On Saturday, January 21, Central Decatur hosted the Special Olympicsdistrict basketball skills competition. This was the 2nd year for the school to host this event and the third time that the Central…
Author: Tonya Lindsey
Voting Public Calls for Special Election to Fill Supervisor Seat
The voting public of Decatur County has raised their voice. Enough signatures have been gathered by petition calling for a special election to fill the County Supervisor vacancy. Decatur County Auditor Stephanie…
Clark to be Inducted into Hall of Fame
by Keegan Bethards Mr. Guy Clark will be inducted into a Hall of Fame – the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association (IHSADA) Hall of Fame. Clark was nominated by a member…
ROBERT “BOB” W. RIPPEY
Having the same birth town as actor John Wayne, Robert “Bob” W. Rippey was born June 21, 1925, in Winterset, Iowa to Olin L. and Pauline Dean (Felton) Rippey. He was an…
IVAN CAMREL TREMBLY
Ivan Camrel Trembly was born May 16, 1915, in Decatur County at the farm home of his parents, Camrel Hugh Zamen Trembly and Ida Ann (Swingle) Trembly, northwest of Lineville, Iowa. He…
DEBORAH POTTS
Deborah Potts, 63, passed away peacefully in her home Thursday, January 12, 2017. Deborah was born October 6, 1953 to William and Oma M. Rhoads in Des Moines. She attended Des Moines…
DARLENE BETH HENDERSON
Darlene Beth Henderson, age 91, the daughter of Clell and Lois (Hagan) Dunn, was born May 31, 1925, on her grandparents, Jim and Emma Dunn’s farm near Pleasanton, Iowa. She passed from…
AL CLOUGH
Al Clough, 85, of Ellston, Iowa, passed away on January 10, 2017, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. He was born on November 7, 1931, in a farmhouse near Tingley, Iowa…