By Jenna Comes As the school year wrapped up last week, a number of teachers and staff will be spending the summer with their bundles of joy that were born during the school year. Several …
Find Your Voice is the theme for this year’s summer reading program at the Fisher Whiting Memorial Library in Mapleton. The fun starts on Thursday, June 8 as the Monona County Library …
The Soldier Community Fire Department and the City of Soldier were awarded a $55,000 USDA Rural Development Grant for the purchase of a 2008 HME Silverfox Custom Pumper. The pumper was acquired from …
There are three area teachers, Shauna Heiden - special education teacher at Charter Oak-Ute, Mona Kirchgetter - K-8 art teacher at MVAO, and …
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is co-hosting educational hands-on Pasture Walks in O’Brien and Monona counties on June 22 and …
The Charter Oak-Ute elementary students gathered for their final Reading Celebration on Wednesday, May 17. The assembly began with the …
Emma Engdahl, an 8” grader of Kasson/Mantorville, Minnesota, daughter of Nicholas and Rebecca Engdahl, and granddaughter of Bob and Linda Otto …
Members of the Mapleton Starspinners 4-H Club planted flowers in the pots along Mapleton’s Main Street last week. The 4-H club thanks the …
Scott McCandless joined First Security Bank of Mapleton and Danbury as an Ag and Commercial Lender. He comes to First Security with many years …
For the first time in four months Katie Hoskins is back home in Soldier. And just in time for her birthday (which was Monday, Feb. 6). …
On January 21, members of the MVAOCOU large group speech team took part in the district speech contest with two events advancing to State Speech …
The annual Monona County EMS Day was held on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Onawa. This is the 18th year for the annual EMS Day as attendees received eight …
Lorrie (Delores) Bumann will be celebrating her 90th birthday.
Creta Teut will be celebrating her 90th birthday with a celebration on Sunday, Aug. 29 from 1-4 p.m. at 219 East 4th Street in Ute. If you can’t make it, send a card to Creta at 219 East 4th …
Harvey Thies and Lynette Amunson were married on June 2, 1973 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ute. They have 4 children and 3 grandchildren. In celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, …
Shauna DeVries and Tony Berry of Sioux City are excited to announce their engagement to be married. An October 2020 wedding is being planned. Shauna is a registered nurse and is currently working at …
On March 9, 2022, Jaime Oberg-Hanson and Matthew Hanson of DeRidder, Louisiana, welcomed a baby girl, Hailey Lynn Hanson.
