AWEA to present
salary package proposal
Prior to the special Akron-Westfield Community School Board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Akron-Westfield Education Association will make its annual salary package request to the board. AWEA representatives will speak at 5:45 p.m. in the ICN Room.
The special board meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Items on the agenda include options for the school’s wind turbine which is currently inoperable; and administration’s professional evaluations.
by Steve Peterson
Plymouth County Conservation Board members hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony for the Dennis L. Sohl Center for Outdoor Learning at Hillview Recreation Area near Hinton, Jan.
by Steve Peterson
State Representative Chuck Soderberg (R-Le Mars) and State Senator Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) gave an opening-week update of the priorities of the 84th Iowa General Assembly,
The cast members of the Akron Opera House’s winter comedy are prepared to tickle your funny bones at performances Jan. 20, 21, 28 and 29.
The spark behind “Leaving
On Nov. 20, 2011, Plymouth County 4-H’ers, parents, leaders, and volunteers were recognized for their hard work, dedication, and support of 4-H.
The awards program represents the conclusion of
The South Dakota Discovery Center invites all South Dakotans to offer their input on developing the environmental literacy of South Dakota’s students.
Parents, teachers, administrators, natural resource professionals, industry leaders, and citizens interested in the
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a funding opportunity that will bring states, USDA and other stakeholders together to enhance the effectiveness of water quality credit trading.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is providing up
Sioux County
Conservation Board
The Sioux Prairie Pheasants Forever Chapter is sponsoring boys and girls ages 12-15 to an outdoor skills camp. The camps are three days, two nights
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reminds applicants that Jan. 31, is the last day to submit project pre-proposals for fiscal year 2012 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Pre-proposals support large-scale demonstration projects that test
by Julie Ann Madden
By mid-February, both Akron-Westfield and West Sioux school districts will have a new superintendent.
At a special joint board meeting Jan. 4, Superintendent Search
by Julie Ann Madden
Temperatures soared, breaking records around the area on Jan. 5 and 6, and people took advantage of the
by Julie Ann Madden
It’s been a few stressful weeks at Akron’s coffee shop bakery, Paige’s Perfection.
Owners Josh and Brandi Myers were trying to decide whether to
Legislative forums to be held
in Plymouth, Sioux cities
On Saturday, Jan. 14, State Senator Randy Feenstra and State Rep. Chuck Soderberg will be hosting legislative forums at Orange City,
by Julie Ann Madden
Although there were 410 registered Democrat voters in Precinct Nos. 1 and 6, which encompasses Akron and Westfield, there were only four who attended their
Morningside College wrestler John Sievert, a junior from Akron, advanced to the heavyweight championship match at the Central Invitational wrestling tournament Jan. 14 in Pella.
Sievert dropped a 11-6 decision against John Schraidt of Augustana
by Steve Peterson
Kendra DeJong scored a game-high 25 points and pulled down nine rebounds in leading 10th-ranked Northwestern College to an 85-51 win over Nebraska Welseyan Jan. 14 in a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC)
by Steve Peterson
Morningside College wrestler John Sievert, a junior from Akron, recorded a win by fall to set a Mustangs’ single-season record for pins, at the 2012 Cliff Keen National Duals held in Springfield, Ill.,
by Steve Peterson
Morningside College posted a 1-3 record at the Dec. 18 Luther College Duals in New Orleans, La., and had a 2-4 dual record into Christmas break.
by Steve Peterson
With 2011 behind us, here is a look at the year that was for Akron-Westfield‘s sports highlights.
On July 22, at Fort Dodge, the Lady Westerners softball team beat North Sentral Kossuth Armstrong-Ringsted,
by Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield High School wrestlers had to battle some of the top-ranked opponents in South Dakota and Iowa at the Elk Point-Jefferson, SD Invitational Dec. 17.
by Steve Peterson
After suffering a defeat at the hands of West Sioux High School, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn’s girls’ basketball team looked to make amends.
Too bad for Akron-Westfield that
by Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield’s boys’ basketball team tried several times to bounce back from an early double-digit deficit but try as they might, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn’s offense and tough inside play were just too
by Julie Ann Madden
“We were very excited to see what Nino Dios brought,” said Jose Arreola about his Mexican Christmases as a child. “Mexico has no Santa Claus.”
People’s generosity save Tanzanian children,
see child’s real life Christmas miracle
by Julie Ann Madden
