TOP HEADLINES


  • West Fork junior Maddie Hubka picks up a ground ball during the 2021 summer campaign. Hubka picked up First Team All-Conference honors from the Top of Iowa Conference. [Photo courtesy of West Fork Athletics]
    Multitude of Warhawks net TIC All-Conference honors
    07/21/2021 - 10:08am

  • The West Fork Board of Education has approved the bid for the parking area at the Sheffield campus. (Jack Zimmerman photo)
    West Fork Board of Education approves bid for parking lot
    07/15/2021 - 2:25pm

  • Getting off to a good start in the 9,500-pound limited pro stock tractor class was Chris Leer. (Dick Fridley photos)
    Rockwell Lions Club hosts North Iowa Nationals
    07/15/2021 - 2:20pm
  • Rockwell City Council approves purchase of police car
    07/15/2021 - 1:59pm
  • North Iowa Nationals will take place this week
    07/09/2021 - 7:49am

  • Smokin’ Joe’s Barbecue of Mason City was the main vendor at Sheffield’s Munchie Monday program June 28 at City Park. Also featured was Sky Cone Ice Cream. Egg-Cetera was the main vendor on July 5. Scheduled to be the vendors on July 12 will be the Feed Shack and Tropical Sno. (Dick Fridley photo)
    Munchie Monday main vendor
    07/09/2021 - 7:23am

  • Pictured, left to right, are: Tom Mangan, Matt Koch, Abby Bohl, Dave Brownmiller, Nadine Wreghitt, Emily Schmitt, Steve Sukup, Jason Arndt, Jon Swanson, Samantha Petersburg and John Teeple. Not shown is Andy Schmitt
    Sukup Manufacturing Co., announces promotions
    07/09/2021 - 7:21am

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    Three West Fork students are candidates for Franklin County Fair Queen
    07/09/2021 - 7:17am
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    Youngsters found a way to beat the heat last Wednesday afternoon by splashing in the cool water at the Sheffield Swimming Pool. Daily hours for the pool are from 1-6 p.m. (Dick Fridley photos)
    Kids enjoy the Sheffield Pool
    06/18/2021 - 9:58am
  • Rockwell Celebration begins Saturday
    06/18/2021 - 9:53am
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    The Hampton Municipal Airport was the site for last Tuesday’s Iowa Agricultural Association 2021 Calibration Clinic. Special guest for the event was Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. In the above photo, Naig is shown inside the cockpit of one of the airplanes. In the below photo, Naig discusses information with one of those in attendance. The focus of the event was to test aircraft and demonstrate what they do to maintain and improve the professional aerial application of crop production products in Iowa.(Dick Fridley photos)
    Hampton Airport hosts clinic
    06/10/2021 - 11:10am

  • Cedar Valley Ex-Press was the featured food vendor at Sheffield’s Munchie Monday program at City Park (Dick Fridley photo)
    Munchie Monday vendor
    06/10/2021 - 10:53am

  • Monday marked the opening day of this detour north of Sheffield on Highway 65. Work on the project is scheduled to continue for the next several months. (Dick Fridley photo)
    Detour begins
    06/10/2021 - 10:51am

  • Chuck Grassley and Iowa Representative Shannon Latham are shown at the Franklin County Farm Bureau. (Photo by Larry Sailer
    Grassley visits Franklin County
    06/10/2021 - 10:47am

  • Riley Green (submitted photo)
    Riley Green replaces Dylan Scott at the 2021 Franklin County Fair
    06/10/2021 - 10:21am

News

07/22/2021 - 11:53am
Rockwell Council meets Wednesday
ROCKWELL — The Rockwell City Council was to meet in regular session Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The meeting agenda was: 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting. 3. Approve Library Report 4. New Business (Library...
West Fork Board of Education discusses updating handbooks
Back-to-school vaccine clinic is scheduled at Rockwell
Relay for Life takes place Friday
West Fork Board of Education approves bid for parking lot
Rockwell Lions Club hosts North Iowa Nationals

Sports


West Fork junior Maddie Hubka picks up a ground ball during the 2021 summer campaign. Hubka picked up First Team All-Conference honors from the Top of Iowa Conference. [Photo courtesy of West Fork Athletics]
07/21/2021 - 10:08am
Multitude of Warhawks net TIC All-Conference honors
Despite early postseason exits, the West Fork baseball and softball teams came out with several positives. One of those accomplishments is the development of youth, and the other achievement is bringing home several honors from the Top of Iowa...
Warhawk softball recovers, wins two in final week of regular season
West Fork baseball snaps skid, drops two close games
WF girls knock off No. 8 Newman Catholic, drop three straight
Warhawks use three-game win streak to rise above .500 mark
West Fork baseball team wins three of their last four

Obituaries

06/25/2021 - 8:13am
Richard “Dick” Heimer, 80
Richard “Dick” Heimer, 80, of Sheffield, Iowa, died peacefully at the Sheffield Care Center on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Dick survived esophageal cancer and bravely battled the disease’s painful aftereffects for five years before finally deciding to...
Rockwell – Richard “Dick” H. Thomas, 86
Mary Catherine Hogan Chubb, 90
Delbert “Del” Kramer, 81
Dorothy Jurgens, 96
Dean Peter, 84

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