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Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Sept. 5

The good news for Iowa’s cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa’s 2026 rabbit population is unchanged from last year and the 2025 season was the highest in more than a decade. The better news for hunters is Iowa’s cottontail rabbit season begins Sept. 5 statewide. “It should be a really good year for rabbit hunting not only for experienced hunters, but for young or novice hunters who can learn necessary skills with little competition,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife research biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “There are a lot of areas that may ...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Aug. 31 Cards, Senior Citizens Center, 207 E. Church St., 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cribbage, Senior Citizens Center, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Prep Sports Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 29 Volleyball BCLUW at Bondurant-Farrar’s Skip Anderson Classic, 8 a.m. East Marshall and GMG at Colfax-Mingo Tournament, 9 a.m. South Tama at Grinnell Tournament, 9 a.m. Men’s Soccer MCC at Iowa Western, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30 Monday, Aug. 31 Volleyball Madrid at West Marshall, 6:30 p.m. East Marshall at South Hardin, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1 Girls Tennis Boone and Des Moines Hoover at Marshalltown, 10 a.m. Union and South Hardin at South Tama, 4 p.m. Cross Country South Tama at Williamsburg Invite, 4:30 p.m. at Williamsburg Recreation ...

Judge rules Iowa Libertarians did not correctly replace 3rd District, lieutenant governor candidates

Iowa Libertarian candidates’ names will not appear on the ballot for the Iowa gubernatorial and 3rd District elections, a Polk County judge ruled Thursday. Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin ruled the Libertarian Party of Iowa did not correctly conduct their replacement nomination process as outlined by Iowa law when the party nominated Charles Aldrich as lieutenant governor candidate and Jake Heard as 3rd Congressional District candidate at a party meeting earlier in August. The two candidates were filling the spots of former lieutenant governor candidate Jules Cutler ...

ISU gets federal funding to support Watershed Innovation Farm in Ames

Iowa State University, in collaboration with Iowa Learning Farms, is working to build out water quality practices on and around its dairy farm in Ames as part of the Watershed Innovation Farm, which will include trails and signage for Iowans to learn about the practices. The project was ...

Krough promoted to vice president/senior retail officer/bsa officer

Pinnacle Bank announces the promotion of Erin Krough to vice president/senior retail officer/bsa officer/deposit compliance officer. Krough joined the staff of Pinnacle Bank in late 2019 as a personal banker/customer service representative. In 2020, she took on consumer lending and in 2022 she was promoted to AVP/deposit operations manager. She was then moved to the operations department in 2024 as AVP/deposit compliance officer/bsa analyst/operations processor. Her wealth of knowledge has played a crucial role in improving efficiency and productivity along with providing the highest ...