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CRESCO - Crestwood High School held its 2022 Homecoming Coronation on Sunday, Sept. 18. Christopher Bigalk was named the King while Grace Prochaska was tabbed as the Queen.
CRESCO - At the Sept. 7 meeting, Cresco Council members voted 4-1 (Jan Carman, Alex Fortune, Gary Kriener and Rich McConnell for and Amy Bouska against) to allow other sanitation companies into the town of Cresco for commercial pickups. Commercial businesses use dumpsters for their refuse.
The...
CRESCO - A two-in-one fun night is being held just outside the Cresco Theatre.
Everyone is invited to a game and family movie night, sponsored by Cresco Police Department.
The fun starts at 6:30 p.m., when children and adults can play some lawn games and hang out with local police officers. There...
LIME SPRINGS - Homesteader Lezlie Ceran grows mushrooms in her house. She is, in fact, the only indoor organic mushroom grower in the state of Iowa.
Under the banner of One World Micro Echo Farm, Ceran grows oyster mushrooms in 36 growing buckets stacked four high under a humidity tent in her...
CRESCO - Parents worry about their kids.
Is worry what woke up Katie Gooder on April 27, just one day after she and Zach brought their newborn home from the hospital? Was it mother’s intuition? Was it divine intervention?
Whatever it was, it was just the first in a string of miracles that resulted...
RIDGEWAY - Deborah Hackman raises Monarch butterflies. On the surface, that may sound like an easy thing to do, but it’s not. From hunting down teenie-tiny eggs laid on milkweed plants to releasing beautiful Monarch butterflies to fly away and live their best lives, the process is intensive and...
CRESCO - The Cresco, IA Team of Days for Girls International met Tuesday, Aug. 16 for a regular sewing workshop and to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
Guests of honor were Marcella Keune, accompanied by her daughter Martha Keune. Marcella gave the initial lesson on “Feminine Hygiene Issues in...
HOWARD COUNTY - As summer is winding down, Howard County Engineer Nick Rissman gave an update on roads in the county.
“Most of our projects have or are moving along as expected. Bridge OD-13, on the LeRoy blacktop, was completed by Peterson Contractors and opened to traffic at the end of July.”
In...
DES MOINES - Auditor of State Rob Sand congratulated counties, cities and school districts across Iowa for participating in the Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) program.
Howard-Winneshiek CSD in 3A was recognized by Sand. Second runner up in the 3A system was Sioux Central. Another area...
DES MOINES - Iowans can begin requesting absentee ballots for the November general election starting today, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced. State law allows Iowans to request absentee ballots beginning 70 days before an election. County auditors will begin mailing absentee ballots to those...
