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Times-Citizen · Ackley, IA

Kappel, Beverly Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026

ACKLEY-Beverly Kappel, age 83 and long-time resident of Ackley, passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 at Hansen Family Hospital. A family graveside inurnment was held at the Oakwood Cemetery in Ackley. Woodley Funeral Home and Crematory of Iowa Falls is…

Times-Citizen · Iowa Falls, IA

Nearby: Iowa Falls, IA

Cockram, Robert Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026

IOWA FALLS-Robert Cockram, 92, of Iowa Falls and formerly of Sheffield, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, at the Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home…

Times-Citizen · Iowa Falls, IA

Nearby: Iowa Falls, IA

Heartfelt art on display at Barlow

During October, the Robert W. Barlow Memorial Public Library in Iowa Falls, displayed artwork titled “Heart Art,” created by Gladbrook artist Jenny Bledsoe. Visitors tried to find the heart in each artwork.

The Pocahontas Times · Parkersburg, IA

Nearby: Parkersburg, IA

Lois Good

Lois Renee Good, 74, of Durbin, peacefully passed away Sunday, November 8, 2026, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born August 28, 1952, in Parkersburg, she was a daughter of the late Carl “Bill” and Riella “Kate” Johnson Maston. In addition to her parents, she was preceded preceded in death by her sister, Kelly… Read the full story

The Savannah Reporter · Cedar Falls, IA

Nearby: Cedar Falls, IA

JUDITH KAY (STALEY) VONKAENEL

May 15, 1943 – Nov 3, 2026 Judith Kay (Staley) VonKaenel, 83, of Savannah, Missouri, passed away on November 3, 2026, at Mosaic Life Care, surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born on May 15, 1943, in Providence, Rhode Island to Walter and Edith (Knapp) Staley, both of whom preceded her in death. Judy graduated from Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Then she came to Missouri to teach swimming lessons at the YWCA during the summer and fell in love with the love of her life, Lynn VonKaenel. On April 2, 1966, she married Lynn VonKaenel; they celebrated 51 years of marriage before his passing in 2018. After the birth of their son, who was deaf, Judy taught herself sign language. Determined to communicate with him and support his education, she would travel to libraries in Kansas City to find books on sign language and sought additional instruction at The School for the Deaf in Fulton, Missouri.

Southeast Iowa Union · Cedar Falls, IA

Nearby: Cedar Falls, IA

No. 10 Hawkeyes put the brakes on UNI, 78-40

Iowa guard Dani Carnegie (3) dribbles past Northern Iowa guard Jenna Twedt (20) during an NCAA women's basketball game Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Michael Baniewicz/The Gazette IOWA CITY — They brought their jerseys. They brought their shoes.“Our offense,” Tanya Warren said, however, “we left in Cedar Falls.” No. 10 Iowa held UNI to its second-lowest point total in the 32-game series between the intrastate rivals and rolled 78-40 before a crowd of 13,609 Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.The Hawkeyes (3-1) held the Panthers to 25.5-percent shooting and forced 26 turnovers.“After the UConn game (a 91-79 loss Sunday), we wanted to show that we’re still Iowa and we’re still a top-10 team,” Iowa freshman McKenna Woliczko said. Iowa forward McKenna Woliczko talks to the media about putting forth a strong defensive effort vs. UNI after having a difficult defensive showing the game before vs.

Iowa Capital Dispatch · Cedar Falls, IA

Nearby: Cedar Falls, IA

Commentary: Disabled vet honors ‘gold star’ teacher, families

CEDAR FALLS — Kelly Sullivan is a ‘gold star” teacher in many ways, but she and other families who lost loved ones in war received a ‘‘gold star” tribute from one of her star pupils this week ahead of Veterans Day. Disabled veteran Taylor Morris, who lost parts of all four limbs in a May 2012 bomb blast in Afghanistan, and a cadre of volunteers dedicated a Gold Star Families Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park in Cedar Falls. Kelly Sullivan was Taylor Morris’s third grade teacher. She is the granddaughter and grandniece of Waterloo’s five Sullivan brothers, who were killed in World War II. Sullivan not only attended Monday’s dedication, she and staff brought third graders from Lincoln Elementary School in Cedar Falls to the ceremony. “I am so proud of my former third grader Taylor,” she said. Not only is Sullivan a member of a Gold Star family which lost loved ones in combat, in 2022 she was among a group of local educators nominated for a Gold Star Teachers award by the R.J.