Posted May 15, 2013in Ankeny, Community Featured, Featured Story
Seven years ago, a seed was planted in Brian and Mandee Loudermilk’s hearts, a seed that would at times seemed to be dying, but one that has since come to both germinate and grow. This seed was that some day they would take the good news of Jesus Christ to
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Posted April 10, 2013in Community Featured, Greene County
The third Monday in April, Boston celebrates history with “Patriots Day,” commemorating “the shot heard ’round the world” that in 1775 launched the U.S. War for Independence. Part of the celebration, this year on April 15, is the annual Boston Marathon. Jefferson resident Jim Schleisman has made personal running history
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Posted April 03, 2013in Clear Lake, Community Featured
In every drought-stricken, sun-drenched summer day, there just might be a silver lining. Iowa DNR Fisheries Biologist Scott Grummer understands well the challenges brought to lake users — let alone area farmers — by the 2012 drought that persisted into much of winter, but he does offer a bit of
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Posted March 06, 2013in Community Featured, Johnston
Johnston had a great year in 2012. We began construction on a new public safety building and satellite fire station, we rebuilt N.W. 62nd Avenue with four roundabouts, we added miles to our recreational trails and improved our parks, and we successfully met the challenges presented by Mother Nature. As
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Posted January 16, 2013in Community Featured, Winterset
One of Mike Fletcher’s most rewarding traits is a hand-me-down. “My dad was always doing random acts of kindness for people,” says Fletcher. “I grew up watching that, and I guess I just stepped in somewhere along the way and took over for him.” When Fletcher isn’t volunteering his time
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Posted January 09, 2013in Community Featured, Greene County
Ann Wenthold ticks off the dogs she and her husband, Chuck, have fostered over the last couple of years — Marley a smooth-coated collie mix, a big yellow Labrador retriever, two 15-pound puppies that grew up to be 70-pound dogs, Bear the daschund, a Jack Russell terrier puppy, a black
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Posted January 02, 2013in Community Featured, Perry
Mary Ridgway has a special place in her heart for her canine friends, whether it’s a big, a medium-sized or a tiny dog. She shows that love by sharing her time and her home fostering dogs for the Humane Society of Perry. “I started fostering in 2007, moved away for
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