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Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Report — May 18-24, 2026

May 26, 2026 | Guthrie County Sheriff's Report

5-18-26

6:04 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a tree and powerline down in Yale
7:45 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted a motorist in rural Guthrie Center
11:37 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy performed a civil standby in rural Stuart
12:16 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a complaint
12:35 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy and Sheriff responded to a domestic situation in Guthrie Center
12:49 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a transient on Highway 141
1:48 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy picked up a prisoner on the Carroll/Guthrie County line
3:20 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Bayard
3:35 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
4:10 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served civil papers in Yale
4:16 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a complaint
4:24 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a driving complaint in Casey
5:51 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted a motorist in Guthrie Center
10:39 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Panorama

5-19-26

1:40 a.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Lake Side
2:45 a.m. Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Stuart
6:51 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a single-vehicle accident on Highway 44
7 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy checked on a disabled vehicle in rural Guthrie Center
11:25 a.m. Guthrie County Deputies served two civil papers in rural Dexter
1 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a scam call complaint in Guthrie Center
1:10 p.m. Stuart Police performed a welfare check at McDonald’s
1:15 p.m. Stuart Police assisted a motorist on N.W. Second Street
1:35 p.m. Stuart Police took a theft report
2:10 p.m. Stuart Rescue and Stuart Police responded to a medical call in Stuart
2:30 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies assisted a motorist in Guthrie Center
2:45 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch in rural Bayard
3:25 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in rural Guthrie Center
4:03 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a request for lift assistance in rural Panora
4:10 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy picked up lost property in Guthrie Center
6 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy followed up on an investigation in Guthrie Center
7:20 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Panora
7:38 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a parking complaint
8:17 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Panora
8:30 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Yale

5-20-26

2:53 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bagley
9:35 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a hit and run accident
10:16 a.m. Stuart Police followed up on a theft investigation
11:50 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a disturbance at Casey’s
1:10 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in rural Guthrie Center
2:14 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Des Moines
2:40 p.m. Stuart Rescue and Stuart Police responded to a medical call in Stuart
5:10 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies responded to a two-vehicle accident in rural Panora
6:48 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a driving complaint in Bayard
7:32 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Omaha
7:55 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a driving complaint in Casey
10:30 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy picked up a wanted individual from a Cass County Deputy on an active Guthrie County arrest warrant and transported that individual to the Guthrie County Jail
11:29 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy picked up a wanted individual from a Dallas County Deputy on an active Guthrie County arrest warrant and transported that individual to the Guthrie County Jail

5-21-26

9:10 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in Guthrie Center
9:27 a.m. Guthrie and Greene County Deputies responded to a driving complaint on the bike trail between Cooper and Herndon
10:13 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Panora
10:42 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a family situation in rural Guthrie Center
11:05 a.m. Stuart Rescue, Adair Ambulance, and Guthrie County Sheriff and Deputies responded to a medical call in rural Adair
12:37 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Des Moines
12:55 p.m. Stuart Police followed up on an investigation
2:35 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a suspicious person
4:08 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical alarm call in Panora
4:15 p.m. Stuart Police followed up on an investigation
4:33 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in Guthrie Center
5 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a driving complaint in rural Casey
5:10 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in rural Guthrie Center
6:25 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy returned found property to an individual in rural Guthrie Center
6:55 p.m. Panora Police responded to a driving complaint
7:55 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to request for lift assistance in rural Bayard

5-22-26

4:39 a.m. Stuart Ambulance and Police responded to a medical call in Menlo
8:38 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a verbal domestic call
8:42 a.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call in Stuart
9:10 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy took a vandalism report
9:55 a.m. Case follow-up by Guthrie County Deputy in rural Guthrie Center
10:12 a.m. Panora Fire and Ambulance were paged to a fire alarm call in Panora. It was a false alarm
10:41 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy transported a prisoner
12:47 p.m. Med drop off by Stuart Police
1:41 p.m. Stuart Police assisted with a property exchange
1:55 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a harassment complaint in Guthrie Center
2:17 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a suspicious person
7:34 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
8:38 p.m. Stuart Police and Guthrie County Deputy responded to an assault call in Stuart
10:16 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a commercial burglary alarm in Guthrie Center. It was a false alarm
10:54 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a noise complaint in Bayard

5-23-26

1:05 a.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call at Ivory Plains in Adair
6:50 a.m. Guthrie County Sheriff and Deputy responded to suspicious person call on Wax Trail
9:07 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a lift assistance call in Panora
10:48 a.m. Guthrie Center Fire and Panora Ambulance responded to a call in Guthrie Center
11:31 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted with a questions regarding a property exchange in Guthrie Center
11:39 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a neighbor dispute in Guthrie Center
12:44 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a theft report
2:53 p.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call in Casey
2:58 p.m. Stuart Rescue and Stuart Police responded to a medical call in Stuart
4:05 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a suspicious person in Guthrie Center
4:56 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a domestic call in Stuart
5:17 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of suspicious activity on White Pole Road
5:35 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a noise complaint on Zircon Lane
5:56 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to an assistance call in Guthrie Center
10:38 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bagley

5-24-26

12:30 a.m. Panora Ambulance unit 2 responded to a medical call on Highway 4
12:30 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted Stuart Police with a traffic stop
1:56 a.m. Stuart Police investigated a sexual harassment complaint
2:42 a.m. Guthrie County Deputies made an arrest in Guthrie Center
6 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Panora Specialty Care
7:05 a.m. Case follow-up by Stuart Police
8:07 a.m. Motorist assist by Guthrie County Deputy
9:03 a.m. Stuart Police transported a prisoner to the Adair County Jail
9:38 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Guthrie Center
10:03 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
2:02 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bagley
2:16 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
3:37 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy transported one male to Guthrie County Jail
7:16 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person in Bayard
9:28 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a car vs deer accident on Highway 25
9:31 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of an assault in Guthrie Center
9:55 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a driving complaint
9:58 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint at Lake Diamondhead

Dates, digits and locker combinations

May 26, 2026 | Publisher's Column

Dates. Not the wrinkly things in the produce aisle that somehow cost $14 a pound, but the numbers we memorize, celebrate and occasionally forget at our own peril.

Anniversaries. Birthdates. Death dates. You know exactly what I am talking about. We are obsessed with them, especially birthdays. Society expects us to remember not only our own birthdays, but also those of our spouses, children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. And that is just family. Add neighbors, college roommates and the kid whose gym socks could clear out the sixth-grade locker room, and suddenly you need the memory capacity of a supercomputer just to buy greeting cards on time.

Most of us now outsource this task to digital calendars that chirp reminders at us like needy little robots. My dad handled things differently. He wrote birthdays in ink on a coil-bound calendar from the local farm cooperative and kept it on the kitchen table next to the salt and pepper shakers. Low-tech, but effective.

Even so, missing a birthday usually earns you only mild disappointment or a passive-aggressive Facebook comment. Forget your wedding anniversary, however, and suddenly you are starring in your own disaster movie. The only real escape hatch is if your spouse forgets, too, which has happened with Jolene and me more times than responsible adults should probably admit.

Wedding anniversaries are different in another way: Nobody expects you to remember theirs. Sure, there are thoughtful souls like my mother, who sent anniversary cards. But most anniversaries stay within the couple, where they belong, tucked safely between dinner reservations and arguments about whose idea it was to buy decorative throw pillows.

Death dates are another story entirely. I remember the day Elvis Presley died because it happened on my birthday, which feels like an unfair trade. Beyond that, I generally try not to store death dates in my mental filing cabinet. I would rather remember the people themselves than the day they left. My mother kept track of the death dates of her parents with the precision of a historian, and that probably explains why my own brain treats death dates like spam calls. Still, I understand why some people memorialize them. Grief does not come with instructions, expiration dates or a customer-service hotline. Everybody handles it differently.

Meanwhile, I cannot reliably remember how old I am. Whenever someone asks, I have to stop and do math like a confused game-show contestant. Even then, I am never completely certain I got it right. But my junior high locker combination? That masterpiece is permanently etched into my brain: 34-15-3. Apparently, my memory decided that accessing gym shorts in 1982 was critical survival information.

LeMar Koethe, the local fitness guru who founded 7 Flags Fitness Center in Clive in the 1990s, once told me, “Your age is only a number. How you take care of yourself determines your real age.” He was right.

So I am going to stop obsessing over dates, at least the numerical kind. The nutty, fruity kind? Those are perfectly fine, and eating them might even help me live longer. But who is counting?

Have a terrific Tuesday, and thanks for reading.

Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
Times Vedette digital newsletter
shane@gctimesnews.com
641-332-2707

Panorama High School inducts new NHS members

May 22, 2026 | News

By Morgan Sheeder | Times Vedette

On May 13 in the Panorama High School Auditorium, more than 10 Panorama students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS). To join NHS, students must write an application letter, have above a 3.5 cumulative grade point average, obtain two letters of recommendation, and have more than 10 volunteer hours.

National Honor Society is a an academic and service organization that recognizes students who excel in four core pillars: scholarship, leadership, service, and character. At Panorama, NHS is an active student-led organization dedicated to scholarship, service, leadership and character. Members regularly engage in community service by hosting local blood drives and food pantries.

Photos by Betty Cooper

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Panorama class of 2026 graduates

May 22, 2026 | News

By Morgan Sheeder | Times Vedette

On Sunday, May17, the Panorama class of 2026 graduated. Their ceremony was held in the Panorama High School auditorium from 1-3 p.m., honoring the graduating seniors.

Middle and High School Principal Thad Stanley handed the students their diplomas as they walked the stage. Members of the student council, like President Lexi Wasson, gave speeches to their peers, teachers and family members in the audience.

As each student crossed the stage, they received their diplomas and a lily to give to their parents. The class of 2026’s motto was “Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

Honored at the graduation ceremony with a plaque and graduation sash, cap and tassel was Savannah Matthias, who passed away in September 2025. She was known for her love of art, music, and nature. Savannah’s diploma was received by her mother.

Photos by Betty Cooper

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Panorama senior awards night held May 13

May 22, 2026 | News

By Morgan Sheeder | Times Vedette

The Panorama class of 2026 held its senior awards night ceremony on Wednesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. in the Panorama High School Auditorium. Middle and High School Principal Thad Stanley presented the seniors their awards.

The senior awards night is to recognize the accomplishments of graduating seniors and celebrate scholarships, honors and contributions before graduation ceremonies. It is a night to honor the graduating seniors on their scholarships, academics, athletics, leadership and other achievements.