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David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together

David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together

    Hello, I’m David Hoffmann. Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about our country, our communities and how we find our way back to one another.

    Baumgart goes off for 8 touchdowns to lead Clarinda to Page County Super Bowl win

    Baumgart goes off for 8 touchdowns to lead Clarinda to Page County Super Bowl win

    • Bryan Clark

    Cooper Baumgart threw the fourth most passing touchdowns in a game in Iowa 11-player history, leading Clarinda to a Page County Super Bowl win over Shenandoah

    Images from the Page County Super Bowl

    Images from the Page County Super Bowl

    • Bryan Clark

    The Clarinda and Shenandoah football teams matched up Friday with the Cardinals winning the Page County Super Bowl 65-30.

    Haggerty's offense, Jimeson's defense leading Sidney volleyball

    Haggerty's offense, Jimeson's defense leading Sidney volleyball

    • Bryan Clark

    The Sidney volleyball team opened the Corner Conference portion of the season Thursday with a 3-1 home win over Stanton

    Images from Sidney volleyball's home win over Stanton

    Images from Sidney volleyball's home win over Stanton

    • Bryan Clark

    The Sidney volleyball team opened Corner Conference play Thursday with a 3-1 win over Stanton.

    Shenandoah High School named 13th best high school in Iowa

    Shenandoah High School named 13th best high school in Iowa

    • Bryan Clark

    Shenandoah High School has been named one of the best high schools in Iowa

    Farmers have until Dec. 31 to file claims in Deere settlement or decide to hold out

    Farmers have until Dec. 31 to file claims in Deere settlement or decide to hold out

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    Disaster declaration approved, opening FEMA funding to central Iowa

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    Iowa Gov. Reynolds honored by Iowa Guard with defense award

    Iowa Gov. Reynolds honored by Iowa Guard with defense award

    Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recently was presented with Harry S. Truman Award for Distinguished Service in Support of National Defense, the Iowa National Guard and governor’s office announced Wednesday.

    Auditor finds $122,000 in improper spending at Guttenberg chamber

    Auditor finds $122,000 in improper spending at Guttenberg chamber

    More than $5,000 in improper spending and another $117,000 in unsupported spending at an Eastern Iowa chamber of commerce was reported by the state auditor’s office Wednesday.

    Iowa to pay former DCI director to settle discrimination suit

    Iowa to pay former DCI director to settle discrimination suit

    Iowa will pay a former Division of Criminal Investigations Director $287,500 to settle a lawsuit in which she claimed she faced gender-based discrimination on the job.

    Disappearing federal funding threatens immigration services

    Disappearing federal funding threatens immigration services

    Iowa immigration advocates warn that shrinking federal support is threatening legal services for immigrants and refugees, including Afghans awaiting green cards.

    Public invited to burial of recently identified WWII soldier from Council Bluffs

    Public invited to burial of recently identified WWII soldier from Council Bluffs

    The remains of American service memger Robert "Bobby" Pierce, who survived the Bataan Death March but died in a Philippine prison, will be interred at Omaha National Cemetery on Tuesday.

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    CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs marks closing of maternity center

    CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs closed its maternity center Monday, saying that the "countless lives welcomed into this world will forever remain part of our story."

    California man sentenced to 13 years in prison for conspiring to distribute meth

    California man sentenced to 13 years in prison for conspiring to distribute meth

    A man was sentenced last week in a Council Bluffs federal courtroom to 13 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

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    Baumgart goes off for 8 touchdowns to lead Clarinda to Page County Super Bowl win

    Baumgart goes off for 8 touchdowns to lead Clarinda to Page County Super Bowl win

    • Bryan Clark

    Cooper Baumgart threw the fourth most passing touchdowns in a game in Iowa 11-player history, leading Clarinda to a Page County Super Bowl win over Shenandoah

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    Highlights from Clarinda football’s win over Shenandoah

    Highlights from Clarinda football’s win over Shenandoah

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    How SMU broke from its scandal-stained past to become a 'new sheriff' in college football

    UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — After approximately 30 years of mediocrity, Bill Armstrong had enough. The oil and gas billionaire knew SMU football's 1987 death penalty from the NCAA for illegally paying players was the catalyst for the program's generation-long downward spiral. But he believed the length of his alma mater's purgatory was somewhat self-imposed. "The first thing I had to do, to be ...

    Clarinda volleyball 4-1 at Glenwood Tournament

    Clarinda volleyball 4-1 at Glenwood Tournament

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    Stanton/Essex falls to East Mills in Chase Heinold Memorial Game

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    Chris Perkins: Young Dolphins players support controversial rule allowing NFL players to play college football

    Chris Perkins: Young Dolphins players support controversial rule allowing NFL players to play college football

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    US tourists spend more in Greece than Europeans do

    US tourists spend more in Greece than Europeans do

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