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Two-hundred and fifty tickets were sold for seating at the long tables set up on 2nd Street. Photo by Dan Mundt

08/19/2026 - 7:08pm

Ida Grove Farm to Table dinner serves 282

“It went very well,” said Amy Forbes, Ida Grove Community Partners treasurer, about last week’s Farm to Table dinner. “It was a very successful event.” Ida Grove Community Partners produced the dinner, which took over the east portion of 2nd Street...

Supervisors see questioning on taxes, data centers: Board hears about Linn County’s ordinance amid moratorium

OABCIG board hears wrestling coach’s input: Eighth graders in HS sports spark concerns

Ridge View school boards approve resignations, hirings

Ida County residents hear Data Center presentation

‘Four Old Broads’ at Holstein Community Theatre Sept. 19 and 20

Opinion

05/27/2026 - 7:23pm

Remembering Iowa’s Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day

Memorial Day is one of the most solemn days on our calendar. Across Iowa, families travel to cemeteries and veterans’ memorials to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. In towns across America, flags are...

A historic step toward nationwide year-round E15

Passing a strong farm bill that delivers for rural America

How the DHS funding lapse has strained homeland security

Property Taxes: The House Proposal

A Historic Investment for the 185th Air Refueling Wing

Sports

08/05/2026 - 8:43pm

Ridge View’s Robertson earns national ranking

Ridge View girls wrestler Tegan Robertson has made the Sports Illustrated Girls Wrestling National Rankings as an Honorable Mention selection. Last winter, Robertson capped off an undefeated season by winning the Iowa Class 2A State Championship at...

Logan-Magnolia holds off Ridge View 8-4

Wapsie Valley tops Ridge View 11-9

Ridge View ends season at State Tournament

Area ballplayers selected to All-Conference teams

State Tournament, here we come! Ridge View softball advances to State

Obituaries

08/23/2026 - 3:07pm

Verdean Vern 'Curly' Kruse

Verdean Vern 'Curly' Kruse 1947 – 2026 IDA GROVE - Curly Kruse, 79, of Ida Grove, passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, at the Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in the St. Paul...

Dale A. and Eula D. Nook

Dane Treiber

Jerome H. Lehmann

Vicki Ann Blatchford

Melvin E. Ploeger