Archive for: July 2010

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks girls’ softball team may have been unranked going into the playoffs but they ruled Wednesday, July 14 following a win over Pekin 4-0 to earn a trip to the Class 2A State softball playoffs in …

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Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks fell to Fort Dodge St. Edmond 5-2 in the first round of Class 2A State softball tournament Monday, July 19 in Rogers Park in Fort Dodge following a one hour rain delay.
Mid-Prairie plays in the …

by Ranee Fladung
Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks advanced to the Class 2A State Softball tournament in Ft. Dodge following a win over Pekin 4-0 Wednesday, July 14 in Washington.
Olivia Lugar pitched …

Editor’s Note: St. Mary’s Catholic Church is one of the cluster parishes that includes St. Joseph’s in Wellman and Holy Trinity in Richmond.

Removing the former St. Mary’s Convent, part of the complex of buildings for St. Mary of the Assumption …

By Mary Zielinski
In less than a half-hour Monday, the Wellman council approved four ordinances, held a second reading of a fifth and tabled the second reading for a sixth.
The tabling was the second reading of the ordinance to amend city …

July 2, 1930 – July 16, 2010
Esther Yoder, 80, of Kalona, Iowa, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, Iowa, following a battle with kidney disease.
Celebration of life services were Sunday, July 18, 2010, in the East …

Thomas H. Charlton, 71, of Wellman, Iowa, died suddenly Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in Iowa City, Iowa.
A private memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Charlton Fund for Archaeological …

Phyllis Marie Gingerich, 80, of Kalona, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona. Celebration of Life Service was Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Wellman Mennonite Church with Pastor George O’Reilly officiating. Burial was in the Wellman …

The Keota School District, which has a sharing agreement with the Mid-Prairie District, is one of an additional 150 school districts receiving state grants for the statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for 4-Year-Old Children.
State officials estimate that during the 2010-11 academic …