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Cresco - After 27 years of working for Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Colleen Crow is calling it quits. She started on Jan. 26, 1992, fulfilling 27 years of work on Jan. 25, 2019, working with Linn Hvitved. Most recently, she worked with his son, Aaron.
Back then, the company was called IDS...
CRESCO - National Sew Day for Quilts of Valor Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2 at the Weed Patch Retreat Center in Cresco. The hours are Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bring sewing machines, fabric, patterns, or just yourself if you don't have these....
Howard County - There’s been a lot of talk about animals and the below zero temperatures that were to hit the area this week. Some forecasts had 30o below zero regular temperatures with wind chills going to 60o below.
Farmers have been preparing for the cold weather since they heard it was coming....
Lime Springs - At 1:40 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, a call went out regarding a snowmobile accident on Major Road. The driver of the 2015 Polaris snowmobile was Ross Wilson, age 28, of Cresco, Iowa.
According to Howard County Sheriff Mike Miner, Wilson was traveling east on Major Road when he...
Cresco - Community members are invited to help fund scholarships for Crestwood High School students during the school's annual Dollars for Scholars Phonathon Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Crestwood High School students will reach out to the community by telephone call the evening of Jan 30 beginning at 6 p.m...
LeRoy - LeRoy City Lines, LeRoy’s city-owned commuter and charter bus service will experiment with two new stops in Rochester. From Feb. 1 through March 31, the early morning bus and early afternoon bus will stop at the Mayo Support Center and Northwest Clinic on 41st Street in addition to the...
Cresco - Cresco City Council members approved the fourth quarter Travel & Tourism grants at their first meeting of the year on Jan. 7.
FIT Running Club’s St. Patrick’s Day Brew & Stew requested $1,500 for advertising, which the committee recommended to council. The total cost of the project...
Howard County - On Jan. 18, Girl Scout Cookie Season launches, celebrating the largest financial investment in girls annually in the United States! The annual program is a powerful entrepreneurship incubator for the next generation of female leaders. Each and every Girl Scout Cookie purchase is key...
Howard County - The best event of this frosty season is coming this weekend, the Driftrunners Snowmobile Club’s Snowfest. Jan. 24-27 is the 48th annual Snowfest in Howard County.
The event allows club members and the average visitor to partake in the joys of the great outdoors.
Vice-President Lee...
Howard County - Last week, an individual called the Times Plain Dealer office to inform staff a person called her place of business claiming to be Marcie Klomp of Times Plain Dealer and she wanted to help them reduce their credit card debt. Luckily, the local knew the person was not Klomp and...
