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An Elite Finish

5/12/2021
Standing on the par-3 14th green at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course, Mid-Prairie senior golfer Dominic McCain allowed his thoughts to drift back to tournaments earlier this season. He had a four-putt …

Burton claims SEISC North long jump title, Highland …

5/12/2021
Highland freshman Sarah Burton broke out of a month-long slump to claim a SEISC North  long jump championship in the conference meet on Thursday at WACO.  “It felt really …

Mid-Prairie Prom 2021

4/29/2021
Mid-Prairie Prom was on Saturday, April 24.

Mid-Prairie Students Celebrate Earth Day

4/27/2021
As part of Mid-Prairie’s Earth Day Community Clean Up Day, third and fourth grade students picked up over 120 bags of trash and sticks at North Park in Wellman on Thursday, April 22.  …

Lone Tree Prom 2021

4/22/2021
Lone Tree Prom 2021 was held on Saturday, April 17.

Highland Prom

4/22/2021
Highland Prom 2021 was on Saturday, April 17.

Golden Hawks find aggression, and the goal, in second …

4/20/2021
 After struggling through the first half at Cedar Valley Christian (0-4), the Mid-Prairie girls (3-1) scored four goals in a span of five minutes to leave Alburnett with a 6-1 …

Mid-Prairie starts 2-0 with 7-1 win at Monticello

4/15/2021
There was no home field advantage for the Monticello boys soccer team on Friday during a 7-1 loss to No. 10 Mid-Prairie.  The Golden Hawks were able to take advantage of the narrow pitch, …

Easter Egg Hunt a Hit with Area Kids

4/7/2021
Photos of kids finding eggs at the Kalona Historical Village Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 3. 

Golden Hawk and Huskie boys compete in Washington's …

3/26/2021
The Golden Hawk distance runners led the Mid-Prairie boys to a second-place finish in Class B at the Steve Roth Relays in Washington on Friday. 

All she does is win

3/24/2021
Kelsey Hora has always been a winner. From her first varsity start as an eighth grader at Highland, to Saturday’s sweep of St. Catherine University, the Coe College senior has won at every …

Thompson and Schlabaugh trained together, medal …

2/24/2021
As the 1A second-round consolation matches began on Friday, Highland senior Bryce Thompson waited for crews to finish cleaning the blue surface of mat three on the Wells Fargo Arena …

Garvey leaves state wrestling tournament with a medal

2/24/2021
Mid-Prairie junior Cael Garvey had been to the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament many times before February 18.   As a fan.  But on Thursday, he finally made it to the mats of Wells …

Meader trusts the plan, earns the payoff

2/17/2021
After coming from behind for a dramatic win in his first match, Ben Meader faced an even taller task in the final, trailing Davenport Assumption’s John Argo 7-3 with 35 seconds …

Schlabaugh's conference title highlight for Huskies at …

1/30/2021
Easton Schlabaugh came out attacking in the first period of the 106-pound Southeast Iowa Superconference final on Saturday. The Huskies sophomore got a takedown 26 seconds in and added six back …

12 area girls wrestle in state tournament

1/27/2021
In 2019 there were 87. In 2020 there were 350. And in 2021 there were 457 wrestlers who competed in the Iowa Girls State Wrestling tournament. Five years ago, there were less than 100 girls …

Photos: Three Golden Hawks finish first at Highland …

1/13/2021
This week, Vinnie Bowlin returned to the mat for the first time in over a month and won each of his four matches with a first-period pin.  Three of those wins came during the Gary Curtis …

Kalona battles second hefty snowfall

1/6/2021
After a storm on Tuesday, Dec. 29 buried Kalona in about 7-9 inches of snow, residents had to break out their shovels and snowblowers again on New Year’s Day, when another 3-4 inches …