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Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Report — Sept. 21-27, 2026

Sep 28, 2026 | Guthrie County Sheriff's Report

9-21-26

  • 10:40 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a harassment complaint in Guthrie Center
  • 11:19 a.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call in Stuart
  • 12:50 p.m. Stuart Police and Stuart Rescue performed a welfare check
  • 4:20 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy checked on an unreported controlled burn in Guthrie Center
  • 5:28 p.m. Stuart Rescue and Stuart Police responded to a medical call
  • 6:46 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in Guthrie Center
  • 8:20 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Guthrie Center
  • 9:50 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy checked on a disabled vehicle in rural Casey

 

9-22-26

  • 1:49 a.m. Menlo Fire, Stuart Fire and Ambulance responded to a tree on fire in Menlo 
  • 7 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted a pedestrian in Guthrie Center
  • 7:53 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in rural Panora
  • 8:15 a.m. Guthrie County Reserve Deputy transported an inmate from a facility in Adair to a facility in Des Moines
  • 8:25 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch in rural Guthrie Center
  • 9:50 a.m. Guthrie County Sheriff and Deputy responded to a complaint in Bayard
  • 11:02 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted a motorist in rural Bagley
  • 11:20 a.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call in Stuart
  • 11:36 a.m. Stuart Police followed up on an investigation 
  • 1:04 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person in Guthrie Center 
  • 1:15 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted an individual in Panora
  • 1:32 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in rural Panora
  • 2:20 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted Union County, State Patrol, and Creston Police with a situation in Creston
  • 3:12 p.m. Stuart Fire, Rescue and Police responded to an appliance fire at a residence in Stuart
  • 3:51 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in rural Panora
  • 4:46 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Des Moines
  • 5:06 p.m. Stuart Police and Stuart Rescue performed a welfare check in Stuart
  • 5:46 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in rural Casey
  • 7:08 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in rural Panora
  • 9:12 p.m. Panora Ambulance and Guthrie County Deputies responded to a medical call in Bayard

 

9-23-26

  • 2:13 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a parking complaint 
  • 7:10 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a family situation in Guthrie Center
  • 10:05 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a harassment complaint
  • 11:30 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Guthrie Center
  • 11:53 a.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Panora
  • 12:45 p.m. Stuart Police followed up on an investigation
  • 1:45 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person in Casey
  • 1:55 p.m. Stuart Police followed up on an accident report
  • 2 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies assisted the ACGC Schools during safety presentations in Guthrie Center
  • 2:31 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a theft
  • 2:45 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy followed up on an investigation in rural Menlo
  • 3:10 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital back to Panora Specialty Care
  • 3:27 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a report of a theft in rural Panora
  • 4:33 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy followed up on an investigation in Bayard
  • 4:55 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
  • 5:10 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a harassment complaint
  • 5:25 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in Menlo
  • 8 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in Bagley
  • 9:09 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies followed up on a complaint in Menlo
  • 10:30 p.m. Guthrie County Deputies attempted to locate a wanted individual in Menlo on an Audubon County arrest warrant
  • 10:30 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a car vs. deer accident in rural Guthrie Center
  • 10:56 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a complaint

 

9-24-26

  • 9:30 a.m. Stuart Police attempted to locate 
  • 9:11 a.m. Stuart Police responded to a complaint
  • 9:20 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy provided court room security in Guthrie Center
  • 11:25 a.m. Stuart Police provided an escort for a funeral
  • 12:40 p.m. Panora Police responded to a complaint at the high school
  • 2:15 p.m. Stuart Police assisted State Patrol with a driving complaint on I-80
  • 3:15 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy and Stuart Police assisted a motorist in Stuart
  • 3:41 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in rural Bagley
  • 4:38 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy assisted an individual in rural Stuart
  • 4:55 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Casey
  • 5:05 p.m. Guthrie County Sheriff served a civil paper in rural Bagley
  • 5:32 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in rural Casey
  • 5:39 p.m. Panora Fire responded to a commercial fire alarm in rural Panora
  • 5:40 p.m. Stuart Police assisted a motorist
  • 6:10 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
  • 7:05 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy attempted to serve a civil paper in rural Casey
  • 8:02 p.m. Guthrie County Sheriff transported an inmate from the Madison County Jail to the Guthrie County Jail

 

9-25-26

  • 9:15 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy followed up on an investigation in rural Panora
  • 10:30 a.m. Stuart Police assisted an individual
  • 11:28 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a two-vehicle accident in Guthrie Center
  • 1:05 p.m. Panora Police performed a welfare check
  • 1:10 p.m. Casey Fire assisted State Patrol with an accident on I-80
  • 3:10 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a two-vehicle accident
  • 4:10 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a report of a theft
  • 5:37 p.m. Stuart Rescue responded to a medical call in Menlo
  • 5:45 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy served a civil paper in Guthrie Center
  • 5:55 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Newton
  • 7:50 p.m. Panora Ambulance Unit 2 responded to a medical call in Panora
  • 10:10 p.m. Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie County Hospital to Des Moines

 

9-26-26

  • 6:27 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to an alarm call in Stuart 
  • 11:53 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy performed a welfare check in rural Linden 
  • 1:15 p.m. Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Yale 
  • 2:53 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy performed a warrant check in Menlo 
  • 5:18 p.m. Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Stuart 
  • 9:26 p.m. Stuart Ambulance and Guthrie County Deputy responded to a medical call in rural Menlo 
  • 11:54 p.m. Stuart Police responded to a complaint 

 

9-27-26

  • 1:21 a.m. Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Stuart 
  • 3:35 a.m. Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Adair 
  • 5:58 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in rural Adair 
  • 8:07 a.m. Stuart Police performed a welfare check 
  • 11:14 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a domestic situation in Casey 
  • 11:49 a.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in rural Yale 
  • 2:23 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in rural Guthrie Center 
  • 3:27 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a complaint in Bayard 
  • 4:15 p.m. Panora Ambulance and Guthrie County Deputy responded to a medical call in Jamaica 
  • 5:56 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy performed a case follow up in Guthrie Center 
  • 8:31 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy responded to a neighbor complaint in rural Linden 
  • 9:12 p.m. Guthrie County Deputy performed a warrant check in Menlo 
  • 11:22 p.m. Stuart Ambulance and Guthrie County Deputy responded to a medical call in Dexter 

Midwest Partnership holds Fall Gathering 

Sep 25, 2026 | News

Brad Hayes, Matt Funk, Lisa Calvert and Brenda Dudley. Photo courtesy of Midwest Partnership

Special to the Times Vedette

Midwest Partnership, an economic development organization for Guthrie and Adair counties, held its annual Fall Gathering event last night from 5:30-7 p.m. at the 5×80 Clubhouse at 1086 State Highway 25 in Menlo. This year’s event focused on a special milestone, as Adair and Guthrie counties commemorate their 175th anniversaries. Attendees enjoyed complimentary appetizers and a community-themed trivia night game. For more information on Midwest Partnership, visit www.midwestpartnership.com.

Guests mingled at Midwest Partnership’s annual Fall Gathering event at the 5×80 Clubhouse. Photo courtesy of Midwest Partnership

If sports aren’t about winning, then what are they about?

Sep 25, 2026 | Cyote's Den

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

I’ve written about many different things sports can be in this column in many different ways. One thing I haven’t written much about, though, is winning and losing. If you currently have, or had, children in sports, you probably told them, “Sports aren’t just about winning” at one time or another, whether it be to console them after a loss or relax them after some frustrations. Well, if they are not about winning, then what are they about?

The thing is, sports are about winning and losing. Athletes play to win the game, not to lose it. Winning feels great. Losing feels awful. And who wants to feel awful? When you watch your favorite team win, it can boost your mood. When you watch your team lose, like how I just watched the Green Bay Packers get completely embarrassed on Thursday Night Football, it can tarnish your mood. Anyone who says winning and losing don’t matter is lying, or at least not telling the full truth. Those things do matter, but they are not the entire reason we play or watch sports.

Look no further than recreational sports once you reach adulthood. For roughly 95% of us, the last “meaningful” sporting games we played were in high school. There are no real stakes involved in recreation and coed sports, but they offer something different like access to a community, some exercise and many memories. I look forward to playing pick-up basketball games with my longtime friends. We get to catch up, joke around, sometimes argue, and play some basketball. I’ve made more new friends than I could have possibly imagined by playing in a coed rec soccer league the past four years. Grabbing Mexican food and some margaritas at the end of each season feels better than any win we had during the season.

One thing many Americans are asked when they meet people overseas is if our cheerleaders are real. They also want to know what American football is like. Meanwhile, many countries have now adopted baseball and basketball as major national sports.

Some foreigners say the United States has no culture. I say you need only look at our professional sports teams. Culture, tradition and rivalries are the result of the passion that comes from fans of teams in the NFL, MLB and NBA, as well as local high schools.

Above all else, sports are an escape from daily life. They help us forget about our problems, trials and tribulations. When I’ve had a bad day, I can go shoot hoops for a couple hours or hit some shots (soccer ones, of course). I can also turn on the TV and watch my favorite team. Sometimes, that’s a good thing. Sometimes, that’s a bad thing.

For others, sports provide an even bigger escape. Just look at the tradition started by the Iowa Hawkeyes and their fans in waving to young patients in the nearby children’s hospital. How many kids in the Make A Wish program have chosen to meet their favorite players over the years? These athletes inspire countless numbers of people to make efforts to pull their entire family out of poverty just by playing a game.

Sports make us laugh, cheer, cry, boo and everything in between. They involve community, respect, tradition, culture and competition — all wrapped in one. Sometimes, they play out like a fairytale. Sometimes, they play out like a nightmare. Yes, they are about winning and losing, but they have always been — and always will be — about much more than that, too.

Reach out with comments, complaints, story ideas and more to cyote@dmcityview.com.

Tomorrow’s Panora Farmers Market canceled 

Sep 25, 2026 | News

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

Although the Panora Farmers Market originally planned to go ahead as scheduled, the persistent rain has led to a rare cancellation.

The Facebook post from the Panora Farmers Market stated, in part, “This was a difficult decision to make, our only cancellation in three years. Rain is one thing, mud up to your ankles is quite another.”

No. 14 Panthers place 8th at ACGC Cross Country Meet; Rochholz places 2nd

Sep 25, 2026 | Sports

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The No. 14 Panorama girls cross country team finished 8th at the ACGC Cross Country Meet on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Panthers scored 212 points at the meet. West Marshall State Center scored 58 to win. Ava Hope of Winterset won the meet in 18:31. Panorama’s best finish came from Kylie Rochholz, who placed second in 19:06.

The next meet for the Panthers is on Monday, Sept 28 at the Ogden Invitational. Panorama will compete against 14 other teams.

FULL PANORAMA RESULTS

  • Kylie Rochholz, second in 19:06
  • Olivia Beaudet, 39th in 23:18
  • Nella Rivas, 50th in 23:59
  • Corrie Knapp, 61st in 24:54
  • Avery Soults, 93rd in 26:35
  • Avery Allen, 102nd in 26:55
  • Alyssa Stanley, 113th in 27:55