News
The Aplington City Park was decorated with lights for last year's Christmas festivities. (Submitted photo)
11/30/2021 - 12:35pm
Thanksgiving celebrants have gobbled up their turkeys, the remnants of the unfortunate (but oh so delicious) birds now consigned to the realm of sandwiches and turkey ala king recipes.
Leftovers pack refrigerators to overflowing, to the late-night...
Opinion
10/26/2021 - 10:51am
Inspired by a $2,000 grant received by the American Library Association, Julie Folken, on behalf of the Kothe Memorial Library, hosted a Community Conversation last Saturday morning in Legend Trail Restaurant's back room.
An event that began with a...
Sports
Aplington-Parkersburg's Jayden Mackie leads the group of returning starters from last season's state semifinalist Falcon squad. (Tyler Anderson/Mid-America Publishing photo)
12/01/2021 - 1:59pm
PARKERSBURG – Aplington-Parkersburg boys basketball returns three regular starters from last season's state semifinalist team in Class 2A.
The Falcons' depth will make the team a prime candidate to return to Wells Fargo Arena later this winter.
"We...
Obituaries
11/30/2021 - 1:41pm
Darlene M. Saathoff, 94, of New Hartford, passed away at home on Thursday, November 25, 2021. She was born May 3, 1927, in Butler County, Iowa, daughter of the late Thomas and Jessie (Johnson) Buseman. She attended country school near Kesley, then...
