After months of preparation, the 2021 RAGBRAI® visit to Ackley was over in the blink of an eye. Riders, concerned with heat indices, passed through the community quickly during the early morning hours. Read more
News
The past two years have been a battle for the Hippen family of Wellsburg. In 2020, matriarch Dorothy (Dot) Hippen fought a rare case of botulism, nearly losing her life and spending months recovering from the effects. Her recovery, much of which took place during a pandemic, as COVID-19 rava… Read more
Pickleball is one of the nation’s fastest growing activities. Those from Steamboat Rock who’ve jumped on the pickleball bandwagon were not about to be left out of the craze. Read more
Sports
Even the casual fan noticed a couple changes with the AGWSR Cougar softball program this season. It looked different in the coaching boxes with the retirement of long-time co-head coach Scott … Read more
Coming off a shortened North Iowa Cedar League-West championship season in 2020, the AGWSR Cougars were hoping to land their third league title in the last four years. Read more
The AGWSR Cougars have a North Iowa Cedar League-West title on their list of goals every season. This summer, for the first time in a decade, they weren’t in contention. But even in this “down… Read more
The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels (10-21) were the visiting team on their home diamond for Saturday’s Class 1A Dist. 11 opener in Reinbeck. The extra at bat didn’t help the AGWSR Cougars (6-11), h… Read more
The AGWSR Cougar season ended at 15-15 Friday night in Collins. But it was a loss they could take with it coming at the end of a season filled with growing pains. Read more
AGWSR’s Ava Olson may have bigger hits than the triple she belted in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s Class 1A Region 7 Quarterfinal. Afterall, she’s just a freshman. But that was huge in AGWSR… Read more
The AGWSR Cougars learned about the value of base runners, both having them and keeping the off, in Tuesday’s 10-2 Class 1A Dist. 7 opening win against Green Mountain-Garwin. Read more
The fact that lightning, noticeable from a cell some 30 miles away, forced a halt to the AGWSR-Baxter game in Ackley Monday night wasn’t the story. AGWSR led 2-1, Baxter had one out and two on… Read more
AGWSR’s recent 12-1 win over Green Mountain-Garwin in Garwin proved they can play despite losing five-straight games and six of their last seven. Read more
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Read more
We’re voting to put Don Primus on the Hardin County Board of Supervisors. Read more
I would like to let the Ackley American Legion Auxiliary know how much the trip to Waverly meant. Read more
Editors’ note: An edited version of the following letter appears in the Sept. 13, 2017 edition of the Ackley World Journal print edition. The letter was edited for space and references this full version which follows: Read more
