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CRESCO - Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is here, and it will kill your ash trees unless they are treated. That is what experts told 30 or so individuals who attended the informational meeting on July 12...

Improvements to Cardinal Marsh

CRESCO - Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area currently has two Department of Natural Resources renovation projects underway that will benefit wildlife and public use for many years to come....

Two ISU students look forward to working with swine in future

Chester - What does a city girl from Plainfield (40 miles from Chicago), Ill. have in common with a country girl from LeMars, Iowa? The answer is pigs. The two Iowa State University students...

Protivin cycles up for RAGBRAI®

Protivin - In just eight days, there will be an invasion in northeast Iowa. It’s made up of RAGBRAI® riders and their support teams. Over 20,000 to be exact. RAGBRAI® is limited to 8,500 week-long...

PSB celebrating 90 years!

Elma - This year Peoples Savings Bank (PSB) in Elma is celebrating 90 years in business. PSB has always been a community bank with a focus on serving agriculture and the Elma area. “A lot has...

This corn field on Highway W14 north of Ridgeway was hit by the storm Wednesday.

Storm hits Ridgeway on July 19

RIDGEWAY - The severe thunderstorm on Wednesday, July 19, hit Ridgeway and areas surrounding Ridgeway.

A tree branch narrowly misses falling on a house in Protivin.

Storm hits Protivin on Wednesday, July 19

PROTIVIN - A severe thunderstorm swept through Protivin on Wednesday, July 19. The entire town of Protivin lost power Wednesday night, July 19, around 6 p.m. and it was restored early Thursday morning, July 20.

This tree in front of the United Methodist Church in Cresco toppled into the street on North Elm and landed on a car, but no one was in the car at the time.

Storm hits Howard County on July 19

CRESCO - A severe thunderstorm hit Cresco and Howard County hard on Wednesday, July 19. Wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour brought down numerous trees around Cresco Wednesday. Power was out through most of the town from 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 to 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20.

The shirt says it all: Donner Party. “We eat the slow ones!”

Who are these crazy cyclists?

CRESCO - RAGBRAI® assures Cresco officials there will be 12,000-15,000 authorized and non-authorized riders on the July 27 overnight stop, with an additional 5,000 support personnel. That’s a lot of people! Things have certainly changed since RAGBRAI®’s first ride in 1973. For the first few...

Storm hits Ridgeway on July 19

Storm hits Protivin on Wednesday, July 19

Storm hits Howard County on July 19

Who are these crazy cyclists?

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