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  Although the hair salon is the bulk of Linda Caltrider’s business, the gift shop items have grown in popularity.  By Rich Wicks | Guthrie Center Times, October 2025 Linda Caltrider, owner of Linda’s Hair Hut & Gifts in Casey, has a simple business plan:...

Special to the Times Vedette On Oct. 17, a total of 12 players participated. Dave Richter, Sandy Rumelhart got a 17 to share; Roy Carl, Kay Phippen and Robert Klever got 16s; and Rhonda Titus got two 16s. On Oct. 20, a total of 13 players participated. Bill Sheeder...

Special to the Times Vedette The Scholastic Book Fairs will be held in the Adair-Casey and Guthrie Center Elementary School libraries from Oct. 23-30.  Books will be available for students in preschool through eighth grade. Family Events will be held in conjunction...

Special to the Times Vedette Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson recently released the names of students eligible for the Summer Semester President’s List.  To be eligible, a student must have completed a minimum of six credits and earned a 4.0...

Special to the Times Vedette More than 1,000 students graduated from the Summer Semester from Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC’s) Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Newton, Urban and West Campuses. Those recognized from the area include: EmilyGruber, Surgical...

Special to the Times Vedette Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson recently released the names of students eligible for the Summer Semester Dean’s List. To be eligible, a student must have completed a minimum of six credits and earned a 3.5 to 3.99...

Photos by Matt Lukacs | Special to the Times Vedette The Lake Panorama Association started lowering the lake level on Oct. 1 to perform scheduled maintenance on the dam to reach 5 feet below normal pool elevation. This is the result of a routine inspection conducted...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Guthrie Center High School class of 1965 held a reunion Oct. 11. The group met for lunch and fellowship at Cabbage Rose in Guthrie Center. A total of 43 people attended with 26 being the 1965 graduates and the remainder spouses,...

Special to the Times Vedette Each year, the Southwest district and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the southwest district. On Oct. 15, Atlantic High School welcomed FFA chapters from all over the southwest...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Adair The Adair Chamber of Commerce will hold a trunk-or-treat event 5-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Adair Community Center. Residential trick-or-treating is set for the same time. Bagley Bagley’s annual Halloween parade will be...