By Nick Pedley Sheffield citizens shouldn’t be alarmed when they receive a letter informing them about elevated flouride levels in the city’s drinking water.      Public Works Director Pat Nuehring informed the city council Monday night that annual tests at Sheffield’s two wells revealed higher than normal quanties of flouride recently. Results showed the mineral […]

Jocelyn Ascherl, accompanied by Jodi Goble on piano. (Photo by Travis Fischer) Jesse Donner, accompanied by Jodi Goble on piano. (Photo by Travis Fischer) By Travis Fischer It was a musical weekend for Hampton as the Franklin County Arts Council brought budding vocal professionals to the area for the fourth annual Young Performing Artist & […]

Sheffield native Ryan Hobbiebrunken stands with his Academy Award for the work he did as an animator on Disney’s “Frozen.” By Travis Fischer It’s a long road from rural Iowa to the red carpet of the Academy Awards, but Ryan Hobbiebrunken has made the journey while working on some of the world’s most beloved modern […]

Devlin Obregon A heated election, an untimely spring snowstorm and a tragic accident were but a few of the top stories that graced the front pages of the Pioneer Enterprise in 2013. Some of those events had a larger community-wide impact than others, but all left a lasting impression on the greater southern Cerro Gordo […]

GREENE – West Fork’s Lindsey Peterson was one of six unanimous selections to the first team all-Corn Bowl Conference announced recently. Peterson, a 5-foot-9 senior, led the state in kills per set at 6.68 after finishing the season with 474 kills. She is joined as a unanimous selection on the first team by Nashua-Plainfield’s Briley […]