Dan Lee Solberg passed away peacefully February 19, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at Big Springs Baptist Church in rural Alcester, SD, at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2024. www.wassfuneralhome.com
Malcolm Whitfield Brodie of Washington, Iowa, formerly of Akron, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Halcyon House in Washington, Iowa.
Six Akron-Westfield large group speech teams competed at District Speech which was held Jan. 20 at Sioux City East High School. From Districts, all six groups advanced to State held at Spencer High School Feb. 3. From State, two A-W groups qualified for the 49th annual All-State Festival which will be Feb. 17 at Iowa State University.
The Iowa Falls Times Citizen was named as the Iowa Newspaper Association 2024 “Newspaper of the Year.” The award was announced during the association’s Awards Ceremony on February 8.
Presentations were made to winners of the 2024 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests, which were judged by the Illinois Press Association.
The Albert E. Hoschler American Legion Post No. 186 is about to begin a second season with its Junior League baseball team. The team has players from Akron-Westfield as well as from surrounding areas and is coached by Brad Gaswint, Jeff Wahlberg, and Jeromy McCully.
