Brenda Lowe and Casey Rea of Emmetsburg, welcome a son, Conner Allen Rea, born on May 20, 2011, at Palo Alto County Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 and 1/2 ounces and measured 22 inches long.

Grandparents are Brenda Lowe and Paul and Diane Mellencamp of Clarinda.