Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

Irene Marie Larsen, the daughter of Peter and Lydia (Faaborg) Rasmussen, was born on January 9, 1925, in rural Audubon, Iowa. She attended Exira (Iowa) Public Schools, and graduated with the Exira Hig...

Dorothy Vail Hansen, the daughter of Lyle B. and Elsie (Mosher) Holmes, was born March 14, 1924, at her parents' home in West Liberty, Iowa and died September 5, 2021, at the Salem Lutheran Home in El...

Rose Schroeder, age 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021, at her daughter Linda's residence Perry, IA. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11 at t...

Fern Hoffman, age 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021, at th...

Mass of Christian Burial for 73 year old Barbara Plambeck of Persia will be Thursday, September 9th at 11:00 AM at St. Mary's Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth. Visitation will be Wednesday, Sep...

(Oakland) Two of the best teams in Class A, District 7 hook up in Week 3 when Riverside meets Mount Ayr. The Bulldogs are flying high after a 49-36 triumph at St Albert. Coach Darrell Frain's squad no...

8-Player Montezuma CAM Easton Valley Audubon St. Mary's, Remsen Newell-Fonda Janesville WACO English Valleys Gladbrook-Reinbeck Class A West Hancock Woodbury Central Grundy Center North Linn Riverside...

(Monticello, IA) -- The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of an S-U-V died in an early morning crash Monday in Monticello. The accident report says the Ford Explorer driven by a 44-year-old man went o...

(Des Moines, IA) -- An Iowan and former U-S Ambassador to Cambodia, says he recently got a call from China's new ambassador to the United States. Kenneth Quinn is a Dubuque native who led the Des Moin...

Kendra Woertendyke, 59, of Sioux Falls, SD; formerly from Atlantic, IA, passed away with her children and mother at her side on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 in Rapid City, SD. Funeral services will be hel...