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CRESCO - All three of Cresco’s school buildings have been given $50,000 a piece from an Iowa grant to upgrade the existing security system, parts of which date back nearly 15 years.
Superintendent Kris Einck has been focused on providing a state-of-the-art security system to protect every student...
CRESCO - Held at the Heritage Center last week, the Howard County Business and Tourism banquet saw and celebrated a number of leaders from Howard County.
Sue Barnes with the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, started the banquet with a warm welcome.
Hot dinner was catered by...
CRESCO - Crestwood senior Meredith Moore, daughter of Josh and Barb Moore, has been accepted into the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), and will march in the Kings Royal New Year’s Day Parade in London early January of next year.
Meredith Moore is a Cresco native, and takes pride in her community...
HOWARD COUNTY - The Cresco Times Plain Dealer is announcing the Like Mother Like Daughter Look-a-like contest starting April 17!
To participate, send a close up picture of you and your loved one and email it to tpdeditor@crescotimes.com, or drop off a photo at our office, located on 214 North Elm...
CRESCO - The Cresco Police Department has announced the purchase of a Silver Labrador. Several donations over the last couple of months, as well as a significantly large donation from a private donor made it possible.
Training, veterinarian fees, adding a cage to one of the vehicles, and other...
ELMA - The Elma Community Complex Board (ECC) has been chosen as The Times Plain Dealer’s Organization of the Year!
The City of Elma has raised over 1.3 million dollars since 2018 to support the ECC, and surpassed its original goal of 1.2 million. Although there have been hiccups along the way, the...
CRESCO - Crestwood Elementary principal and well known sports coach Doug Sickles has been named the Cresco Times Plain Dealer’s Educator of the Year!
Sickles started his career in education early in life, growing up in the Wapsi Valley school district. He was inspired by his coaches, lighting a...
CRESCO - The late Steve McCarville of Cresco has been named the 2024 Citizen of the Year by The Times Plain Dealer!
McCarville was born and raised in Cresco and dedicated his life to the town. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1974, where he participated competitively in cross country,...
CRESCO - Lots of fun was to be had at the Pheasant’s Forever Banquet! Delicious food was catered in and games and prizes were awarded all night!
The six hour event included a silent auction, a live auction, a poker game, a general raffle, a 4 gun raffle, card games, a banner raffle, an early bird...
CRESCO - The local horticulture business Plantpeddler was recently selected for a mini-documentary for the PBS Viewpoint Project. A camera crew and producer were at Plantpeddler touring the different greenhouses Thursday, March 28.
Filming of the Plantpeddler staff and the greenhouses, as well as...
