Ackley News

I am a retired farmer living in Ackley. I cannot state strongly enough that I am not against wind energy.

Dealing with a violent tragedy is hard for any community, but when the victim is a well-known member of that community, as was longtime Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, the loss becomes much more personal.

A crash near Ackley in Hardin County has injured a teenager from Parkersburg and a 43-year-old from Sumner.

West Branch, Ia. - OK, fine, the popular and well-known 'From Ackley to Zwingle' is a clever and interesting book that describes how places in Iowa got their names.

Bondurant-Farrar Principal Skip Anderson served several schools in his career as an educator, but his last stop was the longest.

Alpha Study met at the home at Karen Handorf on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. President Mary Luethje opened the meeting by reading a poem on May.

BOYS - Connor Smock of Lisbon, a freshman, won the 3,200 meters in 9:47.25, followed by AGWSR of Ackley junior Parker Drake .

Iowa State University landscape architecture seniors construct a garden shed for the memory care garden they designed for the dementia-care wing of the Presbyterian Village in Ackley.

Q. I need a high def camcorder for family use. Do you think we are moving away from tape to flash memory? Do you have a particular favorite that you can recommend, preferably something less than $1,000? Should I go old-school and stick with tape? I do plan on editing.

A 30-year-old Ackley man is facing life in prison in a Wednesday morning kidnapping.

The ultimate goal of any college program is to advance a student's education and prepare the student for the next phase of his/her life, be it a four-year college or university for a bachelor's degree, or a full-time job with benefits and the potential to advance and be successful for a lifetime.

In March 1966, my BGM pep band introduced music at the Girls State Basketball Tournament.

The Butler County Sheriff's Office arrested an Ackley man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman on Wednesday.

The Hampton-Dumont Instrumental Music Department will be presenting their annual winter pops concert on Thursday, Feb.

Becca Freeman 0 7-8 7, Maddi Hansen 7 2-3 17, Renee Castenson 3 0-1 6, Kelly Oeltjenbruns 1 0-0 2, Morgan Hansen 6 1-1 13, Katie Anderson 3 0-0 6. Totals: 20 10-13 51.

Rankings and five-star status aside, Iowa's 2009 football recruiting class already claims plenty of uniqueness.

A Mexican restaurant has lost its alcohol license for 15 days after an investigation showed it served a minor who later died in a alcohol-related incident.

Story County Consortium student Conner Anderson of Ogden, finished in eighth place in the 17th annual Des Moines Area Community College Automotive Skills Contest recently held on the DMACC Ankeny Campus.

MASON CITY Mason City High School: The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their 2009 Spinning the Globe World Tour to Mason City at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. Tickets are $20, available at www.ticketweb.com . For ...

Louie Feikes and his daughter Debbie Swanson enjoy specken dicken together in Ackley on New Year's Day.