The Rockwell city council discussed utility billing, crosswalk painting, a local dog, “Mission Main Street”, and nuisance properties in their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 4. To begin, the council discussed partnership with the booster club to furnish Main Street with “Warhawk Nation” banners. With no confirmation on the number or price of the banners, […]

Audrey Verla Heldt was born in Terril, Iowa to Rudolph and Dortha (Baker) Heldt on August 26, 1925. She attended school in Terril until the family moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa where she graduated from high school in 1942.     Following graduation, Audrey worked at Osborne Insurance Agency and Gambles in Spirit Lake. On January 13, […]

 Virginia M. Lease, 99, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away on December 16, 2020, at Senior Star Memory Care Center.  Funeral services was at Zion St. John Lutheran Church, Sheffield, Iowa at 1:00 on December 21. Graveside services will be at the family burial plot in Coulter, Iowa.   Due to Iowa COVID-19 restrictions, all who attended […]

Elsie Jean Gauley Vega died peacefully in her sleep on August 24, 2022, at Lantern Park in Coralville, Iowa. She was 94 years old and under hospice at the time. She has donated her body to science. There will be a memorial service in celebration of her life to be announced at a later date. […]

Chad K. Shaw, 51, of Garner, passed away on Friday August 26, 2022, in an ATV accident in South Dakota. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 2, 2022, at The Dock, Zion on Main, in Clear Lake. Visitation was Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at The Dock. Burial will take place at […]

Elsie Jean Gauley Vega died peacefully in her sleep on August 24, 2022, at Lantern Park in Coralville, Iowa. She was 94 years old and under hospice at the time. She has donated her body to science. There will be a memorial service in celebration of her life to be announced at a later date. […]

 Bertha Katie Miller, 96, passed away on July 31, 2021 in Knoxville, Iowa.  She was born in Mason City, Iowa on August 22, 1924 to Ahlrich and Bauke Djuren.  She graduated from Rockwell High School in 1924, continuing to work at the Rockwell Post Office.           In the 1960’s Bertha and her sister Mitzie owned […]

 Bertha Katie Miller, 96, passed away on July 31, 2021 in Knoxville, Iowa.  She was born in Mason City, Iowa on August 22, 1924 to Ahlrich and Bauke Djuren.  She graduated from Rockwell High School in 1924, continuing to work at the Rockwell Post Office.           In the 1960’s Bertha and her sister Mitzie owned […]

Sheffield – Delbert Gene Smit, 78, of Sheffield, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at his home surrounded by family.   A private funeral service will be held Monday, January 18, 2021, at First Grace Baptist Church, 404 E. Gilman St., Sheffield, with Pastor Matt Reeves officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield. Visitation […]

Obituary of Lieutenant Colonel David Eugene Sullivan, US Army (Retired)   Lt Colonel David Eugene Sullivan, US Army (Retired), 83, passed away on January 24, 2021, at the hospital in The Villages, FL.  He was born April 17, 1937, in Owen, Wisconsin to Eugene F. Sullivan and Merna M. (Mathewson) Sullivan.  He has been a […]