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E-911 working on new tower

Howard County - Technology is a great thing, especially when it helps local emergency personnel communicate with each other. But what happens when one of the “cogs” in the system goes out? That’s what happened last July when the Saratoga tower went down during a straight-line wind storm....

Classes at Riceville closed after threat

Riceville - Following a threat to “shoot up” Riceville Community School, classes were canceled on Thursday (Feb. 22). Law enforcement was in the building Friday and Saturday in an attempt to assure district parents and students, as well as teams visiting the school for Saturday’s District Speech...

LS native conducts orchestra at silent movie

CRESCO - Lime Springs native and Crestwood High School graduate James Ripley, who currently serves as Director of Instrumental Music Activities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., returns to Northeast Iowa Sunday, March 4 to conduct the Carthage Wind Orchestra in two Cresco events. Ripley and...

Law enforcement has busy week

Howard County - Several incidents have taken place over the past week in Howard County. Elma: Elma Locker & Grocery Inc. was broken into Tuesday, Feb. 20 around 2:37 a.m. Owner Roger Meirick received a call from his security company and missed the perpetrators by minutes, according to Howard...

Supt. gives update on legislation affecting Iowa school districts

CRESCO - Howard-Winneshiek Supt. Ted Ihns told members at the Feb. 12 school board meeting what was taking place in Des Moines in this legislative session. There were some good and bad things coming up the pike. So far, it is just a proposal, but allowable growth for the coming year is likely to...

Crestwood graduate Deborah Ihns speaks to chemistry classes

Howard County - Deborah Ihns, a 1980 graduate of Crestwood High School and sister of Howard-Winneshiek Superintendent Ted Ihns, and Director of Research and Development of Ecolab, Inc., in St. Paul, Minn., recently spoke to Crestwood students in Elizabeth Siepker’s chemistry classes. Ihns said, “...

Seeing mushers, dog sleds up close

Elma - When you are old and sitting in a rocker on the front porch reflecting on your life, what will you see? If you are Darrell Knecht, Howard County Emergency Management Coordinator of Elma, you wouldn’t be caught in a rocker if there is something outdoorsy to do. He is always trying anything...

Housing rehabilitation grants now available

Northeast Iowa - Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission is accepting applications for housing rehabilitation\improvement projects. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines awarded UERPC $733,700 in funding to be used to assist 29 households with homeowner rehabilitation. Funding limits...

Crestwood NHS raises funds for American Heart Assoc.

Howard County - The Crestwood High School National Honor Society recently raised over $945 for the American Heart Association during the month of February, designated as ‘Heart Month.’ The National Honor Society invited the Cadet Nation to join them in ‘Red Out’ the American Heart Association’s...

RHS dry needling treatment for muscle trigger points

CRESCO - Regional Health Services of Howard County now offers a new treatment for those experiencing muscular pain: Dry needling. Jenn Kuehner, DPT and Director of Rehab Services and Alex Engelken, DPT and DN1 at Regional Health Services, say dry needling is a relatively new service offered in...