The murder trial of Patrick Ryan Thompson that was scheduled to begin Monday in the Decatur County Courtroom is not going to take place here now. The trial was originally to be…
Month: September 2018
Local SWOSU Students Start Practice Teaching Assignments
Jacey (Masters) Long Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Department of Education in Weatherford is sending out 48 teacher candidates to work with approximately 58 cooperating teachers from 50 different schools in Oklahoma, Texas…
Iowa Barn Foundation Annual Tour
This upcoming weekend, September 22 and 23, historic restored barns throughout Iowa will be open to the public during the Iowa Barn Foundation’s free, self-guided, all-state barn tour from 8:30 a.m. –…
New Appointees to the VA Commission
From left to right in the photo is: Robert Frey, Michael Egbert and David Steinberg. Robert Frey, of Leon, and Michael Egbert, of Lamoni, have recently been appointed by the Decatur County…
CD Grad Receives Iowa Educator Award
Jill (Parsons) Payne, a 2000 Central Decatur graduate, is amongst one of the six Iowa educators that have been named as a state finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics…
LESTER CARL THORNBURG
Lester Carl Thornburg, son of Ray Thornburg and Marie (Sheets) Thornburg was born April 12, 1925 in Van Meter, Iowa and passed from this life Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at his home…
DORINE (PIDCOCK) JONES
Dorine (Pidcock) Jones was born on April 24, 1924, near Beaconsfield, Iowa, to Ethel E. (Manning) and George L. Pidcock and departed this life on September 1, 2018, at Bickford Assisted Living…
ROBERT JAMES JAKES, JR.
Robert James Jakes, Jr., age 50, of Leon, Iowa, the son of Robert James and Susann Joyce (Mills) Jakes, was born August 3, 1968, in Faribault, Minnesota. He died on Monday, September…
Murder Trial Gets Change of Venue to Decatur County
A murder trial that was originally to be held in Guthrie County, Iowa, will now take place in Decatur County beginning next week following a request for a change of venue. By…
Senator Ernst Visits Leon
In carrying out her promise to visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was in Leon Monday, September 10, for a short tour of Leon’s Main Street. Senator Ernst…