Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

Kathy Symonds was born June 6, 1947 in Atlantic, Iowa. She peacefully passed on March 13, 2024 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Born in Atlantic, Kathy spent...

Jerry Dale McClain, the son of Harold "Sandy" McClain and Muriel (Whitmore) McClain, was born in Audubon County on July 8, 1949 and died March 11, 2024. Jerry grew up in "West town" and attended Exira...

Mr. James "Jim" Richard Tyler, age 99, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. James (Jim) Richard Tyler was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on August 3, ...

(Audubon, IA) - Boy's Track season is in the air, and the Audubon Wheelers are flying through the air already this season. These athletes have continued to not only work hard throughout these first fe...

(Iowa City, IA) - With the success that the Hawkeyes have seen this season, Iowa Head Coach Lisa Bluder has been named a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year award. This award...

Ernest Charles Ruehle, the son of Robert and Marguerite (McMartin) Ruehle, was born August 24, 1937, in Trinidad, CO. He died March 10, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society in Red Oak, IA, at the age o...

Gertrude Elise Mogg, the daughter of George and Augusta (Kober) Mahurin, was born May 6, 1920, at Ute, Iowa and went to meet her maker and to reunite with loved ones who had gone before, on March 10, ...

(Des Moines, IA) - Head Tennis Coach Ben Lott has officially resigned from his position as of Wednesday, March 13th. Lott was previously hired not even seven months ago, on August 21st, 2023. The awar...

(Griswold, IA) - Matt Spunaugle has announced that he is officially stepping away as head coach of both the cross-country and boy's basketball teams. He is currently student teaching and preparing to ...

(Guthrie Center, IA) - ACGC boys' track and field has seen last year's success already carry over to this year's team. At the IATC Indoor Championships last week, the boys finished in eighth place and...