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Dausel enjoys helping kids as trapshooting coach: Darin Dausel has been helping young people learn gun safety and other life skills, as the Ida County Trap Team head coach for the past 10 years. Photo by Brent Harm

03/10/2025 - 11:22am

Ida County trapshooting team ready to start another season

Darin Dausel, coach of the Ida County trapshooting team, sat down for a visit recently about the club’s activities. Dausel explained how the team got its start. “The Ida County Pheasants Forever started the trap club, and this will be its 18th year...

Come Together at the King Theatre

OABCIG Middle School Winter Concert

Ridge View Music Department hosts ‘Pops’ 2025

OABCIG grad Winterrowd part of another winning team at Grand View

Sandhill Crane Migration

Opinion

03/10/2025 - 11:13am

The Collapse of Values in the Democrat Party

It was obvious in debate this week that the values of the Democrat Party have collapsed, replaced by a radical worldview rooted in emotion and void of common sense. This is the case in numerous policy positions, but the one I will focus on in this...

Restoring security at our southern border and delivering justice for Sarah Root

Want to ban books? Maybe start with your child’s internet history— Because parenting works better than censorship

Who is your hero?

Shattered dreams: Why gender identity must be removed from the Iowa Civil Rights Code

The Shultz Perspective

Sports

03/10/2025 - 11:11am

Area hoopsters named to All-Conference teams

Several local basketball players have been selected for the Western Valley Conference first and second teams. In girls basketball, OABCIG sophomore Jenessa Kolar was named Second Team All-Conference. Falcons senior Josilynn Pritchard and sophomore...

OABCIG falls to Hull Western Christian 80-55: Falcons finish season with 18-5 record

OABCIG trounces Tri-Center 68-58 in Class 2A playoffs: Falcons soar to 19-point lead, withstand late Trojan rally

Ridge View falls in nail-biter to Manson-Northwest Webster 66-63: Cougars avenge 21-point regular season loss to Raptors

1st Annual Mat Rats Girls Wrestling Tournament: Results from Feb. 16, 2025

OABCIG soars past Southeast Valley 70-53: Falcons fly out to 21-point halftime lead

Obituaries

03/14/2025 - 11:41am

Mick Hammer

Mick Hammer 1948 – 2025 HOLSTEIN - Michael “Mick” Gary Hammer, 76, of Holstein, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holstein...

Ernest C. Bugge, Jr.

Jimmie R. Lewis

Shirley A. Bales

Allen C. Tunberg

Mervin Morse