Saturday 12th July 2025

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Preparing For Court Action

The state court system is moving closer to returning to holding jury trials across the state. Supreme Court Justice Matthew McDermott co-chaired the committee...
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Flannery Dies

The coach who led Ames to eight team championships over the last ten years had died. Dan Flannery passed away after suffering an aneurysm...
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Wednesday Morning Additions

The numbers continue to add up, COVID-wise in Iowa. 307 new confirmed cases reported since yesterday’s noon hour for a total of 39,727. Ten...
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Cutting Back

As more retailers nationally, including Old Navy, are requiring customers to wear masks, locally the strain of dealing with COIVD-19 is again beginning to...
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Small Town Effects?

Thousands of Iowans in 70 rural communities will be contacted by mail soon as part of a survey about how COVID-19 has affected their...

What A Way To End The Season

East Marshall was eliminated from the state softball post season, but not because the Mustangs lost to Ogden. It was because they never made...

From The Ball Yards

Softball regional finals East Marshall                   Ogden                    forfeit-Ogden Advances Clarksville                 6      AGWSR                         1 Collins-Maxwell       7      Marten.-St. Mary’s     0 Lynnville-Sully         5      New London ...
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More Cases, More Fatalities

Two more COVID-19 related deaths in Central Iowa, one in Marshall County, the other in Story County, are among five new deaths reported since...
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Limiting Visitors...Again

Starting today, hospitals in Iowa’s largest metro area will again restrict visitors. The Des Moines metro area hospitals will stop allowing any visitors, with...
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Online and Off Campus?

According to two separate social media posts, Grinnell College has informed students who plan to live on campus to not arrive until mid-October. The...