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ELMA - City leaders and Elma supporters have worked long and hard to get a clinic back in town.
The Elma Medical Clinic opened for business on Jan. 4, 2021, but it has been in the works since early 2017 and before.
When Howard-Winneshiek closed the Elma Elementary Center in June 2014, and the town...
LOURDES - On Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at 10:36 a.m., the Howard County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a semi that was overturned in the ditch on Highway 63 approximately one mile north of Lourdes.
The driver, Kevin Ames, age 50, of Lawler, and his passenger Chris Bullerman, age 29, of...
CRESCO - Devin James Antony, age 28, was last seen on Dec. 24, 2020. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office took a missing person report from Cresco on Dec. 28.
Antony may be driving a gray 2006 Cadillac CTS with Iowa license plate IVJ612. The car may have some front end damage from an unrelated...
The Howard County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a vehicle that struck a bicyclist.On Friday December 25, 2020. The Howard County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a bicyclist that was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Willow Ave & 200th St.,...
HOWARD COUNTY - It always seems to be the little old ladies. The ones who are on the quiet side and don’t make too many waves.
And then bam! You find out she squirreled away a small fortune and left $791,198.50 to local and national organizations!
That person was Shirley Bigalk Davis, and what a...
On Dec. 20, Immanual Lutheran Church in Cresco hosted an event called, “Path to the Newborn King” in its parking lot. People could walk through or drive their cars to see seven different stations celebrating the Christmas story. There were also live calves, sheep and a donkey.
Event coordinator...
“I never win anything,” exclaimed Holly O’Brien after she won the grand prize in the Times Plain Dealer’s Shop Local promotion. O’Brien won $60 in gift certificates to each local business that participated in the advertising campaign.
“I am excited to support our local businesses. I will be happy...
Christ Our Hope Cluster - 4 p.m. (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lawler); 5 p.m. (St. Mary, Waucoma); 6 p.m. (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Little Turkey)
Cresco First Lutheran - 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Cresco First United Methodist - 5 p.m.
Cresco Immanuel Lutheran - 11 a.m...
It was hard to tell who had the bigger smiles on their faces, the children or the firefighters!
On Saturday, Dec. 19, the Lime Springs and Chester Fire Departments worked together to bring Santa to their towns, after the annual town celebrations were cancelled due
CRESCO - The K-6 students at Notre Dame Catholic School had a special visit from the spirit of St. Nicholas on Friday, Dec. 4. The visit was in recognition of Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, which is celebrated on Dec. 6.
The Advent Committee at the school wanted to...
