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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 …

Kalona sees second and third structure fires of …

12/23/2020
The Kalona Volunteer Fire Department was called to another house fire on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and a garden shed fire early in the morning on Sunday, Dec. 20, making the second and third structure fires …

A Running Faith

11/10/2020
Race day always begins with a huddle. And a prayer. Less than 10 minutes before the Mid-Prairie girls cross country team was to successfully chase down a fourth consecutive state team title on …

Mid-Prairie presents play seven months in the making

11/2/2020
At long last, Mid-Prairie High School students and staff were finally able to present “Three Fairy Godmothers,” the play they’d started working on in February. The actors were …

Front Runner

10/28/2020
Danielle Hostetler chases golf carts. Really. Since late August, when Hostetler won her first high school cross country race in school-record time, the Mid-Prairie freshman has been chasing …

Slam and Bam

10/20/2020
Running back Kayden Reinier and Mid-Prairie’s offensive line sent a message on its very first play last Friday night against Central Lee. Reinier ran 45 yards for a first down before he was …