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11/18/2025 - 3:20pm
With the longest government shutdown in US history, lasting 43 days, having finally come to an end on November 10, the nation has been assessing the impact it's had on its federal jobs and services, including food banks compatible with Supplemental...

Opinion

11/04/2025 - 2:01pm
At 17 years old, my husband enlisted in the army in 1972. There he took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution. He never...

Sports


GHV Girls Basketball Team L-R: (front) Grace Loeschen, Bella Schisel, Alayna Englin, Hailey Bredlow, Molly Maurer, Jaelyn Anderson, Bella Johnson, Kaylynn Hook, Alissa Clark, (back row) Manager Josie Schumacher, Katie Maurer, Hayden Bredlow, Ella Brink, Sadie Britson, Kyli Helgeson, Emma Schumacher, Grace Schumacher, Brinlyn Derr, Hannah Weiskamp, Carolina Klooster, Jordyn Hrubes, Manager Lila Brink. Rick Ermer photo
11/18/2025 - 1:51pm
GARNER - Basketball season is here! The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura girls basketball conference season opener is December 2 against North Iowa. The team is coached by Curt Klaahsen. This is Klaahsen's first year at GHV. He previously coached at Mason...

Obituaries


Paul Boehnke
11/18/2025 - 10:10am
Clear Lake- Paul C. Boehnke 67, passed away Friday, November 14, 2025, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, IA. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Ward-Van...

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