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Wellman Food Pantry fundraiser sees great turnout

Folks turned out for the Wellman Food Pantry’s Soup & Chili Cookoff fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 2, making the event a big success. The Food Pantry, which is based out of Asbury United Methodist … more

Pat & Krista Gent honored as Master Pork Producers

Pat and Krista Gent have been raising pigs from wean to finish on their family farm in Wellman for over a decade, doing everything from grinding feed and hauling pigs to marketing. At the Iowa Pork … more

Progress 2025: Wellman

It might not be flashy, but sometimes progress means replacing 100-year-old infrastructure and reversing course on decades of apathy. City administrator Kelly Litwiller and mayor Ryan Miller talked … more

Wellman Food Pantry celebrates 20 years with Soup & Chili Cookoff

WELLMAN For the past 20 years, the Wellman Food Pantry has served the community from the basement of Asbury United Methodist Church, making sure families are fed and households adequately stocked … more

Wellman Rotary’s Soup Supper

People flooded into the Parkside banquet room on Wednesday night, Jan. 22, for the Wellman Rotary’s soup supper, which served as a fundraiser for a new veterans/first responders memorial in town. … more

Wellman approves bond sale, considers FY25-26 budget, questions tree emblem

WELLMAN Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Inauguration Day– neither kept the Wellman City Council from meeting on Monday, although some council members were eager to get back to celebrating the return … more

Online ordering to get a boost at Freeman Foods, JW’s Foods thanks to state grants

KALONA Local grocers Freeman Foods and JW’s Foods were among 20 recipients of Rural Innovation Grants announced Jan. 9 by Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (EIDA). … more

Wellman begins fundraising for veterans, first responders memorial

WELLMAN When the City of Wellman purchased the high-visibility lot on the corner of 8th Avenue and Highway 22 last March – vacant, but for an LED sign – they had an inkling of what they wanted … more

‘A great guy with a big heart’

KALONA His bright smile, his penchant for humor and laughter, his positivity and joy. These are the traits that come to mind when people think David Tornow, a “great guy with a big heart” who … more

Wellman prepares to borrow for bridge replacement

WELLMAN With work set to begin on replacing the 9th Avenue/Gingko Avenue bridge as soon as Monday, Jan. 13, the Wellman City Council spent the bulk of their meeting Monday night looking at the … more

How to flush a toilet in the dark

KALONA The ice storm that kept most of us home on Saturday, Dec. 14 was ill-timed, falling precisely at a moment where many had holiday events to attend and shopping to do. It might have been an … more

GOOD BEANS

WELLMAN Prior to owning Kalona Coffee House with wife Rhonda, as he has since 2010, Jeff Yoder was never really that into coffee. She was the passionate one, learning the ropes at Caribou Coffee … more

Everyone in the pool!

WASHINGTON The ribbon cutting at the Washington YMCA’s new Aquatic Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10 was nothing short of a “momentous event.” The gathering of donors and community members from … more

Wellman library up, senior dining down, bridge replacement to begin

WELLMAN In an unusually long year-end meeting Monday night, the Wellman City Council reflected on a host of services, from those offered by the library and Goodwin Senior Dining to the adequacy of … more

ALL THAT JAZZ

DES MOINES When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since … more

Saturday ice storm downs limbs, causes power outages

KALONA Unfortunately for many area residents on Saturday, Dec. 14 predictions by the National Weather Service largely proved true. The ice storm, which began overnight, produced ice-covered roads … more

Riverboat Foundation awards $1.4 million in fall grants

RIVERSIDE Smiles abounded Wednesday night at the Riverside Casino’s ballroom, where representatives of area cities and nonprofits gathered for the Washington County Riverboat Foundation’s … more

Council of Mid-Prairie Churches sponsors opportunities for giving

The Council of Mid-Prairie Churches is sponsoring two mission projects this year, one local and one national, that they hope you will consider supporting as part of your gift-giving this holiday … more

Wellman Fire brings joy to Children’s Hospital

WELLMAN For the past two years, the Wellman Volunteer Fire Department has created a pop-up toy shop of sorts at the fire station downtown, where area parents could pick out holiday gifts for their … more

Wellman keeps ball rolling on water, bridge projects

WELLMAN Water system upgrades topped the agenda again Monday night for the Wellman City Council. Several water mains will be replaced in areas of the city, and to help fund the project, the City … more
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