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Crestwood DFS Scholarship

Howard County - Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is proud to announce that more than $200,000 in scholarships have been awarded to graduating seniors this year thanks to the Crestwood Dollars for Scholars (DFS) program. Seniors received their scholarships at the annual awards assembly...

Crestwood students recognized by Board of Ed.

CRESCO - It’s getting to be a broken record at the Howard-Winneshiek School Board meetings but in a good way. For the past several months, students have been recognized for their athletic and scholastic accomplishments. At the most recent board meeting on May 14, yearbook students gave a...

Healthy Students Project

CRESCO - Crestwood Elementary is creating a school environment that supports healthy behaviors and aims to empower students through nutrition education, school meals, and engagement of staff, parents, and the community through a project with the Iowa Department of Education. Crestwood Elementary...

Commencement Recap: Crestwood Class of 2018

CRESCO - Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is pleased to announce that 94 seniors from the Crestwood High School Class of 2018 received their diplomas at the 57th Annual Commencement on Sunday, May 20. The day was bittersweet for many attendees, including graduating seniors, their...

Skoda, students design mandala

CRESCO - Future art teacher Adam Skoda put some of his skills to work by doing a project with students at Notre Dame elementary. For years, he has put his artistic talent to use as a graphic artist. Now he is going to the University of Northern Iowa to teach others. He has two children at Notre...

Cyril John Neuzil, 80

July 11, 1937 — May 20, 2018 Spillville - Cyril John Neuzil, age 80, of Spillville, Iowa died　Sunday, May 20, 2018, at his home near Spillville of natural causes. Funeral Mass will be held at　10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, with Father...

Noel Lyn Schmidt, 50

Oct. 23, 1967 — March 27, 2018 Fredericksburg, VA. - Noel Lyn Schmidt, age 50, of Fredericksburg, Va. passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Mary Washington Hospital of colon cancer. A Celebration of Noel’s life will be held at 11:30 a.m., on Saturday, June 9, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church,...

Citizens of the Year named

Vernon Springs - It seems as though their entire lives have been geared toward service for others. After long careers as teachers at Howard-Winneshiek Community School District, Mark and Brenda Steffens Johnson continue helping others in many facets of their lives. With all their volunteerism,...

Freedom Rock Countdown

CRESCO - Meet Warren Steffen, Lee Pierce and Gary Klomp. All are members of the Freedom Rock Comm-ittee and American Legion Riders Post 135. Steffen, Pierce and Klomp are just three of the many passionate Legion Riders in Howard County. What do these guys want you to know about the Great War?...

Accident on Addison Ave.

Riceville - On Friday May 18, 2018 at 10:12 a.m., about 20 minutes after an accident east of Riceville, the Howard County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call for a two-vehicle crash at Addison Ave. and 160th St., south of Riceville. Marvin Reis, age 82 from Osage, went to cross Addison Ave....