Hampton City Council Holds Vicious Animal Hearing
Thursday, the Hampton City Council held a vicious animal hearing involving a dog owned by Cody and Haley Anderson. The dog was declared vicious by Hampton Police following an incident on April 8th where the dog, a
Friday, April 25
Track & Field
Drake Relays
| Thursday, April 24, 4:30 PM | Girls Discus | Charlee Morton, Hampton-Dumont-CAL | 2nd – 149-04 |
| Friday, April 25, 8:35 AM | Girls 100mh prelim | Izzy Jannsen, Iowa Falls-Alden | 25th – 15.63 |
| Friday, April 25, 9:00 AM | Girls Shot Put | Charlee Morton, Hampton-Dumont-CAL | 1st – 46-9.25 |
| Friday, April 25, 10:30 AM | Girls High Jump | Allison Koch, Grundy Center | 10th – 5-04.00 |
| Friday, April 25, 10:30 AM | Girls High Jump | Makayla Beisel, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows | NH |
| Friday, April 25, 1:40 PM | Girls 800 | Grace Storjohann – Grundy Center | 11th – 2:15.63 |
| Friday, April 25, 8:44 PM | Boys 4×400 prelim | Grundy Center – Brayden Davie, Brody Zinkula, Brayden Wallis, Judd Jirovsky | 10th – 3:20.46 |
South Hardin Coed – 4:30 p.m.
(AGWSR, Iowa Falls-Alden, South Hardin)
Girls Standings
1. South Hardin – 133
3. Iowa Falls-Alden – 110
4. AGWSR – 109
Boys Standings
1. Iowa Falls-Alden – 157
2. South Hardin – 121
8. AGWSR – 25
Bronco Relays (girls) @ Belmond-Klemme – 4:30 p.m.
(Belmond-Klemme, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Hampton-Dumont-CAL)
4. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 46.5
6. Belmond-Klemme – 17
7. Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 14
North Butler Boys Meet – 4:30 p.m.
(Clarksville, North Butler, West Fork)
3. North Butler – 97
5. West Fork – 56
9. Clarksville – 11
Girls Golf
Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 254
Webster City – 257
@ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 255
Crestwood – 201
Grundy Center – 182
North Butler – 213
@ Nashua-Plainfield – 199
Iowa Falls-Alden – 234
St. Edmond – DNP
@ Humboldt – 223
Boys Golf
Humboldt – 171
St. Edmond – 181
@ Iowa Falls-Alden – 176
Girls Soccer
Union
@ #14 (1A) Aplington-Parkersburg – postponed
#10 (1A) Nevada – 2
@ #8 (1A) Dike-New Hartford – 2
Boys Soccer
#8 (2A) AP/DNH
@ #7 (2A) Webster City – rescheduled to 5/13/25
Iowa Falls-Alden – 0
@ Nevada – 7
Girls Tennis
#10 (1A) Aplington-Parkersburg – 8
@ Grundy Center – 1
Iowa Falls-Alden – 0
@ Dike-New Hartford – 11
South Hardin – 1
@ St. Edmond – 8
Grundy Supervisors held a business meeting
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Ackley City Council wants a sharing agreement with Prairie Bridges Park
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Rodamaker, James L. of Iowa Falls – Visitation May 9th, 2025
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