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By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Adair-Casey and Guthrie Center school boards met in joint session on April 17. Immediately prior to the regular board meeting, each board held a public hearing regarding the 2024/25 certified budget. There were no comments or...

By Susan Thompson | Times Vedette On Wednesday afternoon, April 17, members of the Panora Women’s Service Organization (WSO) hosted their annual senior tea for Panorama Community Schools senior girls. The girls were encouraged to invite as many women guests as they...

  In describing her store and her philosophy, Jen Readinger often uses the word, “holistic.”   By Rich Wicks | Guthrie Center Times Just off State Street, at 106 S. Fourth St. in Guthrie Center, is a store you simply must see to understand. The Pink Poppy...

Special to the Times Vedette The Panora Garden Club held a spring clean-up day at the Panora Library on March 19.   

Special to the Times Vedette The Guthrie Center cribbage players meet at Guthrie Center Library on Mondays at 8 a.m., at the assisted living rec room at 8 a.m. on Wednesdays, and at the Guthrie Center Activity Center at 1 p.m. on Fridays. Organizers say there is...

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The Panora Public Library is hosting two upcoming free events that will certainly get things growing. On Monday, April 29 from 4-5 p.m., a Youth Seed Bomb Workshop is offered. Preregistration is not required. On Thursday, May 9, beginning...

By Kerry Jacobsen | Times Vedette Eight FFA students at Panorama High School drove their tractors to school on April 11. This annual event is usually held during FFA week in February or Ag week in March but the Panorama students chose the April date to take advantage...

Kerry Jacobsen captured this rainbow image on Tuesday night in the narrows of Lake Panorama from the west side. 

By Lilah Heinz and Stella Largent | ACGC FFA Chapter Reporters The 96th Annual Iowa FFA State Convention was held April 14-16 in Ames. The ACGC Chapter had 32 members attend and participate in multiple events and competitions throughout the convention. This year, the...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Todd Thorn reported an accident involving two vehicles on April 6 at 9:45 a.m. on Sherman Street in Menlo.  Patricia Kay Trent, 86, of Stuart was driving a 2004 Dodge Dakota pickup southbound on Sherman Street...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a two-vehicle collision occurring on April 13 at 9:55 a.m. on Highway 4 and 200th Street. Jacob Lane Kelderman, 24, of Waukee, was driving a 2015 Hyundai Accent northbound and turning...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Kent Gries reported a single-vehicle accident occurring on April 5 at 9 a.m. on Utopia Avenue. Dylan Mckenzie Burchfield, 16, of Panora, was driving a 1987 Ford Crown Victoria southbound at the 1800 block of...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Matt Losee was called to the scene of a parking space accident on April 6 at 7:37 p.m. in Jamaica. Dennis Dean Mleynk, 62, of Panora, was backing up a 2021 Ram 2500 Tradesman pickup out of a parking space and...

Special to the Times Vedette Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a single-vehicle rollover accident occurring on April 14 at 8:52 a.m. on Redwood Avenue just north of Monteith. Cameron Joel Hester, 31, of Guthrie Center, was driving a 1983 For F-150...