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Cresco Council raising water, sewer rates again

CRESCO - With water and sewer capital projects on the horizon, Cresco City Council is looking at raising rates again to add to its reserve. The issue was discussed at the April 2 regular monthly meeting. City Clerk Michelle Girolamo explained the water and sewer accounts have a healthy reserve at...

Cresco Public Library Annual Used Book Sale is April 26-28

Cresco - The public is invited to attend the Cresco Public Library Annual Book Sale, hosted by the Friends of the Library. The sale takes place Thursday, April 26, 4-8 p.m.; Friday, April 27, 9-5 p.m., and Saturday the 28th, 9-12 noon. Donations of items in good condition are welcome during...

Jazz Spotlight 2018

HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA - Howard County residents enjoyed a night of food, fun, dancing, and jazz music during Crestwood Community School District’s Jazz Spotlight 2018 Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The 20th annual event featured Director Jason Dobbs and numerous student performers, including...

City of L.S. needs to separate elementary, SALC buildings

Lime Springs - The former Lime Springs/Chester Elementary School has been sold to Richard and Angela Cottrell of Arizona. They are now on site and have asked the City to separate the gymnasium part of the school from Spring Ahead Learning Center. Lime Springs City Council members authorized...

Jail cell comes down

CRESCO - An excavator from Mehmert Tiling removed the jail cell from the second floor of the old jail on Thursday, April 5. Chains had to be hooked up to the jail cell for it to be removed from the second floor.

Two Chicks in a Barn moving

CRESCO - Barb Eide and Nancy Wilson are keeping their trademark, Two Chicks in a Barn Gift Shop, even though they are moving from their location on Highway 9 to downtown Cresco at 215 N. Elm St. A sneak peek at the new store is taking place on Thursday, April 5 from 4-7 p.m. with a ribbon-...

Camp-Site celebrating 25 years

It takes courage and determination to go into business, but it also takes perseverance and a customer-friendly staff to grow into one of the most respected companies in Howard County. Camp-Site RV, Inc. is just that enterprise. The business originally had five employees (three of them owners) and...

‘And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank’ comes to Cresco

Cresco - The story of Anne Frank and her harrowing experience during the Holocaust, immortalized in her diary, is given a new telling and perspective in the production ‘And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank.’ Cresco Community Theatre Productions and Lanesboro Community...

There’s a new business in town

Cresco - Although only a freshman at University of Iowa, Haley Martin, daughter of Michael and Deb Martin of Cresco, was chosen to manage her own College Works Painting business. When all the students returned to college last fall, they were approached by different businesses and clubs, wanting...

Special program at CCC

CRESCO - Ernest and Karen Richards will be presenting “Our Present Heavenly Residence in Light of Our Wilderness Experience” all weekend, April 6-8, at Cresco Community Chapel. The Richards’ dialog about God’s incredible word begins on Friday evening at 7 p.m., with “Who ‘You’ IS (The Recurring...