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CRESCO - April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child abuse. While it is a subject still too painful for many to address and acknowledge, some find themselves on an unsolicited and unexpected journey of grief, struggling with their own guilt...
Howard County - Has anyone ever come up to you and said, “You look just like your mother!” or “Your daughter is the spittin’ image of you!?” Well, now is the time to show everyone how much you look like each other.
Why not enter the Times Plain Dealer’s Mirror Image, a mother-daughter look-alike...
CRESCO - RUGGEDpro is a family- friendly wrest-ling promotion that puts the main focus on entertaining people of all ages.
Austin Fouts, RUGGEDpro Promoter, stated, “We are genuinely excited to be bringing our product to the area when we make our Howard County debut on April 27.”
The event will...
CRESCO - Howard County was privileged to host this year’s Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival on April 11 at the Fairgrounds in Cresco.
In the past, the event has taken place in Calmar. To spread the fun, it was held in Cresco this year and will also be held in Decorah on rotating years.
There...
NORTHEAST IOWA - For quite a few years, the American White Pelican has been making its home for a few days on the marshes, lakes and rivers around the area, including Cardinal Marsh, the Vernon Springs pond and Upper Iowa River by Lidtke Mill, Lime Springs.
Larry Reis, Winneshiek County Naturalist...
Lime Springs Saddle Club started the annual Good Friday Pony Express Ride on the state line, continuing through Lime Springs and passing off their donation of $949 to Camp Sunnyside to the next group at Lourdes (approximately 20 miles).
Lynn Freerksen noted the next group is “a riding crew/bunch...
Lime Springs - Tony Roberts spoke during open forum at the City Council meeting on April 2 about the overflow of the creek near the sewer plant onto his property.
“The past few years, we’ve had problems with livestock around the sewer plant. That includes beaver, otter and muskrat. The overflow has...
Cresco - The City Council approved tourism grants to local organizations for the first quarter at the April 1 meeting.
All the recipients were given funds for their projects, which either bring visitors to Cresco or help out the Cresco community.
They received the amounts they asked for. The...
CRESCO - The Howard County Energy District (HCED) hosted an Energy Efficiency Tour on April 5 for local government officials, church leaders, banks and others who might be in a position to help people struggling to pay all of their bills.
The message was simple: Energy efficiency improvements can...
Howard County - Fifty-one local organizations can continue doing good things for their communities with $99,750 worth of grant money from Howard County Community Foundation.
The non-profits received their funds at an event at Lime Springs Community Center on April 4.
Project Manager Dottie Thompson...
