Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

Richard Pedersen, 53, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Richard was born to Lawrence Paul and Joann (Fudge) Pedersen on September 1...

Clint Humbert, 74, of Griswold, IA, and formerly of Cumberland, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA. Clinton Franklin Humbert was born January 18, 1951, in Clay Center...

Veryl Ticknor, 81, of rural Casey passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral Services: Will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 10...

In case you weren't at the Lighted Parade, or even if you were, here is the video of the 2025 edition.

Elvin Yobani Flores-Galvez, son of Jose Flores-Lopez and Maria Galvez-Franco, was born on July 21, 2011 in Denison, Iowa. The youngest of three children, Elvin was baptized at St. Rose of Lima Catholi...

Sylvia Cooper passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at the Community Care Center in Stuart. Funeral Services: Will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Chu...

Haden Marvin Edwards, born July 3, 1938, in Adair County, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2025, at the age of 87. Marvin was the beloved son of Herman and Mary (Mason) Edwards. He grew up ...

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Roberta "Bobby" Jean Jurchen, the daughter of Gilbert and Lily Laverne (Crouse) Rieken, was born November 28, 1933, in Albia, NE. She died November 25, 2025, at Red Oak Nursing and Rehab, in Red Oak, ...

A beautiful soul and beloved heart of the Haag family left this earth and joined her husband in heaven on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025. Shirley Ann Haag was a devoted farm wife, mother, grandmo...