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Cathy VanGundy has been spreading the word of God for 14 years - nine at Hope Parish Churches and her remaining five at the United Methodist Church in Panora. She gave her last sermon Sunday, June 26, as she officially retired from her position as pastor.
VanGundy has had quite the career since...
Damon Owen loved baseball.
He was a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and grew up cheering for the University of Missouri. His passion and drive led him to play baseball at both St. Louis Community College’s Meramec campus and later Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.
While in college...
From Waukee to Adel, Redfield, Linden, Panora, and Yale, up to Perry and down through Dallas Center and back to Waukee (with a few other little towns in between) cyclists braved the humidity to participate in the Iowa “BACooN Ride” Saturday.
The ride took place along the beautiful Raccoon River...
Eugene Kipp will continue giving to the community of Yale for many years to come.
Kipp, who spent 25 years working for the city of Yale, passed away on November 14, 2015, at the age of 71. A Community Memorial Park has been established with the planting of eight trees in his memory.
Ron Eike,...
This year’s graduating class at Panorama High School should have included 69. Those accepting their diplomas this year made sure to honor their former classmate, Dominic Higgins, who died in 2013 at the age of 16. The majority of them had “Dom” lettered onto their caps. They mentioned him in...
It’s all green at the Moylan household this time of year.For this Panora family, St. Patrick’s Day has always been something to celebrate. But more than that, in a traveling nod to the family’s Irish heritage, its members have visited Ireland — one more than 20 times.Pat and Deb Moylan of Panora,...
In 1931, a decade after Farmers State Bank in Yale first opened its doors, bank employee Jay W. Hemphill arrived at the bank and was confronted by two robbers who had hidden there during the night.They demanded that Hemphill, and later employee W.R. Hitchens when he arrived, give them money from...
Bea Wright admits she had to look up the definition of “caucus.”After learning about the gatherings of fellow party members to discuss presidential preferences, elect local party leadership and determine their preferred presidential candidates, Wright attended her first Iowa caucus Monday night at...
When Clint Deardorff drove up the driveway at a breeder’s facility several years ago and saw the Highland cattle, mirroring his memory of the animals he’d seen in the Scottish Highlands a decade before, he fell in love.He had to have them.And now he does, working as one of just a few Iowa farmers...
The tractors scattered around the ag mechanics shop at Panorama High School are in various states of repair.Some brightly painted and others still awaiting a fresh coat after being disassembled several times, they all represent hours of work.“This one’s deeply in progress; this one’s almost done;...
