News

02/05/2026 - 12:00am
Area Students Excel in Fall 2025 College Honors
BUTLER COUNTY – Area students earned academic honors and completed degrees at colleges and universities across the region during the fall 2025 semester, marking a strong showing of scholastic achievement across a wide range of academic programs....
The Way It Was
Why We Won’t Give Up Our Land for a Carbon Pipeline
FFA Capitol Visit Introduces North Butler Students to Civic Advocacy
Building Better Readers: Clarksville’s New Phonics Program Shows Promise
North Butler Speech Advances 10 Groups to State

Sports

02/05/2026 - 12:00am
North Butler Accepts Invitation to Join Iowa Star Conference
The North Butler school district has accepted an invitation to join the Iowa Star Conference. The invitation is to help to balance the Iowa Star's North and South divisions. The Bearcats will move from the Top-of-Iowa Conference East division to the...
Bearcat Girls Take Down Blue Devils
Bearcat Boys Defeat Knights and Green Devils
Indian Girls Picks Up Win Over Panther
Indian Boys End Week With Victory Over Wildcats
North Butler-Clarksville Boys Defeat Riceville, Place Third in Home Meet

Obituaries

02/09/2026 - 11:19am
Joy Marie Edeker, 62
Rev. Joy Marie Edeker November 29, 1963- February 9, 2026   Joy Marie Edeker, 62, of Anderson, passed away February 9, 2026 following an unexpected illness.    She was born on November 29, 1963 in Taunton, Massachusetts, the daughter of John H. and...
Duane Roger Feltz, 94
Jeannette Snyder, 66
Debra Jurgens, 73
Marilyn Poley, 80
William “Bill” Duane Rosenwinkle, 93

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