Author Archives: Western Iowa Today
Rosters set for IBCA Pizza Ranch All-Star Games
(Grimes) The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association will have their senior All-Star event on Saturday, March 25th. Games will be played at Dallas Center-Grimes High School and Oak View Middle School. Com...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023
Atlantic Rotary Club 'Salute to Ag' presentation centers around soil health
(Atlantic) Carbon sequestration was the topic of the Atlantic Rotary Club's Salute to Agriculture program on Tuesday. Soil Health Specialist Ruth Blomquist with the USDA-NRCS Office was the presenter,...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023
LaVerne Kock Obituary
Funeral Services for 100 year old LaVerne Kock of Avoca will be Saturday, March 18th at 11AM at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. Family will greet friends prior to the service beginning at 10AM. ...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023

Tax levy rate on the rise in Audubon
(Audubon) April 10th will be the date for a Public Hearing on the the FY24 Budget in the City of Audubon. The property tax levy will be up from last year. "We try to keep it down, but between insuranc...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023
Kommes and Emgarten are a couple of the key pieces back for Exira-EHK boys track
(Elk Horn) Twenty-five athletes make up the Exira-EHK boys track team this spring. "It's a promising season. We have 25 boys out and a couple of years ago we only had 11." Head coach Kevin Brown says,...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023
Irlmeier returns to lead Audubon girls golf program
(Audubon) Drew Christensen is the new girls golf coach at Audubon. The former Wheeler will take over following the retirement of longtime coach Paul Lynch. "I golfed in Audubon and of course Mr. Lynch...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023

Harrison Metcalf Obituary
Harrison Louis Metcalf was born on April 28, 2021, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. God decided in the early morning of Sunday, March 12, 2023, that he needed another angel. Harrison ...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023

IPSWA All-State Boys Basketball
(State) The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association published their All-State teams for boys basketball on Tuesday morning. Waukee Northwest's Pryce Sandfort is the Mr. Basketball award winner. The Iowa...
Western Iowa Today Mar 14, 2023
Des Moines establishments prepare for tournament influx
(Des Moines, IA) -- Tip-off for the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Des Moines is now only days away. Local bars and restaurants are preparing for a lot of out of town guests. T...
Western Iowa Today Mar 13, 2023

IHSAA Releases Preliminary Classifications for Football
(State) Information was released Monday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association in regards to football classes for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Once these classifications are verified this week, th...
Western Iowa Today Mar 13, 2023







