Larry Devine

The 53 volunteers who gathered recently at Glidden United Methodist Church fellowship hall, made quick work of packing nearly 9,000 meals, destined to help people in need anywhere in the

Kids raced plastic ducks down an 8-foot pipe track. “Who’s the winner? Everybody’s a winner! It’s Kinderfest!” exclaimed race host Gene Steffes. Every contestant got to select from the hundreds of prizes.

Mikayla Oz performs her hand-through-the-mirror trick in her Carroll Public Library summer reading program show at the Carroll Rec Center.

Emma Soyer, 10, daughter of Adam and Elise Soyer of Carroll, is teammate in game of Guess Who with Carroll Merchants (from left) Austin Andersen, catcher and infielder from Des Moines Area Community College, and Ryan Boe, pitcher from Dordt University.

Kaci Baker, who attended Carroll Community Schools through fifth grade and will be a 10th grader at Lone Oak (Texas) High School, recently played on a Team USA squad in an Italian/USA basketball tournament in Italy and helped U.S. teams rack up a 12-1 record.

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Breda’s celebration of America’s milestone 250th birthday was a booming success with a fireworks show, fun run, golf cart and ATV parade, inflatables, carnival games, and more.

Jack Norton, an Emmy Award-winning performer, had kids up dancing and hopping at the start, and from then it was full steam ahead in his “Conductor Jack” show promoting the

The former Holy Spirit Convent, which was opened in 1964, recently was demolished in site preparation for a Kuemper Catholic School classrooms and chapel addition.

Reflecting on his recent induction as an Eagle Scout, Brennan Vollstedt says he first became interested in Scouting because of the program’s array of experiences that build leadership and teach