Anthony Guyer

Anthony Joseph Guyer, 29, of Aplington, Iowa formerly of West Union, Iowa died Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born December 21, 1989 to Daniel Guyer and Bernadine Pritchard in West Union, Iowa. Anthony graduated from North Fayette High School, West Union in 2008 and NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, North Carolina. 

     Anthony was united in marriage with Kristen McCrea on January 23, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They recently renewed their vows on October 19, 2019. He worked at Heavy Equipment Manufacturing in Grundy Center as an Assembler and Mechanic.

The NFV boy’s cross country team bands together for one last group shot after finishing 13^th that the State Cross Country Meet Saturday in Fort Dodge. With only Weller Clark graduating, the boys should be having lots of fun together next season, with another run at state a strong possibility. The 2019 boy’s team consisted of (front, l-r) alternates Leo Phan and Caleb Zurbriggen, Nathan Crooker and Weller Clark; (back) Davan Crooker, Korbin Yauk, Nathan Jensen, Ben Miller, and Peyton Halverson. (submitted photo)

TigerHawks 13th at State XC

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

With sophomore Ben Miller leading the charge, the NFV boy’s cross country team placed 13^th at the 2019 State cross country Meet Saturday in Fort Dodge.

While the school has sent teams and runners to state cross country meets in the past, this is the first team to go representing North Fayette Valley.

Miller finished 31^st during his second consecutive appearance in Fort Dodge with a personal-best time of 17:37.27.

Marlene Bouska, Pam Shores, Keri Stepan, and Hilary Nuss show some examples of the new, and very popular, “blackout” license plates available across the state of Iowa. Since its premiere in July, nearly 20,000 plates have been sold, nearly 300 of which were right here in Fayette County.  (Megan Molseed photo) 

County residents opt for Iowa's popular 'Blackout' plates

By Megan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

Many Iowan’s, including Fayette County residents, have been noticing something different, something a little bit darker than the regular on state roads and highways as the states newest license plate design, “blackout” plates have become remarkably popular since their introduction this summer.  

According to the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) website, when the non-personalized versions of the black and white plates accessible at local county treasurer's offices in September, it barely took a week for them to sell out or run low in most of those counties, as many needed to be restocked the following week.

“They are pretty popular,” smiled Fayette County Treasurer, Kyle Jacobsen of the new design.  “I think people like how simple they are.” 

The North Fayette Valley high school’s production of Legally Blonde The Musical will premiere Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the high school Performing Arts Center.  Pictured are (front l-r) Grace Klein, Justin Kamaus, James Baumler, Scott Buitenwerf, Sophia Durnan, Emma Pleggenkuhle, Valerie Boleyn, Brianna Baumler, Baylie Shrubb, Sage Matt, Keely Krambeer, Ezra Solheim (back) Kole Larson, Zander Britt, John Moellers, Korbin Yauk, Sierra Kemp, Maria Yasinovska, Claire Britt, and Pauline Clark.  Not pictured is Joey Shea.  

Legally Blonde The Musical on stage Friday at NFV PAC

By Megan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com

This weekend, the North Fayette Valley high school will be performing Legally Blonde, The Musical. 

Premiering Friday evening, November 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the NFV Performing Arts Center, this year’s fall musical will be full of laughter, a few tears, a lot of gossip and plenty of self-discovery as Elle Woods (Emma Pleggenkuhle) takes herself on a journey to Harvard in order to try and win back her former boyfriend, Warner.

Elle, a “typical” sorority girl who is full of energy, beauty tips and always clad in pink, decides to enroll into Harvard Law School when she hears her college boyfriend, Warner, is headed there himself.