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AC MS HIGH FLOATS: 1st - Seventh Grade, 2nd - Eighth Grade, 3rd - Sixth Grade
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With the last weekend of September here, many area farmers have begun harvesting their soybean crop. Pictured above the Link family took advantage of the beautiful Saturday afternoon to harvest their field east of Wagner. Fousek Grains reported soybeans are coming in at 40-65 bushels per acre. Photo by Barb Pechous.
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The Avon Pirates continue to go unbeaten as they notched another win under their season defeating #1 ranked Gayville-Volin in a close 36-32 game Friday afternoon in Gayville.
Read moreSharon Van Gerpen, Darla Van Gerpen, Brynn Baade and Addy Fathke drove to Hull, Iowa last Wednesday where they had lunch with their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Bernice Heusinkveld at Aspen Heights.
Read moreLifeServe Blood Center, the SOLE supplier of blood and blood products to area hospitals, is seeking eligible blood donors to give blood at the upcoming community blood drive. Blood is a vital part of treatment for countless illnesses and injuries afflicting local hospital patients in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Generous community members who give blood with LifeServe Blood Center are directly impacting their neighbors in local hospitals. To ensure blood is available, please give at the Avon Community Blood Drive on Thursday, September 23, 2021 from 2:30pm – 6:00pm at Zion Lutheran Church. Schedule your appointment by visiting www.lifeservebloodcenter.org or by calling 800-287-4903.
Read moreIn May the Bargain Shoppe gave $2,000 to Good Samaritan Society-Tyndall. In June the Bon Homme 4-H program was given $500. In July the Snack Pack/Back Pack Programs in Tyndall, Avon and Scotland received $2,000 each. In August the elementary teachers in Avon and Scotland were given $600. The Bon Homme 4-2 Elementary teachers (five schools) received $2,600. In September $1,000 was given to each of the libraries in the five communities in Bon Homme County. The Bargain Shoppe, which opened in 2007, is a non-profit thrift store run totally by volunteers. The volunteers log an average of 250 to 325 hours a month to keep the Shoppe running. The store hours are Wednesday's 10-4, Thursday's 3-6 and the second Saturday of each month 9-12. Please watch our facebook page for additional pop up open hours this fall. Donations of gently used, clean items can be dropped off during business hours only.
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