Jeff Webster
WOODWARD -- Every now and then a team has to reload, and that will be the case for the Woodward-Granger volleyball team this fall. The loss of five seniors will require major adjustments from veteran head coach Meg Jackson...
Veteran head coach Jean Dowd cannot remember the last time her Perry girls swim team hosted five meets in the same season, but she is not complaining.
"There have been some years where we have been home only three times,...
ADEL -- Volunteers gathered Friday to shuck five tons of corn for Saturday's 38th Sweet Corn Festival in Adel. The corn will be steamed and given away for free at the conclusion of the festival parade, which begins at...
"It always starts real busy, then it will slow down a little bit before it picks back up again," Gerald Deal said. "That is how it has been for several weeks -- people like being here when we open,...
Classes will resume at the Perry public schools August 23, and when students file into any of the three school buildings they are likely to encounter a series of new faces standing in the front of some classrooms.
A total...
Monday marked the start of official practices for fall sports teams across Iowa.
Gridirons were marked by football teams, with volleyball teams pounding the ball in courts statewide while country roads, city streets and parks found cross country teams counting...
The Perry marching band -- the Perry Blue Brigade -- completed a week of day-long camp Friday. Members were preparing for the upcoming competition season as well as for performances at four Bluejay football games, the first of which...
GRANGER -- The final honors of the 2017 prep baseball season have been awarded, and Woodward-Granger seniors Matt Rhodes and Spencer Hanson were two of the worthy recipients.
Both were named to the Class 2A All-State First Team by the...
If hopping in and out of your vehicle and browsing through the belongings of others is your thing, it is hard to imagine a greater bonanza than the annual Highway 141 Garage Sale, which kicked off to pleasant temperatures...
Perfect weather greeted the big crowds who walked the streets of downtown Perry Friday evening during the third annual Perry Cruise Show, sponsored by the Perry Chamber of Commerce.
A large number of vehicles of all kinds was on hand,...