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Donald “Don” Marrell Westley May 19, 1931 – May 22, 2020 Donald “Don” Marrell Westley, age 89, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020, at home, surrounded by his family, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Nelsonville, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1931, to Marrell and Alma (Lutz) Westley. Don served our country […]
By Scandinavia Booster Club We wanted to reach out and first of all thank everyone who has already signed up for our golf outing, donated, or helped get all the details together during this crazy time in life! First off, we want to assure you this event WILL happen unless a turn of events happens […]
With the relaxing of the Stay at Home emergency order, HeadspringIS.com has activated its community Calendar. If you have events or meetings which need to be added, please email that information to: HeadspringIS@gmail.com. Please include: Date, Who, What, When, Where, and contact info.
2020 looking like a lost year for our community activities By Cliff Mishler, IHS President Given the ongoing coronavirus/Covid-19 restrictions and social distancing uncertainties, we continue to face the reality of meeting and event cancellations as of today, May 15, with the realities not having changed since the last advisory was sent out nearly four […]
Iola Lioness and American Red Cross will co-sponsor a Blood Drive on Wednesday, May 20, from 12-5 p.m. However, the location has changed to Scandinavia Lutheran Church due to the temporary closing of the Iola-Scandinavia Fitness & Aquatic Center because of COVID-19 guidelines. Please come in the east side door under the overhang at the […]
Parents of active military personnel may qualify for the Blue Star Banner, according to Lyle Mork of Iola-Scandinavia’s American Legion Sheveland-Taylor Post 14. The person may be serving stateside or overseas in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, or National Guard. For additional information on this program, go here.
Crafting Bee is moving onto ZOOM while the Scandinavia Village Library building is closed for the COVID-19 emergency. Meetings take place from 11-11:40 a.m. Thursday mornings. To get the meeting link, please send the library a request through Facebook Messenger or email to sca@scalib.org. We’re happy to assist if you need help setting up ZOOM! […]
According to Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register, former Iowa linebacker Kristian Welch has agreed to a deal with the Baltimore Ravens. Welch recorded 44 tackles, three sacks, and forced one fumble as a senior for the Hawkeyes. Welch will join former Iowa safety Geno Stone in Baltimore. Stone was drafted by the Ravens in the seventh round. […]
The Iola Lioness Club has donated a bench, which sits in from the Iola Community Hall. Lioness Sherry Neidert, Patty Louison, and Pat Leer share the moment.
