Obituaries

It is late July and that means most of the corn has tasseled. Dry conditions during the tasseling had farmers on edge. However, some of the fears were alleviated Thursday night when the region received its first meaningful rain in weeks. Mt. Pleasant received over two inches of rain and in the New London area, there were reports of nearly four inches.

Alannah McLain won three top awards in the Henry County Fair Poultry Show. McLain showed the champion rooster, best egg production and best breeding birds.Becca Strothman had the best of class broiler project and Ben Schlatter notched reserve champion honors. Rachel Kuckes exhibited the best hobby/game birds.Ribbon winners included the following:Breeding chickens, red, Rachel Kuckes.Bantam chickens, bantam ...

Anna Beckman exhibited the grand champion doe in the Henry County Fair?s Goat Show. Camden Buffington had the reserve champion doe.Other major winners included Willow Barton with the senior doe champion; Gabe Wilson took the reserve ribbon in that class.Beckman also had the yearling doe champion and Buffington?s goat was reserve champion.The champion junior doe award went to Allie McArtor with Beckman notching ...

Briana-Sue Schlatter and Brady Loyd took home the top prizes in the fair sheep show. Schlatter showed the grand champion market lamb and Loyd had the reserve.Schlatter also added the senior showmanship trophy to her winnings. Sarah Cross copped the intermediate showmanship and Carter Loyd was the to junior showman.In the other classifications, C. Loyd had the Scounty-born champion and Schlatter the home-born ...

Brody Alter received the Champion Market Heifer award at the 2017 Henry County Fair.The Reserve Champion Market Heifer went to Briana-Sue Schlatter.Hailey Nichting received a blue ribbon in the Market Heifers Class I division.The Market Heifers Class II category rankings are as follows: 1. Ty-Alicyn Alter; 2. Christina Johnston; 3. Kalayna Durr.The Market Heifers Class III category ratings are as follows: 1. ...

Levi Mills took home Competitive Swine Champion Derby Carcass.Competitive Swine Reserve Champion Derby Carcass went to Bradie Buffington.Ethan Graber received the Competitive Swine Project Champion, while Levi Mills was the Competitive Swine Project Reserve Champion.Competitive Swine Derby winners is as follows ? 1. Ethan Graber; 2. Hunter Leichty; 3. Bridgett Smith; 4. Levi Mills; 5. Troy Unternahrer; 6. ...

Exhibitors in one of the drives of the Henry County Fair bucket calf competition lead their calves around the show ring.

By Rod Boshart, Gazette Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES ? President Donald Trump on Friday named two men as U.S. Attorneys in Iowa?s northern and southern judicial districts.Trump designated Peter E. Deegan to serve as U.S. Attorney for Iowa?s northern district based in Cedar Rapids and Marc Krickbaum as the U.S. attorney for Iowa?s southern district based in Des Moines.Their nominations for confirmation will be ...

The dedication for the newly completed Salem Veterans Memorial has been scheduled.The memorial dedication has been set for Saturday, July 22, at 1 p.m. The dedication is expected to last approximately one hour and will be held at the Memorial at the corner of Oak and Main Streets in Salem (directly across from the Community Center). In the event of inclement weather, the dedication will be held in the Salem ...

Kids competed in the annual pedal pull competition on Friday, July 14, at the Henry County Fair.