
Council finishes payment for bridge project
The Winterset City Council voted a pay application for the Jurgensen Bridge Project in the amount of $83,786.76 to go to Iowa Contracting Inc., out of Indianola. According to city officials, the $300,000 project is “considered complete, with the exception of a few remaining items.” Upon the engineer’s recommendation, the city will keep the $5,000 retainment fee until the “punch […]

Earlham dance recital ‘Lights, Camera, Dance’ coming up
Award winning dancers will be presenting their annual recital to “Lights Camera Dance” on Saturday, June 1, at 5 p.m. (auditorium doors will open at 4:30) and Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m. (auditorium doors will open at 1:30) held at the Earlham Community School Auditorium. Routines will consist of tap, hip hop, jazz, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, pointe and tumbling. A […]
Poppies distributed May 24-25
Dear Editor: This Friday, May 24, is once again National Poppy Day. That means you will see your local American Legion Auxiliary Unit 184 ladies out distributing poppies on May 24-25. The following excerpt from the May 2019 edition of the American Legion Auxiliary magazine states it best by saying:“We take pride in our tie to the poppy! Red poppies aren’t […]
STATE TRACK MEET RESULTS
Class 3-A Girls400 MetersFinals: 1. Carly King, Dav’t Assumption 56.36; 2. Madison Jochum, SC Heelan 57.45; 3. Erin Kerkhoff, Solon 57.54; 4. Ainsley Erzen, Carlisle 57.78; 5. Brooklyn Huberty, SB-Luton 59.59; 6. Emma Kenkel, Storm Lake 1:00.28; 7. Jaeda Wilson, Glenwood 1:00.73; 8. Grace Horst, Vinton-Shellbrg 1:00.86 Also: 13. Darci Wiseman, Winterset 1:01.84. 800 Meters Finals: 1. Janette Schraft, Glenwood 2:12.28; 2. […]
Lights, Camera, Dance
The annual dance recital in Earlham for Deborah’s School of Dance is coming up next week.

Top-15 finish for Winterset, Earlham boys at state
Earlham 4×800 team state champs; WHS’ Benshoof runner-up in 110 hurdles

Hollingsworth honored at Women’s Foundation event
Local historic preservation advocate Brenda Hollingsworth was recognized recently at an Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) event honoring women in Iowa. IWF, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls in Iowa, holds “Ovation” receptions each spring during which individuals pay tribute to women who have made a difference in the lives of people around them.Rebecca […]