TOP HEADLINES


  • May is School Board Recognition Month in Iowa, and the Iowa Association of School Boards invites communities to celebrate and thank their local school board members for their service to Iowa’s 486,475 public school students. Members of the North Iowa School Board include, front from left: Vice President Rachel Wubben, Jared Viergutz, and Board Secretary Kortney Hagedorn. Back row: Alicia Brass, Robin Kettwick, and President Matt Duve. Not pictured are Brian Plath and Cody Wirtjes.
    School fills teaching positions for the fall
    05/08/2024 - 1:09pm

  • Ticketholder Carolyn Skogen is the lucky winner of this quilt donated by the Heartwarmers Quilt Guild of Buffalo Center for a raffle to support Buffalo Center’s effort to bring a new healthcare clinic to town. The Clinic Search Committee held the drawing for the raffle last Tuesday afternoon and presented Skogen, center, with her prize. Also pictured are Clinic Search Committee members Lori Bierle, left, and Jim Engle.
    Skogen wins clinic quilt raffle
    05/08/2024 - 1:06pm

  • Trustees from the old Farmers Cooperative Elevator visited the Buffalo Center Fire Station last Friday with a $16,500 check for the Buffalo Center Fire Department. From left are: Doug Murra, Dean Beenken, David Milbrandt, and Eldon Johnson of Farmers Cooperative, along with firemen Jeff Ostermann, Andy Lavrenz, Tate Corporon, and Nick Hartman.
    Farmers Cooperative helps to outfit local fire departments
    05/08/2024 - 1:05pm
  • Garage Sales this weekend
    05/02/2024 - 3:03pm
  • Prom night on the red carpet
    05/02/2024 - 1:20pm

  • This “house on the rock” created by Joey Murra can be found at the first stop of the Zip Code Challenge Hunt being put on this week by North Iowa Betterment in celebration of 50424 Day. Look for the Challenge Hunt form at northiowabetterment.com to get the first clue and participate in the challenge.
    Buffalo Center celebrates 50424 Day Saturday
    05/01/2024 - 3:54pm

  • The Lakota Public Library is among a dozen Kossuth County libraries facing a steep drop in funding from the county when the new fiscal year begins this July. The Kossuth County Supervisors plan to discuss additional library funding at a July 9 meeting.
    Kossuth supervisors to revisit library funding after massive cut
    05/01/2024 - 3:49pm
  • Party Palooza draws big crowd for Crime Victims’ Rights Week
    05/01/2024 - 3:41pm

  • These rocks painted by local kids and adults will be featured at 18 stops around Buffalo Center for the 50424 Day Challenge. The Challenge kicks off this Saturday, Apr. 27 and runs for a week leading up to 50424 Day on May 4.
    50424 Day Challenge begins Saturday
    04/25/2024 - 12:13pm

  • Helping to organize the “Hollywood Nights” prom at North Iowa High School are prom committee members, from left: Ben Norland, Aisha Jobe, Ashlyn Bechler, Gavin Grunhovd, and advisor Amanda Heyer. Not pictured are Alyssa Olson, Eden Greensky, Lily Beckman, and Eva Tjarks.
    North Iowa Prom “Hollywood Nights” this Saturday
    04/25/2024 - 12:12pm

  • Mike Dudding, left, and Lyle Hippen work to assemble the juke box that Dudding donated to the Buffalo Center Historical Society last week.
    New donation of old juke box
    04/25/2024 - 12:11pm

  • Candidates seeking election to the Iowa House of Representatives this year in District 9 include Democrat Christian "He-Man" Schlaerth, left, and Republican incumbent Henry Stone, right.
    Incumbent Stone and challenger Schlaerth seek Iowa House seat
    04/18/2024 - 12:58pm
  • Three incumbents seek reelection to county offices
    04/18/2024 - 12:56pm

  • Dan Miller of Buffalo Center will play the role of Simon Stimson in BrickStreet Theatre’s production of Our Town. Shows will be held April 26-28 and May 3-5 in Forest City.
    Miller moves to the main stage for BrickStreet’s Our Town
    04/18/2024 - 12:55pm
  • Clinic fundraiser approaches $150,000
    04/10/2024 - 4:41pm

News


May is School Board Recognition Month in Iowa, and the Iowa Association of School Boards invites communities to celebrate and thank their local school board members for their service to Iowa’s 486,475 public school students. Members of the North Iowa School Board include, front from left: Vice President Rachel Wubben, Jared Viergutz, and Board Secretary Kortney Hagedorn. Back row: Alicia Brass, Robin Kettwick, and President Matt Duve. Not pictured are Brian Plath and Cody Wirtjes.
05/08/2024 - 1:09pm
School fills teaching positions for the fall
  North Iowa Community Schools have a full teaching staff on board for the 2024-2025 school year. Superintendent Joe Erickson says the school has filled its last remaining opening with the addition of a new instrumental music and high school vocal...
Skogen wins clinic quilt raffle
Farmers Cooperative helps to outfit local fire departments
Garage Sales this weekend
Prom night on the red carpet
Buffalo Center celebrates 50424 Day Saturday

Opinion

05/08/2024 - 1:19pm
The Idyllic Life - Go with the flow
For all intents and purposes, it is accurate to say that I woke up on a random day at the age of 42 and just started doing art. I had no particular training or interest in drawing or painting, and I thought of myself as a “can’t draw a stick figure...
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The Idyllic Life - $.08 > $1M
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Welcome to your outdoors
The Idyllic Life - Mission: Maker

Sports


Lauren Hillesland improved on her school record in the 3000 meters with a 10:48.63 finish in the conference track meet at Belmond on Thursday, May 2. (Photos by Taylor Smith)
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Ben Norland carries the baton in the boys’ sprint medley relay during last week’s conference meet.
05/08/2024 - 1:18pm
Hillesland breaks record again at Top of Iowa track meet
  Sophomore distance runner Lauren Hillesland broke her own school record by more than six seconds at the Top of Iowa West division conference track meet last Thursday, May 2 in Belmond. Hillesland set a new record of 10:48.63 in the 3000 meters on...
Berg signs with Simpson College
Boys compete at Cardinal Relays
Lady Bison at Lady Indian Relays
Golfers persevering through windy season on the course
High school trap shooting season begins

Obituaries

04/25/2024 - 12:44pm
Phyllis Bierle
Phyllis Klaus Bierle, 96, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 with family present. A celebration of life will be held Monday, May 13 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at Oakdale Mortuary,...
Leon Wipplinger
Marino Melsted
Gerald Jutting
Lucille Arneson
Mary Ann Voortmann

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