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CRESCO - Council approved changing the Code of Ordinances pertaining to fees for waste. All rates will be prorated to increase by 4% on Jan. 1, 2023 for the next four years, ending Dec. 31, 2027.
Also effective Jan. 1, 2023, residential costs will be $22.21 for solid waste and $6.15 for recycling...
LIME SPRINGS - Fire Chief Scott Osmundson reported at the Feb. 7 council meeting, the department had a very busy January. “We had two house fires in town (Derrick and Michelle Ruggeberg and Candace Peterson) and a mutual aid for an Amish wood shed.”
The Ruggeberg fire was on a Saturday and only...
LIME SPRINGS - According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of love is “an intense feeling of deep affection” or “to feel deep affection for (someone).” According to Ron and Suzanne Ollendick, who will be celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary on Feb. 11, 2023, it’s much simpler and to the...
CRESCO - Chase away those winter blues by thinking about summer and the Mighty Howard County Fair, June 21-25!
One of the best deals at the fair, other than the free grounds shows, 4-H and FFA exhibits and animal shows, are the buttons to get into the Grandstand Shows Wednesday through Sunday. They...
CRESCO - At 8:54 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, the Howard County Sheriff’s Office took a 911 call of a shed fire at 7011 Unity Ave., northwest of Cresco.
Cresco Community Fire Department Chief Neal Stapelkamp said, “The entire shed was fully involved upon arrival, with fire threatening another...
What do farmers do for fun in the winter? Some of them build things with bales of hay!
Aaron and Maria Klingsheim live on the family farm, and brother Neil helps with milking.
Maria said, “Bale Man was Neil’s idea. He assembled the whole thing. Neil just got the idea in his head one night, and...
CRESCO - Recently, the Mighty Howard County Fair was recognized for its work with youth and the community.
Tom Barnes, Executive Secretary of the Fair Board, said, “We are so humbled that our peers in IAFE (International Association of Fair Expositions) have awarded the Mighty Howard County Fair...
HOWARD COUNTY - Sheriff Tim Beckman had an overly busy Friday, as he was the only officer available for the first half of the day, with one deputy at training and others coming on duty later.
He said, “From town you would never know it was bad out in the country. There was near white out conditions...
CALMAR - Masopust, the annual Czech Mardi Gras, will again be held at Pivo Brewery in Calmar. After 15 years of being held in Protivin, volunteers found it was easier to use a venue, which required less physical work for the volunteers.
It is being held on Saturday, Feb. 18, with the doors opening...
CRESCO - At the Jan. 23 bi-monthly meeting of Cresco City Council, members adopted the annual project list update to the Capital Improvements Plan, 2022-2027.
Those projects and the years they are to be started/completed include:
Completed by FY2025
~ Downtown Crosswalks & Sidewalks ($790,300...
