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Iowa Lakes Community College recognizes the outstanding academic accomplishments of students named to the Spring 2025 Honors Lists. This semester, 141 students earned a place on the prestigious President’s List, while 242 students were honored on the Dean’s List. The President’s List celebrates students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average while enrolled full-time in 12 or more graded credit hours. The Dean’s List acknowledges full-time students who earned a GPA of 3.25 or higher with a minimum of 12 graded credits completed. Jalen Michaelson of Guthrie Center was named to the President’s List.

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More than 11,300 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2025 spring semester Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work. The following students from the area were included: 

Bagley

• Ashlyn J. Frederick, Agricultural Communication, B.S.

Casey

• Hope Kading, Industrial Engineering, B.S.

Guthrie Center

• Trent Allen Hambleton, Management, B.S.
• Cloe Elizabeth Hoyt, Event Management, B.S.
• Brock Smith Littler, Accounting, B.S.
• Ethan Frederick Olsen, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
• Reid Andrew Rumelhart, Finance, B.S.

Menlo

• Kiefer R Wallace, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.

Panora

• Becca S. Blackford, Interior Design, B.F.A.
• Josie Rose Faga, Industrial Technology, B.S.
• Dylan Riley Ford, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
• Reagan Gibson, Agricultural and Life Sciences Education, B.S.
• Riley K Gibson, Marketing, B.S.
• Nile Darren Lindstrom, Marketing, B.S.
• Kaitlyn Fay Nanke, Advertising, B.A.
• Levi Matthew Poldberg, Psychology, B.S.
• Mia Celeste Waddle, Kinesiology and Health, B.S.
•  Jack D Weinkoetz, Agronomy, B.S.

Yale

• Keira Grace Simmons, Agronomy, B.S.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

During the June 24 meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors, Conservation Director Brad Halterman told of the county’s plan for making storm shelters available for use in times of threatening weather.

“It’s not in anybody’s best interest to have those things unlocked 24-7, so they’re not going to be. Both at Lenon Mill and at Nations Bridge Park, the storm shelters will be locked up. They will be unlocked at both parks when a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for Guthrie County and/or a tornado watch is issued for Guthrie County,” Halterman said. “When those warnings are done, both of the shelters will be locked back up.”

Halterman said he and three other staff will have the keys to unlock and lock the storm shelters as needed.

Health Services Director Jotham Arber talked about plans to have a system of First Responders available throughout the county.

“The crux of what we’re trying to do is build on the system that we already have in place. We have Panora and Stuart and Bayard that are transporting services. We’re trying to come at it from a different angle. Instead of placing ambulances everywhere, which we know is very expensive, we’re trying to put first responders…on so that the response time for that initial crisis is being met,” Arber said. “Then, if it takes our ambulance 10 or 15 minutes, we’ve got someone out there who’s at least doing the basics.”

Supervisor Brian Johnson asked what role law enforcement will play in this plan.

“Great question,” Arber said. “Jesse Swensen is an EMT, so we’re going to bring him on the services with us, so he can have one of the first responder bags and equipment in his vehicle.”

Arber said law enforcement staff could be a great asset in this way.

“If we can incorporate them in our training, and get them in our system, that gives us one more vehicle that’s out there,” Arber said.

The supervisors meet regularly on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. The public is welcome to attend in person or via remote technology. To join remotely, call 323-792-6123, then use meeting code 547029216#.

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More than 1,250 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2025 spring semester including:

• Brix Carstens of Bagley
• Anna Lauritsen of Guthrie Center
• Angel Poldberg of Panora
• Justin Reinhart of Guthrie Center

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Jackson Thomas Grambart of Panora has been named to the Deans’ List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Grambart, a senior majoring in accounting, was named to the Dean’s List for the College of Business.

More than 6,700 students at Nebraska were named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester. Qualification for the Deans’ List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. For the full Deans’ List, visit https://go.unl.edu/deanslist-spring25.