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From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa’s 2024 estimated pheasant harvest was the second highest in nearly two decades, coming in at more than 460,000 roosters last fall, surpassed only by the 2023 harvest of 590,000. This is the best back-to-back pheasant...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette A large crowd was on hand during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Yale on Friday. The dunk tank, water balloons and bathtub races offered splashy fun, while visitors also enjoyed the vendor fair, various food and drink offerings,...

By Susan Thompson | Times Vedette The Lake Panorama Ski Team has been a part of Panorama Days for more than 40 years. This year’s show will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2 with parking and viewing on Lake Panorama’s south shore. The theme for the 2025 show is...

By Susan Thompson | Times Vedette Each year, the Panora Women’s Service Organization (WSO) conducts fundraising activities to make it possible to provide a scholarship to a Panorama Community School graduating senior. This year’s recipient is Arilyan Steenblock. She...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the July 8 regular meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors, Health Services Director Jotham Arber expressed a need to have another monitoring well drilled at the transfer station. Arber said he had hoped to receive local...

Special to the Times Vedette On July 7, a total of 12 players participated. Dennis Betts got a 17. Kay Phippen, Allen Pierce, Robert Klever each got a 16, and Bashful Willie got a 20. The Guthrie Center cribbage players generally meet at Guthrie Center Library, 400...

Special to the Times Vedette Several Lake Panorama residents showed their patriotic spirit by painting Americana images in their lawns in preparation for the Fourth of July. 

Special to the Times Vedette Despite a day of intermittent rain showers, the Lake Panorama Fireworks show went on as planned — and so did many of the private post-show fireworks off the shores of several property owners on Saturday evening as shown in these videos....

Special to the Times Vedette Doug and Teresa Kent at 914 15th St. in Guthrie Center are the winners of $100 in chamber bucks from the Guthrie Center Lions Club and the Guthrie Center Chamber of Commerce for the Yard of the Month contest for June. These two...

Stories of notable local barns and the families that cherish them   By Rich Wicks | Panora Times, June 2025 Barns have been called “cathedrals of the prairie.” That seems a fitting phrase, since, like cathedrals, barns are often the most easily spotted and...