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Special to the Times Vedette The Panora Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting of 2025 on Monday, Jan. 13 at Restore Wellness Center. A large group attended with many new faces. Several old business, items along with a review of 2024 and planning for 2025, were...

Special to the Times Vedette The 34th Annual Audubon Lions Toy Show will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Agri-Hall at the Audubon County Fairgrounds in Audubon. This toy show is routinely scheduled for the fourth Saturday in February. The...

Special to the Times Vedette Art on State held a free art class on Saturday, Jan. 11 with five kids and two adults. They made snowmen out of socks and toilet paper with brownies for treats. The class was taught by Carol Redshaw. Art on State is an art gallery created...

Special to the Times Vedette  Ten Squared Men for Guthrie County made its final contribution for 2024, a check for $20,100 to the Guthrie County First Responders. This makes the gifts for 2024 at a total of $61,200. In 2016, the Ten Squared Men’s Group started in 2016...

Special to the Times Vedette On Friday, Jan. 10, a total of 14 players participated. Bill Sheeder had a 21; Jim Carico had a 17 and a 24; Lillian Gilson got a 16 and a 20; Dan Webb got a 24; Deb Kiefer got a 16 and a 20; John Byrd had a 16; Kay Phippen got a 20; and...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the regular meeting of the Guthrie Center City Council on Jan. 13, Mayor Mike Herbert explained that he has continued to hear concerns about excessive traffic speed on Bluff Street. The council chose to make an agenda item for the...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Adair/Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Jeremy Cooper shared information on a house fire on the 400 block of Third Street in Menlo that occurred around 9:20 a.m. on Jan. 7. When a search team entered the house, they found a...

Special to the Times Vedette Maggie Armstrong received an award from the Panora and Lake Panorama Economic Development at Wednesday’s meeting for serving as the 2024 president of the group. Julie Dent-Zajicek, who presented the award, is the 2025 president.

Special to the Times Vedette Coe College is recognizing its highest performing students as members of the Dean's List, including Quinn Grubbs, who is currently among this elite group. Grubbs, of Casey, has been named to the Fall 2024 Dean's List at Coe in Cedar...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors discussed three proposed payroll change notices during the regular meeting on Jan. 9. A payroll change notice for Jenny Jessen (Social Worker, Public Health) was approved unanimously. Jessen’s pay...