CRESCO - Meet Marshall Rogne. He is the Howard County Veterans Affairs Director and member of the Freedom Rock.
This week’s final gun salute is to the War on Terrorism. On Sept. 20, 2001, George W. Bush declared “War on Terror” during the reactionary speech in which he sent America to war with...
CRESCO - Abby Kennon, a native of Lime Springs, serves as the Borlaug-Thomson Intern with the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation in Cresco this summer.
Kennon is a 2016 graduate of Crestwood High School. Her parents are Jeff and Tess Kennon, and she has a sister, Cassy. She will enter her junior...
Lucky 13. That’s how many acts performed for the first Howard County has got Talent contest on Tuesday, June 19, to open events at the Mighty Howard County Fair.
Dean Lickteig was Master of Ceremonies. He introduced the three judges, Emily Allison, Kelli Gosch and Barb Holstrom. The judges had a...
CRESCO - The 4-H and FFA Dairy Show was held on Wednesday, June 21 at the Mighty Howard County Fair. Many young students showed animals in several classes. Results will be in next week's Times Plain Dealer.
Rules and entry forms are attached for all the last-minute photographers out there!
Good Luck!
Howard County - Four deserving young ladies will be competing to earn the honor of being named the 2018 “Mighty” Howard County Fair Queen. The contest is sponsored by Farm Bureau and the Howard County Fair Board.
The four candidates include: Hope Dohlman, Cassie Hosek, Kayla Hruska and Karissa...
CRESCO - The Howard-Winneshiek Community School Foundation (HWCSF) held a celebration thanking its donors for their contributions to the PK-12 grade classrooms at the home of the late Jack Thomson on May 23.
Since its inception in 2016, HWCSF has given out over $33,000 in classroom grants to...
CRESCO - Meet Mike and Cindy Yslas. Veterans. Freedom Rock and American Legion Post 135 members. And yes, they are married (to each other). This week’s gun salute is to the Spanish-American War, lasting a mere three months, four weeks and two days. It was fought between Spain and the United...
CRESCO - Jason Passmore, executive director of Howard County Business & Tourism, welcomed everyone to the banquet and introduced President Alison Holten.
She spoke about problems facing the area. “Howard County has challenges to overcome, as do other rural and urban counties in Iowa. Two of...
Howard County - Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation June 11 for seven counties in response to flooding and severe weather beginning June 7 and continuing.
The governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe...