Tuesday, July 8
Baseball
1A District 4 Semifinals
AGWSR – 0
@ Wapsie Valley – 10 (5)
St. Edmond – 8
@ West Fork – 11
2A District 6 Semifinals
Crestwood – 0
@ Grundy Center – 8
2A District 12 Semifinals
Aplington-Parkersburg – 2
Vs. Dike-New Hartford – 3
(@ Anamosa)
2A District 13 Semifinals
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 0
@ Van Meter – 15 (4)
2A District 14 Semifinals
South Hardin – 0
Vs. West Marshall – 3
(@ New Hampton)
Regular Season
Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 0
@ Grinnell – 13
Softball
Regular Season
Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 0
@ Clear Lake – 3
Iowa’s pheasant harvest did well in 2024
Iowa’s 2024 estimated pheasant harvest was the 2nd highest in nearly two decades, coming in at more than 460-thousand roosters last fall, surpassed only by the 2023 harvest of 590-thousand. Only South Dakota had more pheasants harvested
Business meeting held by the Hampton Council
Monday evening during the Hampton City Council meeting, Kristin Roode was given the oath of office for the Ward 1 seat on the council. In other business, the Hampton council tabled any action on fence quotes for
Roof replacement planned for the Franklin County Courthouse
The Franklin County Board of Supervisors Monday approved a resolution ordering construction of the courthouse roof. The roof received wind and hail damage earlier this year. Doug Foreshoe, with the Bergland & Cram Architectural firm, presented the
Ackley City Council to consider disposal of more police department items
The Ackley City Council Wednesday will hold a public hearing on the plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimate of costs for the Cerro Gordo Street Storm Sewer Improvement project and the North 12th Street Storm Sewer
Holley, Mary Louise of Clarion – Memorial Service July 12th, 2025
Memorial service for 94-year-old Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Holley of Clarion will be Saturday, July 12th at 2pm at the Ewing Funeral Home in Clarion. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will
Hardin Supervisors to meet Wednesday
The Hardin County Board of Supervisors Wednesday will consider increasing the credit card limit for county emergency management coordinator McKenzie Burton to 5-thousand dollars. The Hardin supervisors will also consider the Region 6 Housing Trust Fund Program
Condition of Iowa’s corn and soybean crops still looking good
Through Sunday, the latest Iowa Crop Report from the USDA shows that corn silking reached 15 percent, matching last year, but 2 days ahead of the 5-year average. A few reports of corn reaching the dough stage
South Philadelphia mass shooting leaves 3 killed, 10 injured
At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting early Monday in South Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry neighborhood. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said the shooting occurred on the 1500 block of South 27th
Falcon Baseball gets past Jesup, advances to district semifinal against Dike-New Hartford
The Aplington-Parkersburg baseball team took advantage of mistakes by the opponent to survive 5-2 over Jesup in a 2A District 12 first round game Monday, as aired on 104.9 KLMJ. The J-Hawks took a 1-0 lead in