Residents of Howard County have begun the Marathon Bible Read in the courthouse lawn, starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 7. The entire will be read until it is done, which will be sometime Sunday afternoon.
Chairs of the event are Julie Haslerud, Jimmy Sidebottom and Duane Heit.
Reader Gary...
Cresco - “If you do what you’re passionate about, work can be fun” is the way Tim Huhe looks at life. Actually, it is the way the entire Huhe family looks at life.
That concept and being good stewards of the land were part of the reason the Huhes were named winners of the Gary Wergin Good Farm...
CRESCO - Rod Blum, the U.S. Representative to Iowa’s First Congressional District, took time out of his schedule to visit the new Featherlite Training Center in Cresco on May 30. He later was the featured speaker at the Howard County Business & Tourism Banquet.
Justin Queensland, Feath-erlite...
CRESCO - Meet Ed Fontes and Loren Lienhard. Both are veterans of the United States Army and members of the Freedom Rock Committee.
This week’s gun salute is to the Vietnam War, as it is known around the world, but is known as the ‘American War’ in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War is the longest war in...
Cresco - It is hard to believe, but school is out and that means the Mighty Howard County Fair, June 20-24, is just around the corner.
Now is the time to start thinking about entering some of the fun contests taking place. They include food, drink, creativity and other categories and can be found...
Chester - Milestones are an important part of any aspect of life, and the City of Chester is celebrating a milestone this year . . . being in existence since 1858!
The community and Partners in Progress are ramping up the annual Old Settlers Day! This year, an extra day is being added to double...
CRESCO - Notre Dame Parish presents a teaching and exposition of Sacred Relics on Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will teach about these holy objects. He will bring with him over 150 relics, some as old as 2,000 years.
Among the treasures will be...
Howard County - Unofficial results of the June 5 primary election in Howard County will become official after canvasing of the votes on Monday, June 11. As it stands now, results for the local election, which determines who will be on the ballot in November, will be canvased at the Monday, June...
Cresco - There is no excuse for someone being bored this weekend with all that is going on in the area!
For three days, June 1-3, the first-in-the-area Sniff n Splash event is taking place at the Howard County Fairgrounds.
Riceville is having its 38th annual Ag Day on Friday, June 1.
On Saturday...
Noah Joseph, a first grade student at Crestwood elementary, has proven being visually impaired doesn’t hold him down.
His teacher, Becca Ornter said, “He has loved painting this whole semester and really enjoyed creating this piece ‘Circles of Color’ in class. He is always making artwork as ‘...