Sign up for the Times Vedette FREE email editions. Subscribing is easy, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Subscribe to our FREE email newsletter!
Close
Panora Times
Click image to view
Guthrie Center Times
Click image to view
Lake Panorama Times
Click image to view
News
Obituaries
sports
RECENT NEWS
Here’s a hug!
Shane, I read your column every time I get your email/paper (A lousy hugger?, Oct. 31, 2025). I think your column is great. I am a little older than you but can relate to every story that comes from your childhood/life! Even though I may never meet you, here's a HUG!...
Iowa Weekly Weather Summary
From the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s weekly weather summary released today. Information from the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition...
Upcoming events in the area
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Holiday Showcase Nov. 6-8 The annual Holiday Showcase will be held in Panora, Casey and Guthrie Center to encourage residents and visitors to kick off their holiday shopping. Dates and hours are Thursday, Nov. 6 from 5-8 p.m.; Friday,...
Rita Mae (Sanborn) Powell
1930-2025 Rita Mae Powell (Sanborn), 95, passed away in comfort at the Stuart Community Care Center on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart. The funeral service will be held at...
Iris Jean Wiese
1936-2025 Iris Jean Wiese was 89 years old when she passed from natural causes. She passed at Cogir at Glenwood in Vancouver, Washington, surrounded by family on Oct. 26, 2025. Iris was born July 10, 1936, in Guthrie Center. Her parents were William Lee Kirkpatrick...
Capture the rainbow
Special to the Times Vedette Terri Brandt captured this rainbow image north of Highway 44 on Saturday just west of Panora.
Iowa PBS to air 2025 IHSAA Football Championships
Special to the Times Vedette For the first time, Iowa PBS is your home for the 2025 IHSAA Football Championships. Coverage of each class’ title game will take place Thursday, Nov. 20 starting at 9:30 a.m. and Friday, Nov. 21 starting at 10 a.m. Championship games will...
Brewster selected for Iowa Communications Alliance Leadership Academy
Special to the Times Vedette The Iowa Communications Alliance’s Leadership Academy launched the 2025-2026 session on Oct. 15. The in-person program is designed to help strengthen and encourage emerging leaders in the broadband industry across the state of...
Cribbage results from Oct. 31 and Nov. 3
Special to the Times Vedette On Oct. 31, a total of 10 players participated. Lela Schwartz got a 24 right away. Rhonda Titus had two 16s. Dave Richter got a 17 and a 16 Roy Carl got a 20 and a 16. Debbie Kiefer had a 20 and a 16. Robert Klever got a 16. Dan Webb had a...
Veterans appreciation buffet in Guthrie Center Nov. 9
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Everyone is welcome to come eat with the Omar B. Shearer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 124 (Guthrie Center) at Café on the Hill, Sunday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon for a Veterans Day buffet. Veterans and active military members are...
Polls open today
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Today is Election Day. One of the most common election questions is, “Where do I vote?” The answer is easily found by going to the website of Iowa’s Secretary of State (www.sos.iowa.gov) and then clicking on “Elections”, then on “Find my...
Worlds apart?
Several years ago, I wrote a column in our Daily Umbrella newsletter that touched on political elections being predictable based on who you would rather sit down and have a beer with. A reader responded to my column and shared a link to a video from Heineken beer that...
Halloween costume creations
Residents explain how they get to become anything they want to be on this imaginative holiday. By Rich Wicks | Guthrie Center Times, october 2025 Halloween is a special time of year when most anyone can put on a costume or mask and temporarily take on a different...
Yester Years
10 years ago From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, Oct. 29, 2015 TOWER OF TERROR. Quinten Pote, 16 (rear), and Gavin Pote, 12, stand ready to scare at the Panora Fire Department's Tower of Terror Haunted House. ______________________________ 20 years ago...
Rogers opens a new chapter at Casey Library
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Libraries are much more than just books, as Beth Rogers can attest. She is the new director at the Casey Library and has been in that role since Sept. 13. For Rogers, it is both goods news and bad news that libraries offer many services...
Perry wins both matchups at triangular
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Perry swim team (11-14), which coops with Panorama, earned two victories at its triangular meet on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The Jayettes defeated Carroll (12-27), 79-75, and Algona (10-27-1), 82-80. The next test for Perry is the...
Kent and Petersen to compete at state cross country meet on Saturday
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette Preston Kent and Cadence Petersen qualified as individuals for the 1A State Championship cross country meet on Saturday, Nov. 1. The races will take place at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The girls race starts first at...
ACGC takes on Mount Ayr in Class A Second Round tonight
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC football team (9-0) hosts Mount Ayr (6-3) in the Class A Second Round tonight, Friday, Oct. 31. Mount Ayr gave ACGC its toughest game of the season in a 28-20 win for the Chargers in mid-September. ACGC only had a one-point...
Trick-or-Treat in Guthrie Center
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette Due to the ACGC playoff football game on Friday night, trick-or-treating was held on Thursday in Guthrie Center. Downtown businesses and individuals welcomed monsters and ghouls of all shapes and sizes along the business district....
