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ACGC sixth and seventh grade girls win league championship
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The ACGC sixth and seventh grade softball team recently emerged as league champions, besting nine other teams in their league tournament at Kimballton. Coach Ashley Smith shared her thoughts on the season. “The girls knew from the...
Check out the Adair County Fair
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Adair County Fairgrounds (900 N.E. Elm St., Greenfield) welcomes everyone to come out and enjoy the Adair County Fair, running now through July 13. Daily admission costs $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 5-12. Some highlights for...
Pheasant hunters bagged more than 460,000 Iowa roosters in 2024
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...
Hansen and Harre tie for low score with 29
Special to the Times Vedette On Tuesday, July 8, a total of 30 men played league at Panorama West Golf Course. Chip Hansen and John Harre tied for low score with 2 over par 29. Cliff Wendel made the long putt. John Harre was closest to the pin. Trent Crawmer needed...
A smorgasbord of smart apps
I have security cameras installed at work and at home that I can access from my phone. I was a bit late to the game on this technology, but I finally bit the bullet and made the purchases. The instructions were short, as was my patience while waiting for the firmware...
Kurt Alan Kalbach
1963-2025 Kurt Alan Kalbach was born on June 22, 1963, to Janice and Harry Kalbach in Guthrie Center. He was raised in Menlo, where his lifelong curiosity and thirst for knowledge took root. As a child, he followed his father around the family’s gas station, learning...
Yale Fourth of July celebration attracts a patriotic crowd
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,...
Lake Panorama Ski Team making waves since 1985
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...
Charger softball bows out of regionals against Martensdale-St Marys, 10-0
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC softball team (2-21) lost its Class 1A Region 8 substate game at Martensdale-St Marys (16-13) on Monday, July 7. This puts a close to the Chargers’ campaign with the team in 10th place in the West Central Activities...
ACGC softball falls to West Central Valley, 8-0
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC softball team (2-20) lost its game against West Central Valely (16-12) on Thursday, July 3, 8-0. The Chargers had three hits in the contest, two by Karli Kautzky and one by Belle Fagan. Jayla Hoover and Camdyn Richter split...
Charger baseball narrowly beats AHSTW in first round of substate, 3-2
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC baseball team (10-13) earned a close victory over AHSTW (4-19) away from home in the first round of substate on Monday, July 7. The postseason victory also got ACGC into double digits for the season, both feats that seemed to...
Panorama baseball falls to Ogden in first round of substate, 5-1
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama baseball team (5-18) lost in the first round of substate at Ogden (13-15), on Monday, July 7, by a score of 5-1. Panorama’s run came in the final frame of the game to avoid the shutout. Panorama ends the season in ninth...
Panther softball defeats Glidden-Ralston, 8-3
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama softball team (8-21) continued to build momentum toward the postseason with its home win over Glidden-Ralston (14-6) on Thursday, July 3. “We did a great job tonight with our approaches at the plate and did well against a...
Panorama softball beats Colfax-Mingo, 19-9 in first round of regionals
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama girls softball team (9-21) defeated Colfax-Mingo (3-18), 19-9, at home on Monday, July 7 in the first round of the Class 2A Region 4 playoffs. “What a job by our girls tonight being resilient and getting the job done,”...
Steenblock is WSO scholarship winner
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...
Guthrie County Supervisors approve monitoring well at transfer station
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...
Cribbage results from July 7
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...
Good Tuesday morning to you!
I inherited some old Adirondack chairs a few years ago. At the time, I reasoned that with a light sanding and a new coat of paint, these could be nice chairs. When my light sanding peeled off sheets of paint, I knew I was in for more work than I had planned. I...
Stars and stripes at the lake
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.












