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PROTIVIN - The Protivin Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) held its 9th annual turtle stew and soup supper on Nov. 7. The department made more food than ever before and sold out faster than ever before, everything was sold out by 6:15.  Funds from this year’s supper are going towards building a new...
DES MOINES - State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is celebrating the gift of education with College Savings Iowa with a holiday season giveaway.  “I look forward to the end of each calendar year as a way to help families realize an important gift to give is right in front of them,” said Fitzgerald. “...
CRESCO - There is still time to sign up for the virtual Cresco Industrial Development Corporation (CIDC)/Chamber Banquet on Thursday, Nov. 19 by calling the Chamber at 563-547-3434. Staff members have been working hard to make the event special. Lots of things have made 2020 a less-than-stellar...
NORTHEAST IOWA - “War is hell.”  That is the phrase made famous by General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War. “War is hell. You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.”  Nobody knows that more than the soldiers who were held captive as...
CRESCO - On Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 Regional Health Services of Howard County, the Cresco Chamber and Scott and Stephanie Thomson and family held a private ribbon cutting ceremony for the Thomson-Jones Chemotherapy and Infusion Center — now open for services at RHSHC as of Nov. 3, 2020.  The Thomson...
HOWARD COUNTY - (Disclaimer: All results are unofficial as of press time on Monday morning.) Polls closed at 9 p.m. in Howard County, but it wasn’t until two hours later they were released. This year had an unusually large number of mail-in ballots, both locally and nationally, and it took extra...
DES MOINES - Craig and Flossie Morrison were inducted into the 2020 4-H Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony on Aug. 23. Morrisons are currently residents of Evans Memorial Home. Craig and Flossie are both graduates of Iowa State University and continue to be avid ISU supporters.  Northeast Iowa...
HOWARD COUNTY - As many locals have learned, with Veterans Day being a holiday, and Nov. 11 fell on Wednesday, the Times Plain Dealer was delivered a day early. Staff is always excited when the Veterans Day section is printed because everyone loves a veteran. They deserve our respect and...
CRESCO - This year’s Crestwood High School musical “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” that was scheduled for Nov. 13-15, has been postponed to the weekend of Dec. 11-13 due to extenuating circumstances.  The focus of the director and administration has and continues to be what is in the best...
HOWARD COUNTY - In efforts to understand the prevention needs of Howard County, Helping Services for Youth & Families conducted survey interviews with 30 community members from multiple sectors of the county.  These surveys measured the community awareness and knowledge of local efforts for...

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