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  • Area high school football schedules for 2014 released

    Creston/O-M Aug. 29 — Norwalk
 Sept. 5 — @ Clarinda
 Sept. 12 — Winterset
 Sept. 19 — @Greene County (Jefferson)
 Sept. 26 — @Glenwood
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    March 7, 2014 - 11:46 am

  • Quick news: Daylight saving time begins this weekend

    Reminder: Daylight saving time begins this weekend Don’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour ...
    March 7, 2014 - 12:18 pm

  • Fire it up

    CORNING — It's been seven years in the making, and a Corning City Council meeting March 20 will play a part in when Corning Fire Department will have ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:46 am

  • 'Show your love' winner named

    More than 150 people showed their love for Union County by nominating their favorite Union County endowment during Union County South Central Iowa Com ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:23 am

  • SWCC budget hearing Tuesday

    Southwestern Community College has proposed its budget for fiscal year 2015, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015. A public hearing for the proposed budget ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:08 am

  • Creston middle school students win best of center awards at contest

    Five Creston middle school students won best of center awards Saturday at Creston's invitational middle school band solo/ensemble contest.
    March 6, 2014 - 11:11 am

  • Krejci to lead baseball clinics in Russia

    Bill Krejci's next duty for USA Baseball is taking him to Russia next week. The Southwestern Community College athletic director and former baseball c ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:46 am

  • WIC celebrates 40th anniversary

    In 1974, a supplemental food program called WIC — Women, Infants and Children — was introduced to improve the nutritional status of the most vulnerabl ...
    March 6, 2014 - 10:59 am

  • Barker Implement joins A&M Green Power to form AgriVision

    Barker Implement and A&M Green Power came together Jan. 1 to form AgriVision. The company will cover 28 counties in southwest and south central Iowa a ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:46 am

  • Lengthening winter stresses Iowa's wildlife

    (MCT) — This long, cold, snowy winter has not been good for wildlife in Iowa.The frigid temperatures ...
    March 6, 2014 - 10:58 am

  • Union County Democrats to hold county convention

    Union County Democrats will hold its county convention 9 a.m. Saturday at the restored Creston Depot.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:52 am

  • Presbyterian Deacons distribute free deer meat

    The First Presbyterian Church Deacons will continue free deer meat distribution (HUSH program) through the month of March.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:51 am

  • St. John's UCC to host soup supper

    An all-you-can-eat soup supper will be held 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. John's United Church of Christ, 601 S. Maple St.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:50 am

  • Prime Time Connection luncheon planned

    Creston Prime Time Connection invites all women to a luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:49 am

  • Civil Air Patrol inducts Sen. Harkin into Hall of Honor

    WASHINGTON – Longtime U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is the newest member of Civil Air Patrol’s Hall of Honor.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:48 am

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