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  • Supervisors hear EMS update
    08/29/2025 - 10:34am

  • The new Free Movie Monday season will begin on Oct. 27 – and the dates are already being snapped up. Photo by Dan Mundt
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    08/29/2025 - 10:33am
  • Election filings begin
    08/29/2025 - 10:31am

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo courtesy of Don Poggensee
    Hummingbird recorded in Iowa
    08/29/2025 - 10:28am

  • A half-mile of scary scenes will greet visitors to the Kiron Haunted Trail in October. Photo submitted
    Kiron’s Haunted Trail seeks more entries
    08/29/2025 - 10:26am

  • 2025 OABCIG Cross Country: Front, from left: Whitney Johnson (manager), Lauren Siegner, Olivia Schnabel, Addison Lomholt, Camryn Ludwig, and Abigail Bergman (manager). Back row: Coach Kaye Otto, Jaxin Neville, Hunter Maier, Zachariah Johnson, Gabriel Bergman, Aaron Ulrich, Will Porter, and Coach Caleb Wood. Not pictured: Gus Elgers. Photo by Brent Harm
    OABCIG cross country team hits the trail
    08/29/2025 - 10:24am
  • OABCIG outlasts Alta-Aurelia 3-2
    08/29/2025 - 10:23am

  • Rising to the occasion: Ridge View’s Olivia Feilmeier is ready to slam the ball down agaisnt South Central Calhoun, during the Raptors’ home and season opener. Photo by Brent Harm
    Ridge View sneaks past SCC 3-2
    08/29/2025 - 10:22am

  • 2025 Ridge View Cross Country: Front, from left: Cora Tesch, Tiegan Vohs, Destiny Chavez, Taylor Hansen, Addy Tesch, Alyssa Biede, Clara Todd, Jayna Aschinger, Regan Ruble, Savannah Cudaback, Liz Martin, and Hannah Brown. Back: Coach Downs, Maxwell Breyfogle, Leo Nedved, Tristan Werner, Jared Friedmann, Odin Hanson, Ayden Heitmann, Carter Heitmann, Talan Witzke, Landyn Peterson, Ian Hanson, Tyler Dutler, Aiden Stevenson, and Coach Tesch. Photo courtesy of Stevenson Studios
    Ridge View cross country team ready to run
    08/29/2025 - 10:21am

  • Country school: The beginning of the school year also marks the start of 4th graders taking a trip to Moorehead Park for country school. Teachers and guides for this trip are, front from left: Deb Parker and Susan Miller. Back row: Gloria Rohlfsen, Steve Wilkins, Nancy Ploeger, Bev Yeager and Jennifer Glawe. Also helping are Lynette Wunschel and Ida County Naturalist Danielle Bennett. Photo by Brent Harm
    4th graders off to country school
    08/25/2025 - 1:09pm

  • HMH welcomes Fineran: Erin Fineran began work as a speech therapist at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove on July 15. Photo submitted
    HMH welcomes Fineran as new speech therapist
    08/25/2025 - 1:08pm

  • The current book is “I’m Going to Give You a Bear Hug!” by Caroline B. Cooney. Photo by Dan Mundt
    Stories along the trail at Moorehead Park
    08/25/2025 - 1:05pm

  • Ridge View renovation: Pictured are some of the rooms and areas needing renovation or upgrading at the Ridge View High School building in Holstein. Photo by Brent Harm
    G-H school special election on Sept. 9: Voters asked to renew funding stream for school district
    08/25/2025 - 1:02pm
  • Council considers project options
    08/25/2025 - 12:54pm
  • OABCIG revenues see slight decrease
    08/25/2025 - 12:53pm

News

08/29/2025 - 10:34am
Supervisors hear EMS update
Work is progressing with Ida County EMS. According to EMS Director Corey Trucke, pad has been poured for the storage building. “They’re working on replacing the broken concrete around the building right now,” said Trucke. He pointed to the EMS...
Sign up now to sponsor a Free Movie Monday
Election filings begin
Hummingbird recorded in Iowa
Kiron’s Haunted Trail seeks more entries
4th graders off to country school

Opinion

08/29/2025 - 10:19am
‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ delivers for Iowa seniors
In the 1930s, the Social Security Act was enacted to protect American seniors from poverty, unemployment, and other issues. Over the years, the benefits provided by this law have grown to become a crucial safety net for our seniors and retirees....
Day in the Life of the Swarm Family
Delivering for Small Businesses
Nous sommes ‘Les Miserables’
About those mixed signals
In the Sky during September

Sports


2025 OABCIG Cross Country: Front, from left: Whitney Johnson (manager), Lauren Siegner, Olivia Schnabel, Addison Lomholt, Camryn Ludwig, and Abigail Bergman (manager). Back row: Coach Kaye Otto, Jaxin Neville, Hunter Maier, Zachariah Johnson, Gabriel Bergman, Aaron Ulrich, Will Porter, and Coach Caleb Wood. Not pictured: Gus Elgers. Photo by Brent Harm
08/29/2025 - 10:24am
OABCIG cross country team hits the trail
Coach Caleb Wood and the OABCIG cross country squad are ready to hit the ground running again this season. Coach Wood, along with assistant coach Kaye Otto, has most of the team returning from last season. “We only lost one senior to graduation,...
OABCIG outlasts Alta-Aurelia 3-2
Ridge View sneaks past SCC 3-2
Ridge View cross country team ready to run
OABCIG looks for success on the gridiron
Ridge View football to build on last season's success

Obituaries

08/29/2025 - 4:42pm
LaWayne Dean Gronau
LaWayne Dean Gronau 1945 – 2025 SCHLESWIG - LaWayne D. Gronau, 80, of Schleswig, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, at the UnityPoint-St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center of Sioux City.  A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,...
Carol Elizabeth Bresnahan
Kathy Goettsch-Krueger
Alvin A. Hammer
Jaye Lynn Claussen
Terry D. Gebers

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