CLARION — When Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Superintendent Joseph Nelson hired Joseph Granzow in August 2021 to teach high school and middle school choir, he told people Granzow “was a home run hire who was loved by everyone.” The veteran choir teacher, who retired at the end of last school ...

LYTTON — A collision with a semitrailer claimed the life of a South Central Calhoun High School student Wednesday morning. Caydn O. Ogden, 15, of Rockwell City, died according to the Iowa State Patrol and school officials. His death prompted the postponement of some homecoming week ...

WEBSTER CITY — The stories of the women from Iowa who were truly living the life of “Rosie the Riveter” during the 1940s will be presented on Saturday afternoon at the Wilson Brewer Park. “Rosie the Riveters of Iowa” will be presented by author Linda Betsinger McCann from Shell ...

Around the area HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Farmer’s Market is 8 a.m. to noon SATURDAY in the 600 block of Sumner Avenue, downtown Humboldt. LEHIGH — Lehigh Methodist Church, Lehigh, is holding a Second Sunday Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. SUNDAY at the church. The menu is chicken and noodles on ...

Fort Dodge city officials dared to dream big with the state softball tournament. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is making sure that long-term vision comes to life. The IGHSAU officially announced the first 20-year contract extension in state softball tournament history on ...