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HOWARD COUNTY - Everyone has been affected in some way by coronavirus (COVID-19). Many have felt the difference in the grocery store.  But there is a flip side to that coin. There are farmers out there, many of them from Howard County, who have had more than the usual amount of stress. One area is...
CRESCO - Sara Grimm has resigned as principal at Crestwood Elementary School. She will be the new principal at Hoover Elementary in Mason City. “It is very hard to leave Howard-Winneshiek. I have truly loved my time here. The preschool and elementary teachers here are incredible! They are so...
CRESCO - Police Chief Tim Ruroden reported sometime over Saturday night, May 23, vandals used black spray paint to write letters and symbols on North Elm businesses from the alley. Some of the businesses with damage include Outdoors & More, Cresco Bicycles, Scene Shop, The Hair Co. and Angie’s...
CRESCO - Each month the Northeast Iowa Food Bank from Waterloo has a truck filled with food come to Crestwood’s K-8 elementary to distribute food to anyone who needs it. Elaine Brookins noted there are as many as 36 volunteers who show up on the first Saturday of the month, but with the coronavirus...
CRESCO - Governor Kim Reynolds has been telling Iowans at her daily press conferences that she was waiting to slowly turn the dial, i.e. allow businesses to slowly open up. She kept her word. On April 27, she allowed businesses to open on May 1 in 77 of Iowa’s 99 counties, including Howard,...
HOWARD COUNTY - The primary election is still taking place on June 2, 2020.  Local, state and federal seats up for election, and those who turned in their papers include: • Howard County Sheriff ~Tim Beckman – Republican ~ Adam Hanson – Democrat • County Auditor ~ Julie Chapman – D • County Board...
DES MOINES - During her May 26 press conference, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the Disaster Emergency Proclamation will be extended through June 25, with changes to public health measures that have been in place. Live bands are now permitted at bars and restaurants, but must follow social distancing...
HOWARD COUNTY - On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 11:08 p.m., Howard County Deputy Sheriff Milan Grubl attempted to stop a Jeep Grand Cherokee for erratic driving at Highway 9 near Iris Ave. The vehicle took off westbound. The driver led Howard County deputies and Cresco police officers on a pursuit...
LIME SPRINGS - During Gov. Kim Reynolds’ press conference on May 13, Deputy Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health Sarah Reisetter stated Upper Iowa Beef in Lime Springs was another processing plant in the state of Iowa to have a coronavirus outbreak. During that afternoon’s Regional...
CRESCO - Since the closing of Cresco Fitness Center on March 17, and not opening until May 18, City Clerk Michelle Girolamo anticipates the facility will lose around $89,000 in revenues. At the May 4 City Council meeting, Girolamo reminded Council members of fitness center events. Schools closed on...

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