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The MVAOCOU track team qualified five events for the 2025 Drake Relays that will be held April 24-26 in Des Moines at Drake Stadium. The Rams qualified in both the girls (Irelynne McNamara, Reagan …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/23/25
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Eighteen MVAOCOU high school juniors and seniors along with Mrs. Babl and their chaperons missed the mid-March blizzard/power outage as they were enjoying the sun in Costa Rica from March 13-22. The …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/23/25
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Easter is on Sunday, April 20 and area communities will be celebrating with a number of Easter activities.
Schleswig The Easter Bunny will be hopping his way to Schleswig on Saturday, April 19. …
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4/15/25
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Cameron Brenner, 5th/6th grade teacher at Danbury Catholic and MVAOCOU graduate, recently published a children’s book called, Prayer Everyone, Anywhere. “I wrote Prayer Everyone, Anywhere …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/15/25
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On Wednesday April 2, the Monona County Farm Bureau hosted their fifth annual Grocery Grab event at Food Land in Mapleton. The event had been re-scheduled from National Ag Week because of the …
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4/9/25
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Twenty years ago, Pastor Richard Merrill was called to St. John Lutheran Church in Charter Oak. “When I first had the call to St. John, I remember the District President asking me, ‘Can a …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/9/25
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Players, coaches, parents and fans gathered in Charter Oak on Saturday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the COU Lady Bobcats winning the Class 1A State Basketball Championship. “The support …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/2/25
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It’s hard to believe it has been five years since Coronavirus/COVID-19 made its way into the world. I remember where I was when the first case was discovered in Nebraska. We were on our way to …
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By Jenna Comes
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4/2/25
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Coach Dick Kingsbury started the wrestling program at Maple Valley in 1966 from the ground up. Kingsbury said building the program was fairly easy as he was the physical education teacher. “The …
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By Jenna Comes
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3/26/25
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Familiar faces in the Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library in Mapleton, Library Director Peg Gay and Library Assistance Jean Wessling will both be retiring soon. A retirement open house will be held for …
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By Jenna Comes
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3/26/25
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The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s First Lady Award is the most prestigious award the IGHSAU bestows on a woman. It is given to “a daughter of Iowa" – recognizing the …
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3/26/25
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Hailey Meseck of Charter Oak has been able to participate in several travel and volunteer opportunities during her time at Buena Vista University (BVU). She is currently completing her final semester …
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3/19/25
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Former Charter Oak-Ute Superintendent Rollie Wiebers was inducted to the IHSAA Officials Hall of Fame. He was honored during the 2025 IHSAA State Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 14. Rollie …
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3/19/25
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Three MVAOCOU basketball seniors: Makylnee Yockey, Reagan Seuntjens and Trista Ohlmeier each reached 1,000 career points while helping the Rams to a 20-3 record. “These three seniors have had a …
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By Jenna Comes
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3/12/25
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace-Sioux City is teaming up with St. John's United Methodist Church in Mapleton for a special Lenten project, the "Lenten Tree Project." The mission of Sleep in Heavenly Peace is …
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By Jenna Comes
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3/12/25
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The annual 4-H Volunteer/Leader’s Recognition Banquet was held Sunday, February 2, at the Onawa Community Center in Onawa with over 70 4-H volunteers, leaders and spouses attending on a …
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3/5/25
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A handful of Schleswig students recently earned honors for their artwork. Stacie Escobar (Kindergarten) and Kira Hagen(1st grade) had their artwork chosen for inclusion in the special Art Educators …
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3/5/25
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Niña Villamora started teaching sophomore biology and junior chemistry at MVAOCOU high school during first semester 2023 while living in the Philippines. She taught a portion of the semester …
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By Jenna Comes
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2/26/25
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Charter Oak-Ute fifth grade students participated in an essay contest. The purpose of the American Legion of Iowa contest is to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation for the United States flag …
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By Jenna Comes
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2/26/25
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The MVAOCOU BPA Students travelled to Des Moines to compete in their annual State Leadership Conference. The students arrived in Des Moines on Sunday, February 16 and participated in various …
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2/26/25
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The Schleswig School recently kicked off One School, One Book. The whole school will read book together: students, teachers and staff all received a book to read and keep. Throughout about a …
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By Jenna Comes
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2/19/25
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When you see water running down the street in the middle of January, you know something is broken, a water main leak under ground. These past few weeks, city maintenance workers have braved the cold …
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By Jenna Comes
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2/19/25
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MVAOCOU wrestlers compete at districts
Bailey earns a trip to state at 126 lbs.
Jaydon Bailey (126 lbs) won a 5-4 decision over Kendrin VanBeek of West Sioux in the second place match to …
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2/19/25
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Students at MVAO-Mapleton Elementary and Charter Oak-Ute celebrated the 100 days of school with different activities on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Top picture: Each class at CO-U got to go through a special …
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2/13/25
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The ever-developing plan for a carbon-capture pipeline through the state of Iowa, proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions, has been making waves at town hall meetings and legislative coffees for roughly …
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By Aaron Hickman - news@enterprisepub.com
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3/20/24
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