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Panther volleyball drops close contest against Ogden, 3-2
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama volleyball team (3-8) nearly left Ogden (10-5) with a win on Thursday, Sept. 25. Panorama won the first set, 25-9. Then, dropped the next two sets, 25-12 and 25-16. Panorama battled back in the fourth set, winning 25-18....
Panorama volleyball falls to Des Moines Christian, 3-0
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama volleyball team (3-7) lost its game at Des Moines Christian (5-15) on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The Lions won the sets 25-11, 25-14 and 25-14. Nerea Gimeno Perez led the team in assists with six, and Hailey Hellman was close...
Panthers earn second at ACGC meet, Laicey Lutz places 10th
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama girls cross country team placed second at the ACGC cross country meet on Thursday, Sept. 25. Panorama finished with 60 points. Tri-Center won the meet with 34. The best time for Panorama came with a top-10 placement by...
Panthers place 3rd at ACGC meet
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The Panorama cross country team competed at the ACGC meet on Thursday, Sept. 25. IKM-Manning won the meet with 33 points. Panorama placed third with 103 points. The best Panther time came from the feet of Bladyn Wearmouth, who placed...
No. 5 ACGC faces No. 9 Madrid tonight
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The No. 5 ACGC football team (4-0) travels to No. 9 Madrid (3-1) for a matchup of top 10 teams on Sept. 26. This will be the Chargers’ toughest test of the season so far. Madrid defeated ACGC in the most recent meeting two seasons...
Charger volleyball defeats Pleasantville, 3-1
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette Despite dropping the second set in this matchup, ACGC (13-4) provided a dominant performance at home on Tuesday, Sept. 23 against Pleasantville (8-8). ACGC won the first set, 25-8, lost the second, 27-25, then won the next two sets,...
ACGC girls cross country places fourth, Cadence Petersen earns 2nd at home meet
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC girls cross country team hosted a cross country meet on Thursday, Sept. 25. ACGC placed fourth with a team score of 71. Tri-Center won the meet with 34 points. ACGC’s Cadence Petersen had the best Charger time, and one of the...
ACGC places 4th, Preston Kent wins home meet
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette The ACGC cross country team competed in a home meet on Thursday, Sept. 25. IKM-Manning won the meet overall with 33 points. ACGC placed fourth with 111. It was the Chargers’ Preston Kent, however, who crossed the finish line first...
Hemphill honored for 50 years of service
Special to the Times Vedette Doug Hemphill of Farmers State Bank in Yale was recently honored by the Iowa Bankers Association (IBA) for more than 50 years of service at the bank. The award was presented to Hemphill during the IBA Annual Convention on Monday, Sept. 22...
A Panorama Homecoming view from the sky
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the Panorama Homecoming festivities on Sept. 19, photographer Kent Brant captured images with some unique perspectives using a drone camera. Our thanks to Brant for allowing us to share the photos.
GCH construction timeline shared with trustees
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette During the Sept. 25 meeting of the Guthrie County Hospital Board of Trustees, Matt Leaders and Cory Bettis, representatives from Graham Construction, presented the tentative timeline for the hospital’s planned improvement project. “We’re...
How many games should a high school volleyball team play?
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette I was checking the most recent volleyball rankings posted by the IGHSAU earlier this week, mainly because I had a feeling the 13-4 ACGC team would have a chance to sneak into the top 15 soon. Then, I noticed something odd. It’s...
Autumn events in the area
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette This time of year, many festive events including pumpkin patches, church suppers, hayrides and more are scheduled. Below are some of the upcoming events in the area. Pie Auction in Guthrie Center Sept. 27 The Republicans of Guthrie County...
ACGC Homecoming events announced
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette The week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 will be filled with activities as ACGC Schools celebrate Homecoming week, with a theme of “Dancing through the Decades.” Highlights and dress-up day details include: Sunday, Sept. 28, hall decorating at...
Stitching for Missions
A group at the Casey United Methodist Church meets every Tuesday morning to create homemade items they donate to various charitable causes. By Rich Wicks | Guthrie Center Times, September 2025 Most people work throughout their adult years, earning a living and...
Yester Years
10 years ago From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, Sept. 24, 2015 DESPITE FLOODS, GUTHRIE COUNTY CONSERVATION SEES GOOD YEAR. A late June flood caused high waters around Guthrie County, including near the Dam at Leon Mill Park in Panora. However, despite...
‘Oh, what a beautiful morning!’
“Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, oh, what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling, everything’s going my way.” My friend Jim brightened my morning by singing that song during a vacation our families spent together a few years ago. I told him I loved his attitude....
Panorama students enjoy homecoming dance
Photos by Mark Reno | Special to the Times Vedette Panorama High School students and their guests took part in the 2025 homecoming dance on Saturday evening in the gymnasium. Several stopped for a photo or two prior to the festivities. Click images to enlarge.
Shaffer and Burchfield named Panorama homecoming king and queen
Photos by Betty Cooper | Special to the Times Vedette Dylan Burchfield and Syler Shaffer were voted by the student body as the 2025 Panorama Homecoming king and queen. They were crowned during the halftime festivities of Friday night’s homecoming football game against...












