Brandt, Stanton formerly of Ackley – Service Pending
Funeral Mass for 101-year-old Stanton B. Brandt, formerly of Ackley, will be Saturday, September 20th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ackley. Burial will be in the Oak Wood Cemetery in Ackley. The Woodley
Saturday, September 13
Volleyball
Aplington-Parkersburg Tournament – 9:00 a.m.
(Aplington-Parkersburg, Grundy Center)
Aplington-Parkersburg – 2 (21-3, 18-21, 16-14)
vs. Charles City – 1
Aplington-Parkersburg – 0
vs. Wapsie Valley – 2 (21-19, 21-19)
Aplington-Parkersburg – 2 (21-16, 21-17)
vs. West Delaware – 0
Aplington-Parkersburg – 0
vs. Denver – 2 (25-16, 25-14)
Grundy Center – 0
vs. Denver – 2 (21-17, 21-11)
Grundy Center – 0
vs. Denver – 2 (25-17, 25-18)
Belmond-Klemme Invitational – 9:00 a.m.
(Belmond-Klemme, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Iowa Falls-Alden, North Butler, West Fork)
North Butler – 2 (21-10, 21-19)
vs. Belmond-Klemme – 0
West Fork – 2 (10-21, 21-16, 15-13)
vs. North Butler – 1
North Butler – 2 (21-18, 21-10)
vs. West Hancock – 0
Iowa Falls-Alden – 2 (21-16, 21-17)
vs. Hampton-Dumont-CAL – 0
North Iowa – 2 (28-26, 21-19)
vs. Iowa Falls-Alden – 0
Iowa Falls-Alden – 2 (20-22, 21-17, 15-7)
vs. Garner Hayfield Ventura – 1
Iowa Falls-Alden – 2 (21-5, 21-8)
vs. Belmond-Klemme – 0
Iowa Falls-Alden – 2 (21-13, 21-9)
vs. North Butler – 0
South Hardin Tournament
(Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, South Hardin)
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 0
@ South Hardin – 2 (21-16, 21-15)
Greene County – 0
@ South Hardin – 2 (21-11, 21-16)
Oelwein – 0
@ South Hardin – 2 (21-17, 12-11)
Gladbrook-Reinbeck – 2 (21-14, 23-21)
@ South Hardin – 0
Central Springs Tournament – 9:00 a.m.
(Clarksville)
College Football
Iowa State – 24
@ Arkansas State – 16
Eastern Washington – 14
@ Northern Iowa – 17
Drake – 21
@ South Dakota State – 37
UMass – 7
@ Iowa – 47
South Dakota Mines – 14
@ Upper Iowa – 58
Wartburg – 16
@ Wisconsin-Stout – 0
Ellsworth C.C. – 0
@ Butler C.C. – 86
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CAL School Board to Discuss Special Election Following Resignation of Board Member
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Wright Co. Board to Discuss Juvenile Detention Settlement and Seismic Testing
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Love, Barton of Iowa Falls – service September 23
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Unseasonable September Heat Could Impact Harvest Work
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Mason City man gets 11 years for meth, firearms offenses
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Facilities Planning, Early Retirement on Alden School Board Agenda
The Alden School Board meets in regular session on Monday (9/15/25). Among agenda items is a discussion on facilities planning, including a report on the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy and other capital projects. Board members will
Butler County Extension Promotes Ag Forum for Women Landowners
Iowa State University Extension is offering a new opportunity for women in agriculture with a Women Managing Farmland Forum set for Tuesday (9/17/25) at the Borlaug Learning Center on the Northeast Iowa Research Farm near Nashua. Butler