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CRESCO - C.A.R.E. is ramping up to assist Howard County families in need as the few weeks before school, will soon dwindle to days. C.A.R.E., a nonprofit organization, established in 2007, hoping that with assisting with backpacks and school supplies it will alleviate some of the “big bucks” it...
Waterloo - Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging has its Aug. meals planned. Each meal includes milk. Meals are offered on a contribution basis for people over 60 years of age. Actual cost for the meal is $8.28. People under 60 must pay the actual cost.
Meal locations in Howard County are as...
CRESCO - Regional Health Services of Howard County alerts parents to make sure they get their teenagers vaccinated in compliance with a change to Iowa’s immunization law.
Beginning for the 2017-18 school year, and for all future school years, all students entering, advancing or transferring into...
CRESCO - There was an informational meeting for helpers associated with RAGBRAI® (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) on Monday.
Volunteers were given lanyards with a condensed Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) packet attached.
For anyone who did not attend the meeting, the answers...
CRESCO - As with many great ideas, one inspiration led to another, which led to another, with the end result of Cresco’s RAGBRAI® XLV theme being “Pedal to the Paranormal.”
Cresco and Howard County are not scary places, but they do have a few curious and unusual occurrences that are beyond...
RIDGEWAY - The severe thunderstorm on Wednesday, July 19, hit Ridgeway and areas surrounding Ridgeway.
PROTIVIN - A severe thunderstorm swept through Protivin on Wednesday, July 19. The entire town of Protivin lost power Wednesday night, July 19, around 6 p.m. and it was restored early Thursday morning, July 20.
CRESCO - A severe thunderstorm hit Cresco and Howard County hard on Wednesday, July 19. Wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour brought down numerous trees around Cresco Wednesday. Power was out through most of the town from 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 to 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20.
CRESCO - RAGBRAI® assures Cresco officials there will be 12,000-15,000 authorized and non-authorized riders on the July 27 overnight stop, with an additional 5,000 support personnel.
That’s a lot of people!
Things have certainly changed since RAGBRAI®’s first ride in 1973. For the first few...
CRESCO - Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is here, and it will kill your ash trees unless they are treated. That is what experts told 30 or so individuals who attended the informational meeting on July 12 at the Featherlite Center.
The first Howard County sighting of EAB was discovered in Cresco in mid-...
