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10/23/2025 - 1:27pm
KANAWHA - The Kanawha City Council agreed to once again gift Kanawha resident Shirly Baker $100 for taking care of the city's flowers throughout the year. Baker tends to flowers found on city grounds voluntarily. The payment is a gift, not an...

Opinion

10/07/2025 - 3:17pm
To the editor: The reactions to two recent ICE arrests should serve as a wakeup call to us all. Arrests of both Jorge Elieser Gonzalez Ocha, a grocery worker of Iowa City, and, Dr. Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Public School Superintendent, reflect...

Sports

10/21/2025 - 11:15am
GARNER - The 2025 Garner-Hayfield-Ventura football season came to an end when the Cardinals (0-8) lost to the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Cowboys (5-3) on Senior Night. The Cards lost by a score of 7-43.  The Cardinal defense held tough in the first...

Obituaries

10/26/2025 - 4:57pm
James Ralph "Jim" Brouwer passed away on October 10, 2025, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St., Garner with Pastor Brian...

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