DES MOINES, Iowa—During the annual State Agricultural Convention, held December 15 in conjunction with the Association of Iowa Fairs Conference, elections were held for positions on the Iowa State Fair Board of Directors. Two new Board members were elected to serve two-year terms. Danny Olson from Red Oak replaces retiring board member Gary Van Aernam […]

The Ogden boys’ basketball team lost, 84-69, at Pleasantville in West Central Conference play on Monday, December 16. 

The Ogden girls’ basketball team traveled to Pleasantville for a West Central Conference game and lost, 66-22, Monday, December 16. 

The Madrid girls’ basketball team lost to Woodward-Granger, 78-42, Friday, December 13, at Woodward in West Central Conference play. 

BOONE, Iowa—Tim Hartwig passed away peacefully at home, in the company of his family, on December 14, 2024, at the age of 79. Cancer struck rapidly and claimed him too soon. Tim was born in Garner, Iowa, to Robert and Wanda (Johnson) Hartwig shortly after Robert returned from serving in the US Navy in WW […]

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LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY  HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL  Pleasantville over Ogden 66-22  HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL  Pleasantville over Ogden 84-69  LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS BASKETBALL  Carroll at Boone (6pm on KWBG)   Pocahontas Area at Ogden  Madrid at Van Meter  HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMING  Boone at SE Polk Invitational 

BOONE, Iowa—Judith Lorraine (Elsberry) Hand, 78, of Boone, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. Judy was born March 20, 1946 to Bert and Armintha (Harrigan) Elsberry. She met the love of her life, Jerry Lavern Hand, and they were joined in marriage on June 26, 1966. […]

The Madrid boys’ basketball team beat Woodward-Granger, 69-31, in West Central Conference play on Friday, December 13, at Woodward.