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Cresco - After being a strong local organization for 20 years, Cresco Community Lions Club decided to disband at its Dec. 3 meeting due to lack of membership.
The decision hit Don Wearda, who has been a Lions Club member since 1964, hard. He first became a member in New Hampton. The family then...
CRESCO - The Cresco, Iowa-based Mobile Mamma, a group of mothers dedicated to sharing resources, tools and education to help educate parents and prevent Internet bullying among children and youth, is making news nationally and internationally.
Mobile Mamma recently attended the International...
Elma - The deadline to submit grant applications to the Elma Area and Howard County Community Foundation 2019 grant cycle is 11:59 p.m. Jan. 31, 2019. The online grant application and grant guidelines for Elma may be found on the Community Foundation’s website at www.elmaareacf.org and for Howard...
Osage - Superintendent Barb Schwamman received the Administrator Impact award last week through the Computer Science Teachers’ Association (CSTA). The award included a paid trip to Chicago for Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code hosted by code.org.
According to the CSTA, “...
Cresco - Northeast Iowa Tourism Association in conjunction with Howard County Economic Development & Tourism is excited to announce the launch of their e-commerce site! You will find newly designed short sleeve and long sleeve t-shirts focusing on fishing, biking and kayaking in the best part...
About 10 vendors participated in the first-ever Shop Local Holiday Event at NICC, a partnership with Cresco Area Chamber of Commerce.
Santa and Mrs. Claus were available to chat with the kids, and refreshments of milk, hot cocoa and cookies were served.
Winners of Santa’s coloring contest were...
Cresco - There is still plenty of time to sign up for the Christmas in Howard County give-away.
Winners for this past week include: Cindy Grube, Cresco, winner of $25 gift certificate to McAllisters & Catering; Lowell Johnson, Cresco, $25 gift from The County Store; and Sarah Barth, Canton,...
Cresco - Winners drawn for the Chamber-sponsored Jingle in Your Pocket promotion on Dec. 7, and where they signed up, include:
Bob Tupy - Rupperts Ace Hardware; Sharon Wissing - Fisk Farm & Home; Joann Mrachek - Luethold’s; Jan Praska - Plantpeddler; Lindsay Barnes - Curtis Trees & Gifts;...
CRESCO - Gary and Marlene Aspenson have been residents of Howard County their entire lives. Now that they have sold their building, they are facing a much bigger change than retirement. They are moving away from Cresco to be with their children, who all live in the Des Moines area.
“Marlene and I...
By Nate Troy
Sports Editor
CRESCO - With the hopes that it is never needed, Crestwood High School hosted a Violent Intruder Training session supported by Eagle Ridge Tactical and Consulting on Wednesday, Nov. 21, to prepare teachers and administrators and instruct them what to do if this...
