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By Robin Opsahl | Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday her legislative proposal to increase physician training options and rural health care accessibility, a step she said will help ease burdens on rural hospitals and increase...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Gov. Kim Reynolds came to the Guthrie County Hospital on May 28 to sign two bills into law. Both relate to healthcare. Gov. Reynolds signed House File 972 and House File 310. The first (also known as the Rural Healthcare Bill) opens...

Special to the Times Vedette The D3baseball.com and the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Baseball Teams were both announced on Monday, May 27, and Buena Vista senior Evan Taylor was selected to the Second Team for each. Taylor, who was the 2022 Regional Rookie of the Year, is...

Special to the Times Vedette Graceland University has announced the Spring 2025 graduation list. Graduates from around the country and the world have been recognized for earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from Graceland University between December 2024 through...

Special to the Times Vedette Buena Vista University congratulates more than 400 students who graduated in Spring 2025. Local students who graduated include: Evan Taylor of Redfield graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in business (financial decision...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a two-vehicle collision occurring on May 28 at 8:55 a.m. on Wagon Road and 252nd Street. Jacob Burnett Crawford, 39, of Greenfield, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Captiva northbound on...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Bennett reported a single-vehicle accident occurring on May 16 at 12:53 p.m. on Quail Road. Rebecca Ann Tannahill, 71, of Bagley, was driving a 2005 Ford Freestyle SE southbound on Quail Road and failed...

From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources In late May and early June, male bluegill build nests that female bluegill lay eggs in. Bluegill nests are circular depressions, 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Built in clusters called beds, they appear to look like the surface...

From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources The first reports of pheasant chick broods have been coming in to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the past two weeks, marking the beginning of the 2025 hatching season. The mild winter and favorable...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the month of June, the Panora Public Library will kick off its Summer Reading program for kids of all ages, infant to 18. Interested readers can pick up a tracking sheet and earn prizes for summer reading. On Friday, June 6 at 10...