Runnells News

Youth ages 4 through those who have completed fifth grade can sign up now to be a part of Camp E.D.G.E. , which is this year's vacation Bible school theme at Runnells Christian Church.

Bondurant - The program at the Bondurant Go-Getters meeting included a presentation on Morgan horses by Adam Carrothers, horse grooming by John Harris and sewing on buttons by Megan Pitt.

Lori Waddell visited Runnells Elementary on May 29 to introduce herself to the school's staff.

Bondurant - Rev. Jerry Thordsen and Glenn Stoll talked about the new addition to the Bondurant Christian Church.

National Merit Scholar Chad Ratashak has accepted a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Oklahoma.

The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum will host a concert by the Iowa National Guard's 34th Army Band at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Local residents can help shape the future of Southeast Polk's community education programming through a survey of their interests.

Customers at Bob Brown Chevrolet in Des Moines were seemingly unfazed by General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy filing Monday.

Approximately a dozen Runnells Elementary parents, along with a few from Mitchellville, attended the Southeast Polk school board meeting in an attempt to lobby for retaining their elementary principal, Joe Nelson.

One of the area's finest preschools, Nan's Nest, will hold its graduation this week.

Grandview Park Baptist School launched 20 graduates in a 90-minute commencement ceremony Friday night.

More than a century ago, when Nan Mills was born in 1905, automobiles were rarely seen around her home in the rural Missouri Ozarks.

The fire department recognized Greg Gill for 25 years of service. Bondurant - Evan Powers' black and white photo received a second place award in the DMACC Ireland Year photography contest.

Runnells Elementary fourth-grader Lexi Retz will sing the national anthem before an Iowa Cubs home game again this year.

Peter and Carolyn Bearor of Brandon announce the engagement of their son, Kyle Allen Bearor, to Sara Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Stanley and Deborah Stewart of Runnells, Iowa.

Deb Hoyt isn't a grant writer. As the executive director for Healing Hearts with Horses in rural Runnells, she values every donated dollar.

Bondurant - James Everly was arrested in connection with an arson fire at Big Earl's. Mitchellville - The Methodist Church celebrated the dedication of a new belfry replacing the one damaged by lightning.

Elementary school principals Kevin Walker and Joe Nelson are anticipated to serve much larger student populations next fall in the Southeast Polk Community School District.

The Mitchellville woman who is hearing soft jazz in the background of the digital local weather channel and comparing it to the music in the background of porno movies is either paying too much attention to the weather or not enough to the pornos.

Hazmat teams responded to a March 28 train derailment in Pleasant Hill in an effort to prevent vegetable oil from leaking into Four Mile Creek.