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Fina Choat of St. Edward was among more than 4,450 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University this spring. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held May 9-11 at Hilton Coliseum, Aims, IA.

Weather observer Steve Wright reported that May 2024 rainfall in Albion set a 10-year record at 6.6 inches. This was the highest May rainfall since 2014. May rainfall has exceeded six inches one other time in that 10-year period, but the total was still less than 6.6 inches.

The 2024 Cops and Bobbers, hosted by local law enforcement, will take place June 15 at Stevenson Lake. Since June of 2016, locals and guests have gathered at Stevenson Lake for a fishing competition unlike most.

Visitors and genealogists traveling to the Albion Rose Hill Cemetery will now have additional help to find the graves or stones they’re searching for in the cemetery. The cemetery board installed the 60 new directional signs on Wednesday, April 30, in addition to the directory map at the shelter.

Next weekend the community will be filled with cars, alumni and a new class of Hall of Fame members for the Downtown Athletic Club. The events will begin on Friday, June 14 with the Downtown Athletic Club’s latest induction of eight new candidates for the Hall of Fame.

Albion’s Downtown Summer Concert Series will be opening on Thursday, July 4, with special entertainment by two specialty acts at The Venue on Fourth Street. “SongBlast, Dueling Guitars” will entertain from 5 to 7 p.m.

Life is full of new adventures, and for Eric Lordemann, of rural Petersburg and Lordemann Insurance of Elgin, his next great venture is just beginning. As of late April, Lordemann began his travel agency, Eric Lordemann Travels, for citizens anywhere within the country.