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CRESCO - Crestwood fifth grade students recently partnered with Luther College education students on a collaborative online writing project.
Crestwood fifth grade teacher Julie Wilson talked about the origins of the project:
“Kelly Sorenson, who is one of our instructional coaches, had done this...
CRESCO - A excavator from Mehmert Tiling began the process of tearing down the Howard County Jail in Cresco on Wednesday morning, April 4. Construction of the new jail is anticipated to take about one year.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Monday, April 2, in preparation of demolition of the 1882 structure of the Howard County jail the following day. Those with golden shovels are Sheriff Mike Miner, Supervisors Don Burnikel and Jan McGovern, Auditor Julie Chapman and Deputy Tim Beckman.
Miner...
HOWARD COUNTY - On Saturday, March 31, grab a basket for eggs and head over to one of the many Easter Egg Hunts taking place in Howard County!
Cresco - Evans Memorial Home, 1010 North Elm Street, 10 a.m.
Cresco - Accura Healthcare, 701 Vernon Road, 10 a.m.
Elma - City Park, 10 a.m.
Lime...
Howard County - Everybody has budgets—families, businesses, government agencies. For most Americans, there are consequences for frivolous spending, such as repossession of items or eviction.
The federal government is now in debt $21 trillion! Perhaps legislators should take a page out of the...
Howard County - The Howard County Engineer’s Office and secondary road crew is going to be busy this summer with several bridge and pavement projects taking place in Howard County.
Day Labor Projects
Projects labeled as Day Labor are ones done by county employees and cost less than an amount...
CRESCO - Regional Health Services of Howard County welcomes Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Andi Hemesath, ARNP. Hemesath treats mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress...
Riceville - On May 5 at 9:30 a.m., racers from across the Midwest will converge on the Wapsi-Great Western Line (WGWL) Trail at 110 East Main Street, Riceville, for the IronHorse Half Marathon, 10K & 5K Race. This will be the first USA Track & Field Sanctioned race for Northern Iowa.
But...
Cresco - The 2018-19 school calendar was accepted by the Howard-Winneshiek Community School District board at its regular meeting on March 12.
Some of the information on the calendar is the start date of the 2018-19 school year as Aug. 23, 2018. The first semester will have 526.5 hours and ends...
Cresco - There was a recent incident that took place on the school grounds of Howard-Winneshiek Community School District. A ninth grade student was bullied.
He described his Jan. 18 experience during open forum at the school board meeting of March 12. He read a copy of what he sent to Dean of...
