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02/18/2025 - 3:52pm
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura will be sending two of their students, Jaycellene Piper and McKenna Greiman, to the Iowa High School Speech Association’s All-State large group Speech festival on the ISU campus in Ames on February 22. This will be the second...

Opinion

02/18/2025 - 3:29pm
Week five in the Senate included our first day of floor debate. We passed some uncontroversial bills and K-12 school funding. SF 152 deals with making it easier for members of the military to get their commercial driver’s license. Driving...

Sports


L-R: Garner-Hayfield-Ventura will send Lucas Kral and Parker Moritz to compete in the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament, Feb. 19-22 in Des Moines. At the qualifying meet, Feb. 15 at Clear Lake, Kral finished first in his weight class at 157. Moritz placed second at 190. Rick Ermer photos
02/18/2025 - 3:17pm
CLEAR LAKE - The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura wrestling team competed in the Class 2A District 5 wrestling meet on Saturday, February 15. The Cardinals will be sending two wrestlers to state following Saturday’s performance.  Lucas Kral and Parker...

Obituaries


Beverly Rasmusson
02/20/2025 - 1:55pm
Beverly K. Rasmuson, 82, of Garner, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at Concord Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160  E. 4thSt., Garner with Rev....

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