORA – When Vern Greimann was invited to a Kiwanis Club meeting in 1970, little did he know that almost 50 years later he’d still be a member. “I attended church with Don LaVelle, and he invited me to a meeting,” Greimann said. “I liked the idea...
Opinion
07/08/2020 - 10:00am
It was a normal day… not much going on. The only thing on my schedule was a trip to Ackley to cover a story on the governor visiting a business. I thought it would be a fairly mundane outing… yeah right.
I hopped in the car and headed north from...
Sports
AGWSR’s Jaden Penning smiles as he rounds third base, heading for home after hitting a game-winning, two-run home run against West Fork on Thursday in Ackley. (Kristi Nixon/Mid-America Publishing photo)
07/03/2020 - 10:00am
ACKLEY – Jaden Penning had the biggest hit so far of his high school playing career, launching a two-run homer past the left field fence to lift AGWSR’s baseball team past West Fork, 3-2, in eight innings.
The Warhawks had just taken a 2-1 lead in...
Obituaries
07/10/2020 - 1:47pm
Roland R. Farley passed from this life on July 8, 2020, at his home in Des Moines, comforted by his wife Jean. He was 84.
Roland was born Sept. 1, 1935, in Warren County, Iowa, to parents Olin and Margaret Farley. He resided in Iowa all his life,...
