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Kadie Tafta was 8 years old.

With her big brown eyes, a sly smile and short chestnut hair, she looked like a “tomboy,” her grandmother said.

She loved “Peppa Pig,” “Hello Kitty” and her Super Mario backpack. When her classmates teased her that Super Mario was for boys, Kadie was sad, but never stopped wearing the backpack.

By the end of this year or in early 2018, two new fuel centers / convenience stores will open along U.S. Highway 34, just west of the Interstate 29 interchange. Before that happens, however, some significant changes will take place at the intersection of Highway 34 and 188th Street, including the installation of traffic signal lights.

Construction is well under way on both the Love’s Travel Center and Lincoln Farm and Home’s new BP station and convenience store. The two projects are on pace to be completed at about the same time in late fall or early winter.

A week after rallying from a double-digit deficit in the second half, the Glenwood football team did it again Friday.

Trailing 12-0 heading into the final quarter, the Rams scored on touchdowns of 72 yard and 75 yards in the frame to complete a road comeback over Carroll in the district opener.

“The grit our guys showed was outstanding,” said Glenwood coach Cory Faust.  “Despite us not really playing our best, particularly on offense, the guys hung in there and found a way to win in the end.”

The Glenwood volleyball won three of five matches and placed three girls on the all-tournament team at the Atlantic Volleyball Invitational Saturday.

The Rams (9-7 overall, 1-1 in Hawkeye 10 Conference) recorded wins over Winterset (21-19, 21-15), Underwood (21-16, 21-7) and the host Trojanns (21-12, 21-10). The two losses came to Treynor (14-21, 18-21) and tournament champion Council Bluffs St. Albert (19-21, 13-21).