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Lime Springs - Jason Passmore announced Dan Gable was the main speaker at the upcoming Howard County Business and Tourism banquet on April 9.
In addition, he told Lime Springs City Council members the organization is hosting a Northeast Iowa STEM Festival at the Expo Center in Cresco. “This allows...
Rural Riceville - On Saturday March 9, 2019 at 10:34 a.m., the Howard County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a one-vehicle rollover on Addison Ave. just south of 170th St.
Brenda Shrock, age 41, of Riceville was northbound on Addison Ave., driving a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, when she lost...
CRESCO - Brian Allen Fullhart is set to go to trial for the murder of his wife, Zoanne Renee Fullhart. The trial will start May 6, 2019 at Howard County Courthouse and is expected to last five days.
Fullhart has been accused with Murder in the First Degree when he allegedly and with premeditation...
Cresco - Now when you wonder who all owned the A&W restaurant over the years, you can look it up online, through Cresco Public Library’s website (https:// www.cresco.lib.ia.us). A few of the answers are Norbert Krause, Loren Maahs, Richard Conlin and Leighton Johnson, not to mention Wayne and...
CRESCO - Put on your emerald green best or zaniest St. Patrick’s Day costume and join Cresco’s F.I.T. Running Club as they host the ninth St. Patrick’s Day Brew & Stew 5K Fun Run/Walk or 15K bicycle ride Saturday, March 16.
As is customary, the day will be full of events including a St. Patrick...
Some locals have used their stuck-inside-because-of-all-the-snow time to come up with creative ways to endure the long winter.
Howard County - For the most part, Howard County had few emergencies in the middle of the blizzard this past weekend. Sheriff Mike Miner stated there were 84 weather-related calls from 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23 through 6 a.m. on Monday.
About 10 inches of snow fell and then was blown all over,...
Howard-Winneshiek County - With so many of the young folks going to college and moving on to bigger communities, it is refreshing to see a college graduate return to her home.
That’s what Candice Bohr did after getting her chiropractic degree from Life University in Marietta, Ga., graduating suma...
Howard County - With this winter’s record-setting snow, Naturalist Angela Bries said there is little need to worry about the wildlife.
Although she added, “If you started feeding the birds, keep the feeders filled during the winter. Birds need to eat all day, so they can stay warm at night.”
One...
Howard County - With a blizzard hitting the area on Sunday, Feb. 24, it was hard for area precipitation record-keepers to accurately report on snowfall totals.
The National Weather Service in LaCrosse has averaged the snowfall to about eight inches, which tops the February record snowfall set in...
