From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

In 2024, Iowa residents purchased 32,021 fishing, hunting and habitat combination licenses.

Fishing

• 195,615 annual licenses
• 8,741 lifetime fishing licenses
• 16,110 three-year licenses
• 1,086 seven-day licenses
• 3,195 one-day licenses
• 43,710 trout fees
• 170 paddlefish licenses
• 18,790 third-line licenses (resident and nonresident combined)

Hunting

• 40,439 annual licenses
• 50,252 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses
• 3,642 lifetime hunting licenses
• 6,673 hunting and habitat three-year licenses
• 905 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
• 25,177 migratory game bird licenses
• 40,465 habitat fees
• 13,605 furharvester annual licenses age 16 and older
• 387 furharvester annual licenses age 15 and younger
• 422 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses
• 398 lifetime furharvester licenses

Large Game

Deer

• 13,287 youth general deer, 1,309 antlerless deer licenses
• 279 disabled hunter general deer, 49 antlerless deer licenses
• 53,035 archery general deer, 20,591 antlerless deer licenses
• 5,767 early muzzleloader general deer, 1,271 antlerless deer licenses
• 41,704 first shotgun general deer, 16,358 antlerless deer licenses
• 44,170 second shotgun general deer, 17,262 antlerless deer licenses
• 17,306 late muzzleloader general deer, 8,467 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

• 5,438 spring bow licenses
• 18,798 spring gun/bow licenses seasons 1-3
• 18,468 spring gun/bow licenses season 4
• 6,456 spring youth gun/bow licenses
• 2,268 fall gun/bow
• 1,707 fall bow

Landowner-Tenant-Deer

• 48 youth general deer licenses, 48 antlerless deer licenses
• 30,734 free general deer, 20,227 free antlerless
• 1,887 archery general deer licenses, 1,895 antlerless deer licenses
• 413 early muzzleloader general deer licenses, 415 antlerless deer licenses
• 6,051 first- and second-gun seasons general deer licenses, 6,056 antlerless deer licenses
• 1,362 late muzzleloader general deer licenses, 1,358 antlerless deer licenses

Landowner-Tenant-Turkey

• 2,243 spring gun/bow season 1-3
• 2,386 spring gun/bow season 4
• 885 bow licenses
• 30 youth licenses
• 2,705 fall gun/bow
• 894 fall bow

In 2024, nonresidents purchased:

Fishing

• 27,154 annual licenses
• 2,417 seven-day licenses
• 11,761 three-day licenses
• 16,724 one-day licenses
• 7,730 trout fees
• 31 paddlefish licenses

Hunting

• 6,045 annual licenses age 18 and older
• 14,969 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses age 18 and older
• 4,715 five-day licenses
• 2,074 five-day hunting and habitat combination
• 13,069 habitat fees
• 3,726 migratory game bird fees
• 367 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
• 129 furharvester annual licenses
• 56 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses

Special to the Times Vedette

2024-25 Panorama Secondary School Honor Roll, Grades 6-12: Fall Terms 1 and 2.

Honor Roll students have a 3.0 grade point average, and students with all A’s have an asterisk.

Grade 6

• Mya Baudler 1
• Emerson Bendickson 1,2*
• Bradley Brittain 1,2
• Neal Buckner 1,2
• Braydin Cooper 1
• Mason Crees 1,2
• Lexi Ford 1,2
• Nora Grove 1,2
• Robert Heady 1
• Jessa Hellman 1,2
• Tinsley Hodges 1,2*
• Clint Isom 1,2
• Lyle Jacobsen 1,2
• Zoey Kepple 1,2*
• Khloe Kile 1
• Lexia Leone 1,2
• Elizabeth Lopez 1,2
• Alyssa Prescott 1*,2*
• Adley Ratcliff *1*,2*
• Lyvia Reising 1,2
• Sofie Reising 1,2
• Kyler Robotham 2
• Charlotte Rockwell 1*,2*
• Julianna Schroeder 1*,2*
• Bryson Scott 1
• Kenslea Scott 1*,2*
• Edwin Solorzano 1
• Spencer Clark 1
• Sophie Stalter 2
• Isabella Stein 1*,2*
• Jax Uhlman 1,2
• Madi White 1,2
• Lilly Yeager 2

Grade 7

• Avery Allen *1*,2*
• Brennen Bell 2
• Makiya Boblett 1,2
• Willow Boblett 1,2
• Adelyn Brewster 1,2
• Caden Crandall 1,2*
• Jace Denham 1,2
• Conner Dorr 1
• Kamron Easter 1
• Adalynn Godwin 1,2*
• Jace Hitchcock 1,2
• Madelyn Huitt 1,2
• Liffy Kempf 1,2*
• Kashley Klein 1,2
• Tessa Knapp 1,2
• Aleah Knode 1,2
• Natalya Lombard 1*,2
• Liam Mahlstedt 1
• Cash Ocker 2
• Madeline Olson 1,2
• Alice Patten 1*,2*
• Dakota Pierce 1,2
• Mackenzie Ponstein 1,2
• Caden Ratcliff 1,2
• Tinleigh Schwartz 1,2
• Aubrey Smith 1,2
• Aria Stanley 1,2*
• Eli Tripple 1,2
• Isabelle Tripple 1,2
• William Walker 1,2
• Viven Way 1,2
• Bryna Wearmouth 1,2
• Lillian Wile 1
• Josiah Williams 2
• Emma Zaruba 1*,2

Grade 8

• Avery Ambrose 1*,2*
• Olivia Beadut 1*,2*
• Mason Cates 1*,2*
• Madeiline Davis 1*,2*
• Alexia Galvan 1*,2*
• Taelyn Gerth 1*,2
• Ines Gimeno-Perez 1*,2*
• Jorge Gimeno-Perez 1,2
• Jacey Glade 1*,2*
• Alyssa Hall 1,2
• Ella Hall 1
• Hanna Hellman 1,2*
• Hunter Hines 1
• Evan Losee 1,2
• Quinlan Mckee 1,2
• Libby Miller 1*,2*
• Bentley Nelson 1*,2*
• Emma Nolan 1
• Alexis Olesen 1
• Madielynn Olson 1*,2*
• Anabel Pudenz 1*,2*
• Ty Ratcliff 1,2
• April Reising 1*,2*
• Caleb Sanders 1,2
• Lillian Schaefer 1,2 
• Graysen Shaffer 1,2
• EmaLee Slater 1
• Olyvia Smith 1,2
• Rhaica Spencer 1,2
• Alyssa Stanley 1*,2*
• Tatem Starr 1,2
• Kain Storesund 1,2
• Jordin Sweet 1,2
• Tanner Thompson 1,2
• Addison Wagner 1*,2*
• Kaylynn Walker 1,2*
• Maddox Wirt 1,2

2024-25 Panorama Secondary School Honor Roll, Gr. 6-12: Fall Terms 1 and 2.

Honor Roll students have a 3.0 grade point average, and students with all A’s have an asterisk.

Grade 9

• Bennett Allen 1,2
• Meredith Arganbright 1,2
• Braden Bahrenfuss 1,2
• Blake Buckner 1*,2
• Leah Carstens 2
• Wilson Clark 1*,2*
• Heaven Copeland 2
• Ashley Crees 1,2
• Isabelle Davidson 1,2
• Connor Deardorf 1,2
• Corbin Deardorf 1,2
• Ruth Fett 1*,2*
• Sam Hansen 1,2
• Marlee Herring 1*,2*
• Jackson Hitchock 2
• Malia Jacobsen 1,2*
• Emma Johnson 1,2
• Leah Kastner 1,2
• Andrea Knode 1,2
• Calista Knudsen 1,2
• Eliot Lund 1,2
• Mason Meinecke 1,2
• Xiamara Monrroy Nunez 1
• Miley Nolan 1
• Elle Reynolds 1,2
• Logan Ritter 1,2
• Sara Rivas 1*,2*
• Ruth Ayden 1,2
• Berkley Schwartz 1,2
• Nolan Sheehy 1,2
• Miyah Small 1*,2*
• Evynn Stagg 1,2
• Cruz Stanley 1,2*
• Brody Steenblock 1,2
• Ava Thorn 1
• Grace Tripple 1*,2
• Court Vogel 1
• Jaxon Vogel 1,2
• Alexis Wachter 1,2
• Baylee Walker 2
• Emma Walker 1,2
• Bladyn Wearmouth 1,2

Grade 10

• Maci Bauer 1,2
• Luke Brinker-Owen 1*,2*
• Hayden Byerly 1
• Cole Carstens 1,2
• Xavier Clark 1,2
• Eli Cooper 1
• Crandall Cruz 1,2
• Pluto Dugan 1,2
• Laci Fiscus 1,2
• Hadley Fitch 1,2
• Naomi Flinn 1,2
• Jamie Fronapfel 1,2
• Huber Galicia 1*,2*
• Devin Gall 1,2
• Nerea Gimeno-Perez *1*,2*
• Piper Godwin 1*,2*
• Isaak Greenlee 1,2
• Lillian Greenlee 1*,2*
• Blake Heckman 1
• Hailey Hellman1*,2*
• Sabrina Huitt 2
• Danica Isom 1*,2
• Henry Kalhoff 1,2
• Hunter Kempf 1,2
• Serenity Kepple 1,2
• Jadyn Lawrence 1*,2*
• Paula N. Lopez 1,2*
• Zander Lopez 1,2
• Morgan Lutz 1,2
• Navira Martin 1,2
• Holiday Mertens 1*,2*
• Parker Meyer 1,2
• Alexis Olson 1,2
• Isabelle Peasley 1*,2*
• Nolan Ponstein 1*,2
• Brayden Prescott 1
• Jessica Randol 1*,2*
• Trey Ratcliff 1,2
• Gracie Recker 1,2
• Kylie Rochholz 1*,2*
• Ian Schnathorst 1,2
• Elijah Sebern 1,2*
• Blake Smith 1,2
• Jaxson Stauffer 1
• Natalie Waltz *1*,2*
• Riley Wasson 1,2
• Bridget White 1,2
• Neele Wirths 1,2*

Grade 11

• Lillie Arganbright 1
• Addison Astley 1,2
• Lillie Bachmeyer 1,2
• Easton Berhow 1,2
• Dylan Burchfield 1,2
• Landon Byerly 1
• Ella Carico 1*,2
• Parker Cay 1,2
• Landon Clark 1*,2
• Morgan Crees 1,2
• Bryce Dawes 1,2
• Mary Fett 1,2
• Taylor Fronapfel 1,2
• Galvan Brayden 1,2
• Garcia Emily 1,2
• Sara Gibson  1*2*
• Brooklyn Haines 1,2
• Ainsley Halamar  1,2
• Zachary Hayden 1*,2*
• Baylyn Herring 1*,2*
• Evelyn Hummel 1,2
• Lukas Johns 1,2
• Evan Johnson 1*,2*
• Nevaeh Joynes 1*,2
• Cody Kastner 1,2
• Joshua Kirschbaum 1,2
• Miranda Laabs 1,2
• Cody Lee 1,2
• Gavin Lindstrom 1,2
• Elaine Lund 1,2
• Savannah Matthias 2
• Margaret McCarthy 1,2
• Jemma Meacham 1,2
• Brayden Meinecke 1,2
• Kasey Michaelson 2
• Elah Molloy 1,2
• Cristian Monrroy Nunez 1,2
• Karleen Ploeger 1,2
• Annabelle Reynolds 1,2
• Aden Rochholz 1*,2* 
• Niahna Schnathorst 1,2
• Blake Schwartz 1,2
• Jackson Shaffer 2
• Nathaniel Spencer 1
• Ava Thompson 1*,2*
• Peyton Walker 1,2
• Alexis Wasson 1*,2*
• Taylin Woolheater 1*,2
• Abigail Zaruba 1*,2

Grade 12

• Reilan Boecker 1,2
• Ruanne Brinker 1,2
• Madelyn Carstens 1*,2*
• Laine Christe 1*,2*
• Joel Cooper 1,2
• Andrew Jonathan Draper 2
• Bridgette Ewing 1*,2
• Gabriella Gaffney 1*,2
• Nathan Geckler 1*,2
• Mason Halling 1*,2
• Alexander Hammerstrom 1,2
• Elijah Hammerstrom 1*,2
• Emme Hardisty 1*,2*
• Cayden Iredale 1,2
• Cooper Jordan 1,2
• Landon Kirtley 1,2
• Will Knapp 2
• Kelsey Laabs 1*,2
• Aubrey Lincoln 1*,2
• Maddelyn Lutz 2
• Madison Mincey 1,2
• Hannah Nichols 1*,2
• Noah Poldberg 1*,2*
• Jolynne Roeder 2
• Sawyer Simmons 1*,2
• Hanna Smith 1*,2*
• Elizabeth Snyder 1*,2*
• Kylee Solorzano 1*,2
• Jaysen Stagg 1,2
• Arilyan Steenblock 1*,2*
• Gage Thorn 1,2
• Gabriel Wagner 1*,2
• Braylunn Wearmouth 1,2

Special to the Times Vedette

Main Street Dance Studios in Panora held its 11th annual All Star Dance Competition and Workshop this past weekend at Panorama High School. The purpose of this event is to get the competition team ready for the season, which starts this weekend for some competitors and runs through June. 

Typically, three to four judges of various dance backgrounds are brought in to score and provide critiques for performances on Saturday, and teach classes during the workshop on Sunday. The classes cover many styles of dance, including tap, ballet, contemporary, lyrical, jazz and musical theater.

In addition to performing their competition routines, each dancer had the opportunity to compete in an improv contest at the end of Saturday night, right before the awards ceremony. This portion was judged by alumni dancers of the studio and teaching staff.

Photos by Mark Reno

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By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Jan. 23 with budgeting as the main topic. County Auditor Dani Fink shared data.

 “I outlined the Fiscal Year 2024 actual balances… to then give us our actual true beginning balance for Fiscal Year 2025. Then I put in budgeted revenues and budgeted expenses to give us our new projected fund balance for 2025,” Fink said.

Fink then explained information about the expected levy.

 “The general basic levy is at 3.88, so that’s what the current year levy is,” she said.

Fink and the supervisors discussed the timeline for the budget and the various steps included.

Board Chair Maggie Armstrong asked if any of the supervisors have specific questions after seeing the budget worksheets provided by Fink. Steve Smith said he needs “time to process it.”

 “I do, too,” Armstrong said. “I think this is good, a lot of information, and I know I’ll have questions, but I just don’t have them yet.”

Because of other commitments, the supervisors canceled the Jan. 30 meeting.

Through March, the Board of Supervisors meets regularly Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. at the courthouse. The public is welcome to attend in person or via remote technology. To join remotely, call 323-792-6123, then use meeting code 547029216#.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

During the monthly meeting of the Guthrie County Hospital’s Board of Trustees, an item was added onto the agenda for emergency consideration. CEO Chris Stipe informed the trustees that the hospital’s chemistry analyzer machine is not working properly, and a new machine needs to be purchased to replace it. He explained that the machine is used anytime lab work is being done.

 “Even if we ordered this machine today, it’s going to take a month for it to get here, so we’ve got to get this machine fixed,” Stipe said. “We need a part, and we’re trying to get it fixed.”

Stipe added that the machine is essentially at the end of its expected lifespan and has been breaking down more frequently over the past year, which then requires hospital staff to bring specimens elsewhere for analysis.

 “The lab has really been run ragged, taking specimens to Audubon or Jefferson,” Stipe said. “It’s going to keep breaking down, and it is the backbone of what we do.”

Because of the age of the machine, Stipe said it is no longer realistic to consider fixing it and using it long-term. The price of the new machine is $187,600. The trustees voted to approve purchasing the new machine.

Danielle Lauzon provided a quarterly report on the various quality measures the hospital tracks.

 “We have really good scores in our emergency department. We have been above our goal the majority of the year, and then we had a dip in December,” Lauzon said. “We had a few surveys come back that took that score down.”

Lauzon also told of February fundraising events for the hospital.

 “The hospital auxiliary will be hosting bingo again in February on Thursday nights. The meal is from 4:45-6 p.m., and bingo is from 6-8 p.m. at the Activity Center here in town,” she said.

Stipe reported strong revenue numbers for the hospital.

 “Year to date, we’re about $1 million ahead compared to budget,” Stipe said. “We’re tracking pretty good with regard to revenue.”

Foundation Director Dennis Flanery told of upcoming events in the spring and summer, including the Handbags and Bingo event on April 4 and the golf tournament on July 8.

The trustees’ next regular meeting will be Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. The public is welcome. Instructions for attending remotely are shown on the hospital’s website.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

The New Homestead, along with the ACGC High School baseball team, is offering a fundraiser meal on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 4:45-6 p.m. at the Guthrie Center Community Building. Cost is $15 and includes ham balls, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner roll, dessert and drink. All proceeds go to the ACGC Baseball program. To-go orders are also available. Following the meal, Guthrie County Hospital Auxiliary will offer bingo.