TOP HEADLINES


  • Pictured are members of the MFL MarMac boys golf team that was a top-two finish at Monday’s state qualifier final from advancing to the state golf tournament. (Photo via MFL MarMac Community School District Facebook page)
    05/20/2025 - 11:33am

  • Lauryn Sandstrom passes the baton to Charlotte Meyer during the 4 x 200-meter relay at the state qualifying meet in Cresco. (Photo courtesy Nate Troy, Cresco Plain Dealer)
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    Annika McArthur competes in the 100-meter dash at the state qualifier in Cresco. (Photo courtesy Nate Troy, Cresco Plain Dealer)
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    Bulldog senior Tucker Ruff clears a hurdle during the shuttle hurdle relay. (Photo courtesy Nate Troy, Cresco Plain Dealer)
    05/20/2025 - 11:28am

  • The MFL MarMac girls golf team advanced the to regional final with a third-place finish in Friday’s regional semifinal at the New Hampton Country Club. (Photo via MFL MarMac Community School District Facebook page)
    05/20/2025 - 11:25am

  • Alicia Potter, part of the family that owns Great River Maple, stands in the new storefront open in McGregor. (Destiny Kapler/The Outlook photo)
    05/20/2025 - 11:19am

  • MFL MarMac Superintendent of Schools Tim Dugger was the first individual to speak to the graduates at the ceremony. He was followed by Larry Meyer, High School Principal, and Gina Roys, President of the Board of Education.
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    The MFL MarMac Senior Choir performed “Good Old Days” by Macklemore with the help of Vocal Director Ian Zahren on the piano at the ceremony.
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    Graduates Jaxon Millage and Ava Kishman exit the graduation ceremony. Both are carrying their diplomas and Millage is carrying the class flower, a white gerber daisy. (Destiny Kapler/The Outlook photos)
    05/20/2025 - 11:15am

  • Carter Lightfoot high jumps during the Upper Iowa Conference Track Meet at MFL MarMac Thursday. Lightfoot placed fourth in the event. (Mi- chael Hohenbrink/Mid-America Publishing photo)
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    Annaka McArthur hands off to Lauryn Sand- strom during the 800-meter medley at the Upper Iowa Conference Track and Field Meet. (Michael Hohenbrink/Mid-America Publishing photo)
    05/13/2025 - 3:24pm

  • Keegan Echard received the Charles and Frances Rothmeyer Scholarship from Abby Cottrell.
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    Audrey Ruff received the Red Cross Scholarship from Jaydeane Berns.
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    Avery Lamborn received the Steve Becker Memorial Scholarship from High School Principal Larry Meyer.
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    Maria Stavroplus received the Friends of the Arts Scholarship.
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    Ava Kishman received the Class of 1971 Scholarship from Ric Benzing.
    05/13/2025 - 3:15pm
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  • The MFL MarMac Concert Band plays “Three Ayres from Gloucester” during the Spring Awards Concert.
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    The MFL MarMac Chorus Ensemble performs during the Spring Awards Concert Tuesday at the high school.
    05/13/2025 - 3:05pm
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  • Ava Goltz races to the ball during Tuesday’s game against Postville.
    05/07/2025 - 4:16pm

  • Noah Breuer, Kinsley Young, Oliver Ludvik play percussion as the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders combined to perform ABBA hit “Momma Mia.”
    05/07/2025 - 4:13pm
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  • The City of Monona’s police force recently underwent a few staff changes, including a new police chief and the hiring of two new officers. Pictured are (from l to r) Officer Sydney Alber, Police Chief Austin Wille, and Officer Jacob Dougherty. (Destiny Kapler/The Outlook photo)
    05/07/2025 - 4:07pm

News

05/20/2025 - 11:20am
The Clayton County Supervisors held a public meeting for citizens to voice their concerns to the Supervisors regarding a proposed water permit that Pattison Company applied to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for. The meeting took place...

Opinion

04/16/2025 - 9:57am
One of my favorite parts of professional baseball is its minor league system. That’s where you’ll find guys playing for the love of the game, many of them simply chasing a dream of one day being a big leaguer. Over the years I’ve see a lot of minor...

Sports


Pictured are members of the MFL MarMac boys golf team that was a top-two finish at Monday’s state qualifier final from advancing to the state golf tournament. (Photo via MFL MarMac Community School District Facebook page)
05/20/2025 - 11:33am
CLERMONT – Four MFL MarMac golfers carded rounds of under 80 as the Bulldogs placed first in a Class 2A semifinal state qualifier at the Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont. The Bulldogs advance to a state qualifier final Monday at South Hills...

Obituaries

05/15/2025 - 12:42pm
Kathryn Marie Starkey, 88, of Marquette/McGregor, IA, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Great River Care Center in McGregor, IA. Kathryn was born the eldest child and only daughter to Johanna Kathryn (Hartke) and Irvin Louis Becker on...

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