Lime Springs - Most of the Lime Springs City Council dealt with reports from the various departments.
Fire Department: Nate Schwickerath stated the station was given a spring cleaning; the group is looking toward the Father’s Day breakfast; and members are having a gun raffle for Sweet Corn Days...
Elaine Weyers had a great send-off from her coworkers at Howard County Courthouse. After deciding to retire after 32 years, nine months in the Clerk of Court office, word spread throughout the courthouse.
“Someone decided to send out an e-mail. Each person participating received a number. So...
Howard County - Supt. Ted Ihns has anounced Howard-Winneshiek Community Schools will be adding minutes to each school day to make up for lost instructional time due to weather during the 17-18 school year.
Starting Monday, May 7 the district will be adding time to the current school day....
Cresco - Tiffany Ranweiler-Oblander, age 29, junior high and high school English teacher at Howard-Winneshiek Community School District was charged with Sexual Exploitation by a Counselor, Therapist or School Employee on May 3, 2018.
According to a press release issued by the school, “On Monday,...
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Riceville - Mary Margaret (Jennison) Yager, age 87, of Riceville, Iowa took her final stroll to the great schoolhouse in the sky on May 3, 2018.
Funeral services for Mary were held on May 7, 2018 at United Methodist Church in Riceville. Burial was held at Riverside...
Protivin -What happens when you turn 35? You throw yourself a party, that’s what! And that is exactly what Polashek’s Locker Services of Protivin is doing on May 5. The Locker wants to show its appreciation of all its customers, new and old, who have crossed its threshold since 1983.
Polashek’s...
CRESCO - Zion Cresco Days for Girls’ Team welcomes guest speaker Carol Redlinger of Riceville to the United Methodist Church Circle meeting in Cresco Wednesday, May 9 at 1:30 p.m. She has worked in Africa and has seen how the Day for Girls kits help change lives,
The public is invited to attend...
CRESCO - Meet Rick Slifka. He is a Freedom Rock Member and Commander of VFW Post 4561.
He is sharing information on the Korean War.
The United States Air Force became a separate military service on Sept. 18, 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. Prior to that, the...
Cresco - For her entire life, Dr. Andy McGuire has wanted to help people. As an MD, she worked one-on-one with patients, figuring out what ailed them. As a case manager, she worked with groups of people. She then started writing policies to help even more individuals.
Now she is running for...