![](http://theleaderonline.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/slideshow/showdownw.jpg "<p class=\"rtejustify\">Market gilt competition at the All-Iowa Showdown, held Sunday, Aug. 4 at Britt. The Showdown featured some of the "best of the best" 4-H and FFA projects in beef, lamb, goat and swine.</p>
<p class=\"rtejustify\">Rebecca Peter |The Leader</p>")
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 9:22am
GARNER – LoraMae Schoneman, 96, of Garner passed away Monday, August 19, 2019 at Concord Care Center in Garner.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at the United Methodist Church in Garner with Rev. Michael...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 2:45pm
KLEMME - Josh (JJ) Wise of rural Klemme, was awarded the title ‘Iowa State Champion Auctioneer’ on Tuesday, August 13 at the Iowa Auctioneers Association competition. The event was held at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.
Wise, 34, is a long-...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 2:35pm
GOODELL – The Goodell community is hosting their annual Watermelon Day, on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Lunch (free will offering) will be served by the American Legion Post 420 at the Goodell Community Center from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
A parade...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 2:02pm
KANAWHA – The Kanawha City Council recently approved the hiring of Layton Sousa as a reserve officer for the Kanawha Police Department. The position is on a part-time, as-needed basis.
Sousa’s starting wage is $12 per hour.
Sousa...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 1:59pm
GARNER – With start of the 2019-20 school year on Friday, the August meeting of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Board of Education was a short one.
LuAnn Gatchel of Jasperson Insurance & Real Estate reviewed the school district’s...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 1:44pm
GARNER – The Garner City Council will open bids for construction of the Hejlik’s 3rd Subdivision in Garner on Sept. 5 at 11 a.m.
A public hearing on the project will be held at the Sept. 10 council meeting.
At the August 23 city council...
Friday, August 16, 2019 - 12:44pm
BRITT - Eppo Gremmer, Jr., 98, of Britt passed away Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 at Westview Care Center in Britt.
Funeral services for Eppo Gremmer, Jr. were held on Friday, Aug. 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, 707 4th St. SW in...
Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 11:16am
KLEMME - Carl Heginger, Jr., 79, a longtime resident of Klemme, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at the Good Shepherd Care Facility in Mason City surround- ed by his loving family.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, at...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 1:42pm
KLEMME – With the exception of remaining “punch list” items, the Klemme City Council approved a resolution and signed a certificate of completion for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Project at their Aug. 5 meeting.
Tim...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 1:40pm
BRITT – The best of the best 4-H and FFA livestock projects in beef, goat, lamb and swine competed at the All Iowa Showdown on Sunday, Aug. 4. The event was held at the Hancock County fairgrounds in Britt.
The statewide Showdown is in its...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 12:52pm
BRITT - Three hobos sit outside of the boxcar in the Britt Hobo Jungle on Saturday.
They eventually form into a circle with one sitting on a...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 11:13am
Since it’s installation in 1991, the Boxcar at the Hobo Jungle in Britt has served as part of the Sinner’s Camp.
A place for the...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 10:58am
BRITT - It was one of the usual suspects and one of the newcomers elected for the Britt Hobo King and Queen coronation at the City Park Gazebo in Britt on Saturday.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 10:33am
What’s old is new.
This season Garner-Hayfield-Ventura football brings back former coach Darrell Schumacher.
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Monday, August 12, 2019 - 3:34pm
BRITT - Dick Leerar, 76, of Britt passed away Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 at MercyOne in Des Moines after a brief battle with leukemia.
Funeral services for Dick Leerar were held on Monday, Aug. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church,...
