Brooke Baarda was all smiles after her first Junior Advanced Class win of the year at Eddyville Raceway Park over Memorial Day weekend. After numerous rain delays on Saturday, Baarda went five rounds before taking home her first trophy of the 2020 drag racing season. The 16-year-old daughter of Shaun and Kristy Baarda from Sully, defeated...
The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers May 28, 2020
Brooke Baarda was all smiles after her first Junior Advanced Class win of the year at Eddyville Raceway Park over Memorial Day weekend. After numerous rain delays on Saturday, Baarda went five rounds before taking home her first trophy of the 2020 drag racing season. The 16-year-old daughter of Shaun and Kristy...
Expansion of reopening businesses in all 99 counties continues in Iowa
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ latest order released Wednesday, May 13, continued the phased-in approach to reopening Iowa. The order gave hair salons, fitness centers, and more businesses the green light to open on Friday, May 15, if they chose to do so while following restrictions and precautionary measures to keep COVID-19 in check.
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L-S, SCS among Iowa schools to receive CARES Act funds
The largest emergency relief package ever passed into law in the United States, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will distribute $64.6 million to Iowa school districts in an effort to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, $30.75 billion of the CARES Act will be designated for educational purposes...
Despite delays due to COVID-19, teens are now licensed to drive
ABOVE: Brooke Maston’s plan to get her intermediate driver’s license the day of her 16th birthday didn’t go as expected due to restrictions surrounding COVID-19. After a slight delay, she eventually got her license.
Turning sweet 16 is often a milestone birthday for teens who look...
Thelma & Bonnies Have a Seat at my Table by Cathryn Dunsbergen
Penelope Rae Dunsbergen was born Apr. 19, 2020, at 8:04 p.m. She is the perfect combination of Blake and me. From the nose down, she looks like me, and from the eyes up, she looks like Blake. She is the perfect addition to our family; Blake and I are so thankful God chose us as her parents!...
Brand wins first points race of year at Eddyville Raceway Park
Despite the weather forecasted for last Saturday, May 16, several local drag racers gathered at Eddyville Raceway Park for what turned out to be a perfect race day. Carter Brand, of rural Lynnville, picked up where he left off last season, winning his first race of the 2020 season in the junior dragster advanced class. The 13-year-old son...