Even keel is better than nothing. The West Fork volleyball team won two and lost two this past week, starting with a sweep over Newman Catholic of Mason City on Sept. 7 at the West Fork High School Gymnasium in Sheffield. The Warhawks ran into a little trouble to start the day at the Belmond-Klemme […]

E. Joyce (Froning) Brouwer was taken to her heavenly home on Friday September 24, 2021, after a brief stay in the Sheffield Care Center. Joyce was born to Earl and Amber (Lumley) Froning on January 5, 1928, at their family century farm near Chapin, Iowa. For those of you who are trying to figure this […]

On Friday, July 24, 2020, Raymond Charles “Chuck” Crabb left this earth and awoke in the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Chuck was born at home in Swaledale, Iowa on February 21, 1929, the third son of Harry and Marie (Fernau) Crabb. The family moved to Hampton and then Chapin, Iowa where […]

Paulette L. Foss, 74, of Sheffield, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Sheffield Care Center. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2022, at First United Methodist Church, 510 Thompson Street, Sheffield. Memorial services will begin at 10:30 a.m., at the same location, following the visitation. Burial will take place […]

James Andrew Polsdofer, one of Rockwell, Iowa’s oldest living residents, left this earthly life to enter his heavenly home on December 27, 2020.   There will be a Committal Service at 10:00 a.m. in the Rockwell Cemetery on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Due to Covid, there will not be a funeral service at this time […]

Howard D. Peters, 75, died Saturday, August 13, 2022, of complications of a stroke at the Sheffield Care Center, surrounded by his family, who loved him. Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Zion St. John Lutheran Church in Sheffield, with a funeral service following at 10:00 a.m. He will […]

Marty Allen Proctor, 71, of Thornton, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 surrounded by his loving family at home. A Funeral Service will be held 10:30 am Thursday, October 21, 2021 at Richland Lutheran Church, 300 Elm Street, Thornton, with Rev. Robert Harting officiating.  Following the service burial will be at the Richland Church Cemetery, […]

Dale Earl Greimann June 2, 1954 – December 28, 2020 Dale Earl Greimann, 66, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, passed away in his home on December 28, 2020 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Dale was born in Hampton, Iowa on June 2, 1954 to Milo and Burnice (Petheram) Greimann. He graduated from Sheffield-Chapin High […]

    In loving memory of Delbert “Del” Kramer, 81, who passed away on February 15, 2021 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Del was born on May 10, 1939 in Sheffield, IA, the son of Pete and Beatrice (Christensen) Kramer.     Del attended Sheffield and Hampton High School. Following high school, he served with the […]

Funeral services for Mavis Ann Meyer, 73, of Mason City (formerly of rural Latimer) will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Zion Reformed Church in rural Sheffield with Rev. Petri VanRooyen officiating. Visitation will be at the Zion Reformed Church, in rural Sheffield, on Friday, August 27, 2021 from 4-6 p.m. Burial will […]