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Play Glow Golf at Anita on July 25
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette On Friday night, July 25, the Crestwood Hills Golf Course in Anita will host a four-person best-ball golf tournament. The tournament will begin at 8:30 p.m. using glow golf balls. Preregistration cost is $40 per person, plus cart (or...
Catch the figure 8 races at the fairgrounds Saturday
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Guthrie County Fairgrounds will host figure 8 stock car races on Saturday, July 19 beginning at 6 p.m. Admission cost is $10 (kids 5 and younger admitted free). A pit pass costs $20.
Cribbage results from July 16
Special to the Times Vedette On July 16, a total of 10 players participated. Sandy Rumelhart got a 16 and a 17; Jim Carico got a 17; Larry Gardner got a 16; Chet Vaughan had two 16s; and Lela Schwartz won the kitty with a 20. The Guthrie Center cribbage players...
Casey Fun Days is this weekend
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Casey Fun Days has arrived (July 18 and 19) with a theme of “Continuing to Thrive in 2025.” The schedule of events has been announced. Full details and any updates/changes will be posted on the Casey Service Club Facebook page...
ACGC to fill high school principal vacancy
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Adair-Casey and Guthrie Center school boards held a joint meeting July 16. As part of the Consent Agenda, the Guthrie Center board approved the resignation of High School Principal Brian Sauser, and the contract recommendation for Bob...
Yester Years
10 years ago From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, July 23, 2015 STATE CHAMP. Kolby Schackelford, 13, of Panora won the 12-13 year old state championship at the Iowa PGA Junior Championship held last Thursday at the Lake Panorama National course. The...
Duke Rentals/Precision Components is on the rise
The company is based out of Atlantic and has been operating in Guthrie Center for six years. By Rich Wicks | Guthrie Center Times, July 2025 Most anyone traveling on Highway 44 on the eastern edge of Guthrie Center has undoubtedly seen the tall boom lift...
Keep your shirt on
This column is dedicated to all the painters out there. Not the Pablo Picasso types. You are great, too, but this one is for those of you with the paint rollers, the 4-inch brushes, the power sprayers and the dozens of drop cloths. You have my respect and admiration. ...
Majestic moments
Special to the Times Vedette Photographer Betty Cooper captured these elk images on Sunday at Twin Oaks Elk Farm, 1959 Grant Ave., northwest of Guthrie Center.
Supervisors agree on plans to address bridge engineering work
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette County Engineer Josh Sebern provided an update on the Secondary Roads department to the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. He described two options for meeting the county’s need for engineering work related to the many bridge...
So Much More Than Books
By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette “Amazon is doing four days of deals. Walmart is doing six. Target said let’s make it a week. The library? We’ve been serving 100% off every single day. No promo codes. No shipping delays. No buyer’s remorse. Just books,...
Guthrie County Swim Club places 2nd in regular season and conference championship
Special to the Times Vedette The Guthrie County Swim Club had another successful year, placing second in both the regular season and the conference championship meet. Head Coach Dana Stein stated that the club had 109 swimmers this year, ranging from ages 5 to 18. “It...
Motorcycle rear-ends car on Highway 4
Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a car vs. motorcycle accident occurring on July 12 at 12:08 p.m. at the intersection of 180th Street and Highway 4. Dana Scott Rutherford, 63, of Bagley, was operating a 2023 Harley...
Chevy pickup overturns on Highway 44
Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Kent Gries reported a single-vehicle accident occurring on July 11 at 11:58 a.m. on Highway 44. Cora Isabelle Fluharty, 15, of Adel, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet K1500 pickup westbound on Highway 44. The...
Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report — Week of July 14, 2025
From the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through...
Danny Don Nickel
1946-2025 Danny Don Nickel, affectionately known as Danny to his friends and family, passed away peacefully in Audubon on July 11, 2025, at the age of 78. Born on Sept. 24, 1946, in Guthrie County, Danny was a man whose wisdom, generosity and passion for life left a...
Petitions for $19.6 million Panorama schools bond being circulated
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Community members in the Panorama School District are now circulating petitions that will ask the board of education to place a $19.6 million general obligation bond referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot. State law requires that signatures be...
Masonic Lodge Breakfast July 26
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette On Saturday, July 26, the Guthrie Center Masonic Lodge will hold a freewill donation breakfast at the lodge, which is located at 114 N. Fourth St. in Guthrie Center. The breakfast will be served 7-11 a.m. and will include pancakes, eggs,...
Panora City Council learns about sewer repair needs
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the July 14 meeting of the Panora City Council, Public Works Director Ismael Galvan provided an update on an area of sewer line that need to be replaced. The line had previously been worked on by Accu-Jet, but that company has...
