Front row from left – Ethan Bundt, Luna Fox, Aspen Eslick, Lizzy Curl, Courtney Olsen, Mackenzie Howard, and Dakota Putney. Middle row from left – Maddox Kistler, Chase Deemer, Artemis Butz, Pace…
Month: February 2019
Lamoni/Central Decatur Bowling POI Post-Season Awards
From left – Devin Medina – 1st Team; Jacob Miles – 2nd Team; and James Clapham – Honorable Mention. From left – Dakota Byrd – 2nd Team; Kaydee Swartz – Honorable…
VICKI DIANE RUSSELL
Vicki Diane Russell, daughter of Glenn Willis Forret and Beverly June (Dippold) Forret was born January 21, 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa and passed from this life suddenly, Wednesday, February 13, 2019…
ALTA WILDENE McDANIEL
Alta Wildene McDaniel, daughter of John Everett and Nancy Ann (Smith) Dale, was born in a Decatur County, Iowa farmhouse north of Davis City on May 17, 1924. She passed from this…
Cardinals are State-Bound Again — And That Makes Four Straight
Back row l-r: Head Coach Curtis Boothe, Maizee Lindsey, Lauren Martin, Riley Bell, Erica Kauzlarich, Emma Atwood, Alli Masters, Abbie Ridgway, Lyndsey Dale, Lauren Saxton and Assistant Coach Darlene Fuller. Front l-r:…
Tickets for State BB
Tickets for the CD Girls State Basketball Game can be purchased on-line through Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines or at the door the day of the game. NO Tickets will be…
Playing “possum”?
Last Sunday afternoon, this mostly nocturnal opossum was caught red handed snitching food from the birds and squirrels. He was probably tired from looking for his meals under all of the snow…
Steam Powered “Snow Shovel” Busting Drifts
You think we have had some snow? This photo, submitted by Harry Graves, which was taken more than 80 years ago by Bert Worley of the Journal-Reporter, shows a CB & Q…
City to Implement Adopt-A-Cemetery Program
The Leon Cemetery dates back to the 1860’s and is a place where people’s loved ones are memorialized. Therefore, it is important to preserve and maintain the cemetery in the best possible…