The Bremer County Genealogical Society will meet at the Janesville Library, in their meeting room, on Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Waverly-Shell Rock High School Talent Show will take place in RADA Auditorium on Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 and ages 5 and under are free will donation. All proceeds benefit the W-SR speech and drama departments.
The Bremer County Community Foundation’s 2023 annual report is now available on the Community Foundation’s website at www.bremerccf.org. The report highlights key impacts made and lists funds held with the Community Foundation along with grant-funded projects.
Fifth and sixth grade band students have been working extremely hard this month. Both ensembles are gearing up for our final performance of the year at the Spring Concert on May 16 at 7 p.m. in the Middle School Auditorium.
The Waverly, Iowa Garden Club will hold its annual public plant sale on Saturday, May 18, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Waverly City Hydroelectric Dam Powerhouse, a historic brick building, located at 117 First Street NE, (next to City Hall/Civic Center). If you would like to donate plants, you m…
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The end of the school year is in sight and our end of the year spring band concerts are approaching. The Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School Band Department will showcase their annual spring concerts the week of May 13. The seventh/eighth grade spring band concert will take place Tuesday, May 1…
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The Waverly-Shell Rock Girls Soccer Team on Tuesday hosted Dyersville Beckman as they celebrated their senior night and their last regular season home game.
The Waverly-Shell Rock boys soccer team (4-9) on Monday traveled to North Fayette Valley High School to face the Tiger Hawks (9-3) as they began to wrap up their regular season play.
Maya Willey signed her letter of intent to play softball at Morningside University. Willey is a pitcher for W-SR who has been playing softball since around first grade. Her favorite softball memory is hitting her first home run. She plans on majoring in studio art and graphic design.
The rain moving through on Saturday morning didn’t stop the first ranked in class 2A Waverly-Shell Rock Girls Soccer team from improving their record to 10-0. The girls started their morning by beating the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays (6-8) by a score of 4-0. Senior goalkeeper Katelyn Eggena a…
The Waverly-Shell Rock boys soccer team looked to conclude their regular season home games with a couple of wins.
State of Iowa v. Ryan David Ramirez, 45, Evansdale, driving while barred.
Brian L. Buss, pled guilty to assault with intent to cause serious injury, aggravated misdemeanor and was sentenced to serve a period of 90 days in jail with credit given for any time previously served and ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $855.00 plus surcharge, the fine was suspended.
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May can be mercurial and magnificent in Iowa.
May 4 in Waverly was both.
Earlier in the day, it poured much-needed water on the fields and just as the vendors started setting up their tents in Kohlmann Park, and producers at the farmers market hauled their crates to the stands, the rain came to a drizzle, then to a stop and the sun dropped off its umbrella of clouds and smiled.
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Editor’s Note: Waverly Newspapers correspondent Kathy Sundstedt interviewed Dr. Ed Klafmoth, W-SR superintendent, who is retiring at the end of the school year after 37 years in public education, 11 of which were dedicated to Waverly. David Hill will step into the role officially on July 1.
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Here’s a sobering statistic: 72% of retirees say one of their biggest fears is becoming a burden on their families, according to a study by Edward Jones and the consulting firm Age Wave. If you are near retirement, how can you prepare yourself to become financially free, so you won’t have to…
