Waverly Newspapers

08/06/2025

For the second year in a row, Cedar Valley Hospice has received multiple national honors for patient care: a 5-star rating from Medicare.gov and the CAHPS Honors Award from HEALTHCAREfirst. Both are measured directly from caregivers’ responses to qu…

For the second year in a row, Cedar Valley Hospice has received multiple national honors for patient care: a 5-star rating from Medicare.gov and the CAHPS Honors Award from HEALTHCAREfirst.

08/05/2025

Ashley Risvold of Bremer County was awarded the Siggelkow Family 4-H scholarship—Bremer County through the Iowa 4-H Foundation at the recognition ceremony on Sunday, June 29, in Ames.

08/05/2025

In the heart of Waverly, a small-town golf outing became something far greater than anyone imagined. Over the past four years, the Dukie’s One Eye Open at Prairie Links Golf Course—sparked by the vision and generosity of Steve “Dukie” Corson and his…

In the heart of Waverly, a small-town golf outing became something far greater than anyone imagined. Over the past four years, the Dukie’s One Eye Open at Prairie Links Golf

08/05/2025

Denver Savings Bank’s Waverly location is hosting an unforgettable evening of music, food, and fun as DSB proudly presents a Back "2" School Party featuring Maddie Poppe on Aug. 18 from 5 – 7:30 p.m.

Denver Savings Bank’s Waverly location is hosting an unforgettable evening of music, food, and fun as DSB proudly presents a Back "2" School Party featuring Maddie Poppe on Aug. 18

08/05/2025

After eating three mini donuts more than his elementary and teen competitors in the fastest time, recent Waverly transplant and professional chef Joshua Furman won the mini donut eating contest on Wednesday, July 30 at the Bremer County Fair.

After eating three mini donuts more than his elementary and teen competitors in the fastest time, recent Waverly transplant and professional chef Joshua Furman won the mini donut eating contest

08/05/2025

Rachel McLellan will take over the Waverly-Shell Rock girls tennis program for this upcoming season. McLellan’s hire is a unique one both because she is a first time coach and because the team will be switching from the spring season to the fall sea…

Rachel McLellan will take over the Waverly-Shell Rock girls tennis program for this upcoming season. McLellan’s hire is a unique one both because she is a first time coach and

08/05/2025

BONUS Time Warp photo: “The Janesville team was recently crowned regular season champions of the women’s softball league. Pictured front row, left to right, are: Ken Franzen, bat boy; Deb Turnball, Pat Giebelstein, Donna Thompson and Terri Biemann; second row: Connie Pearson, Barb Schmidt, Lois Cole, Diane Christians, Linda Ralph and Paulette Kammeyer; third row standing: Wendell Ralph, coach; Betty Kellum, Jenny Diercks, Sheila Albrecht, Darlene Glawe, Rita Flood, Nadine Brimeyer, Vivian Brookman, Linda Bahlman, Roger Glawe, coach, Linnet Howe and Sonny Flood, manager. Not pictured are Sherri Bruhn, Barb Adelmund and Ron Brimeyer, coach” (from Aug. 7, 1975).

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.

08/04/2025

Shell Rock echoed with the whine of chainsaws and the hum of generators last Tuesday, the day after a vicious storm roared through the area, toppling trees and wiping out power for hundreds.

08/04/2025

What happens when a teacher takes a group of students into the mountains for a 10-day adventure?That story begins months before with planning, physical conditioning and mountain knowledge gained in a non-credit Waverly-Shell Rock course called Wilde…

What happens when a teacher takes a group of students into the mountains for a 10-day adventure? That story begins months before with planning, physical conditioning and mountain knowledge gained in a non-credit Waverly-Shell Rock course called Wilderness Studies.

08/04/2025

When showing animals, social awareness is paramount, both to the animal and the judge. Take it from Advanced Champion Beef Showman Beau Morris of rural Plainfield.

08/04/2025

Notice:

3rd Ave NW Closure – Wednesday, August 6

3rd Avenue NW will be closed starting at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, August 6, while the City of Waverly Water Department completes three valve replacements.

Preparations for the closure will begin on Tuesday, August 5. The street will remain open Tuesday with limited traffic access.

Please use caution in the area and allow City staff to complete the work safely. Thank you for your cooperation.

08/04/2025

BONUS Time Warp photo: SAD IRON PRESIDENT—“Melvin (Beach) Trimble of Waverly was recently elected president of the Midwest Sad Iron Collectors Club at the Club’s annual convention held this year in Minneapolis. The club includes 80 members, mostly from the Midwest but some from as far away as Alabama and California. Trimble has been collecting sad irons for nearly 30 years and owns a collection of several hundred” (from Aug. 6, 1985).

Read our historical feature, "Time Warp: This week in local history," every Tuesday in the Waverly paper.