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By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette ACGC Instrumental Music Director Kyra Babcock is competing for a prize that would help ACGC’s instrumental music program, and she needs your help. Babcock has entered a contest called “America’s Favorite Teacher.” However, Babcock is not...

By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette The Panora Church of the Brethren (PCOB) has been awarded a Northern Plains District Witness Commission’s “Jesus in the Neighborhood” grant. The $500 grant was available to Brethren churches in the Northern Plains District...

Photos by Jolene Goodman | Times Vedette The Panora Lions Club held a fundraiser breakfast at the Panora Community Center on Sunday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to noon. The freewill offering meal included sausage gravy over biscuits, scrambled eggs, cinnamon rolls and...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette To kick off the yearlong celebration of Springbrook State Park’s 100th year, Naturalist Anne Riordan hosted an event to make seed balls. Volunteers rolled moist soil into balls surrounding pollinator plant seeds such as milkweed. The seed...

Special to the Times Vedette Seven local veterans were honored for their service on Saturday at Veterans Auditorium in Panora. Each received a Quilt of Valor, a handmade quilt specifically designed to honor and provide comfort to service members and veterans who have...

By Shane Goodman | Times Vedette The fourth annual Handbags and Bingo event was held at the Guthrie County Fairgrounds on Friday evening. A total of 37 tables were reserved with more than 310 people in attendance. The theme was Pajama Party, and many participants...

Photos by Mark Reno | Times Vedette ACGC held its high school prom on Saturday with a theme of “New York, New York.” The Grand March was at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. Dinner was at 7:30 p.m., followed by the dance from 8:30-10:30 p.m. The After Prom event was...

Special to the Times Vedette Tori’s Angels Foundation announces a significant milestone of having 200 children sponsored over the past 15 years, marking a journey of compassion, resilience and community support. Since sponsoring its first child, Tori, in 2011, the...

Special to the Times Vedette Peoples Bank announced that Jayme Ungs, vice president and ag lender at Peoples Bank in Boone, has been named the Beginning Farmer Loan Program Lender of the Year by the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) for the eighth time in his career. The...