Korey and Kollin DeBerg are announcing the construction of an 8,000-square-foot wedding and event center that will be constructed near Sac and Fox Overlook, north of Steamboat Rock, on property owned by their father, Michael DeBerg. Read more
News
An eight-page, unsigned document expressing the views of the author, was placed on over eighty vehicles located in the St. Mary’s Catholic Church parking lot on during mass on Sunday, Aug. 18. Read more
Ten-year old Levi Sillman is a busy young man. When he gets an idea, he follows it through. Read more
Sports
Jaden Penning is one of the leaders on the AGWSR football team. He led them in rushing last season with 659 yards and 12 touchdowns, and is filling that role again as a junior. Read more
Senior two-time team captain Tanner Weichers feels like it’s time to really earn the role. After a 56-6 season opening loss to Turkey Valley in Ackley, he knows his AGWSR Cougars need to chang… Read more
The Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Cadets grabbed four medals in the season opener Thursday at Maynes Grove. Three of them, including a gold, led the girls to a fourth place finish. The boys finished … Read more
The Grundy Center Quad hasn’t been very kind to the AGWSR Cougars the last few years. It really hasn’t been to too many teams. But even after coming out of Tuesday’s season opener in Grundy Ce… Read more
The AGWSR Cougars had almost all the tools in place to repeat as North Iowa Cedar League-West champs. Then an offseason injury hindered them. An eligibility issue didn’t help. With that, they … Read more
A season after the AGWSR Cougars tied two other teams atop the North Iowa Cedar League-West, they finished sixth. That wasn’t the goal, but as head coach Dave Showalter said all season, that’s… Read more
MaKenna Kuper had hit a home run in each of the previous two Regional games. In Ackley Monday night, needing base runners in the seventh inning, she was called on to bunt. Read more
Every year there seems to be an upset of major proportions during softball Regionals. Wednesday it was almost AGWSR’s turn. Read more
The Central Springs Panthers are no slouch. They showed that Tuesday in Manly as they walked off the AGWSR Cougars 3-2. Read more
Opinion
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
“Movies in the Park” has been a great and fun addition to our community in the past three years. Nearly a thousand kids and their families have enjoyed this unique experience! Read more
To the Citizens of Ackley Read more
Pat Grassley Helps Gut Collective Bargaining Read more
