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Special to the Times Vedette The historic Garst home farm will have open house tours with Whiterock Conservancy the first Saturday of every month from 1-3 p.m. For more information, contact Whiterock Conservancy at 712-790-8221 or visit...

Special to the Times Vedette During their annual Casino Night fundraiser, the Guthrie Center Fire Department presented Years of Service Awards to five active  and two retired firefighters. Presenting the awards was Lonnie Newhall, the Fourth Vice President of  the...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette For most anyone who has moved away, coming back home can be a special joy. But, for some, that is a much longer trip than others. Curtis Nickel, a 1983 graduate of Guthrie Center High School, recently came back to visit family, and he...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, you have plenty of options to choose from. On Friday, Feb. 7, the Guthrie County Arts Council is holding its annual fundraiser, “An Evening Out.” The event kicks off with wine and...

Special to the Times Vedette  The Panora Chamber of Commerce encourages all golfers to save the date of May 4, 2025, for its annual golf tournament at Lake Panorama National Golf Course at 5071 Clover Ridge Road. Additional information coming soon. 

Special to the Times Vedette As part of his annual visits to counties across the state, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will be in Guthrie County today, Friday, Feb. 7. From approximately 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., he will be touring That Iowa Girl, located at...

From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources  Ice fishing shelters, left unattended, must be removed from state-owned lands and waters, including parking lots and boat ramps, by Feb. 20. Ice fishing shelter owners who camp in a paid campsite within a state park can...

Special to the Times Vedette A total of nine players participated on Feb. 3. Wayne Nickle had a 20. Sandy Rumelhart had a 17 and an 18. Rhonda Titus had a 16. Joanne Zieser had a 20 and a 16. Kathy Feilmeyer had a 21. Sue Mozingo had a 21. A total of nine players...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Casey Community Center (104 W. Sherman St.) will be the site of a community blood drive on Monday, Feb. 17 from noon to 5 p.m. To sign up, call 800-287-4903 or go to lifeservebloodcenter.org.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the Feb. 6 meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors, a citizen, Mark Drake, voiced a complaint during the Public Comments portion of the agenda. “I live over by Bagley…they came in and took the trees out of the ditch...

Special to the Times Vedette A local student from Jamaica, Ryan Cogil, has been named to the Northeast Iowa Community College fall 2024 dean's list. Students who have completed nine or more credit hours and achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or better are named to...

Special to the Times Vedette More than 8,700 students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2024 fall semester including the following: Brix Carstens of Bagley Hayden Coffman of Guthrie Center Zoey Hambleton of Guthrie Center Mikayla Hanner...

Special to the Times Vedette Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) announced its Dean’s List, full-time students who achieved a 3.5-3.99 grade point average during the 2024 fall semester. Victor Gonzalez of Guthrie Center was named to the list. 

Special to the Times Vedette Alyson Bauch of Stuart was among the more than 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the president's list for the 2024 fall semester. The president's list was established in the fall of 1983 to recognize academic...

By Shane Goodman | Times Vedette The Panora Chamber of Commerce held its first chamber dinner and community gala event on Saturday, Feb. 1 at The Port. “Our goal for our inaugural gala was 100 tickets sold,” Panora Chamber Coordinator Erica Matthies said. “We reached...

Special to the Times Vedette Community Impact Day is an annual initiative designed to bring businesses and residents together for a day of giving back, support and transformation. It will be held in Panora Wednesday, April 30 with a rain date of Wednesday, May 7....