News
CRESCO - Sometimes it is hard to imagine a gray-haired man in a wheelchair as a young man in the Army walking among the dead on different islands in the Pacific during WWII.
But that is exactly what Harold Munkel witnessed over 70 years ago, and his memory of those experiences is as vivid today...
CRESCO - Once again Memorial Day is upon us . . . a time for honoring men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day, became an official federal holiday in 1971 but this year the Times Plain Dealer will honor and talk with a living service member, who dedicated and served...
Lime Springs - Community Art Show was sponsored by the Lime Springs Library and Oneota Club. It was held Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 2-5 p.m.
There were 69 featured artists who displayed quilts, pencil drawings, crocheted and knitted items, watercolor paintings, wood carvings, coloring pictures...
CRESCO - The Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no...
CRESCO - Have you ever met a talking dog, a REAL talking dog?
Get ready, because you are about to meet America’s funniest canine, and his name is “Irving.” Together with his partner, comedian/Ventriloquist Todd Oliver, this duo has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with...
CRESCO - Howard County Farm Bureau Outreach Coordinator Rachel Myers presents a new Children’s Story Hour event at Cresco Public Library for three weeks in June.
Children are invited to come to the library to hear farm-theme stories and participate in a craft project Wednesday, June 7, 14 and 28...
• 8 a.m. Elma Area Services at St. Cecelia, Colonial Manor (8:30), Maple Leaf (9), Lourdes (9:30), Elma Cemeteries (11)
• 8:30 a.m. Services at Riceville (St. Peter’s Lutheran, Calvary and Saratoga Cemeteries)
• 8:45 a.m. Chester Hill Cemetery
• 9 a.m. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Protivin, then...
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad will resign as governor of Iowa on Wednesday, May 24, at 10 a.m. and immediately be sworn in as U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. The U.S. Senate confirmed Branstad Monday by a vote of 82-13.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think that a boy...
CRESCO - Howard County Sheriff Mike Miner hosted a memorial service for Deputy Sheriff Stevan H. Owen and all fallen officers of the law on Monday, May 15, for National Police Officer Week.
Showing that “Blue Lives Matter,” current and former officers, as well as many staff at Howard County...
CRESCO - On the occasion of her retirement June 30, 2017 from Notre Dame Catholic School, Principal Wendy Schatz’s career comes full circle.
After graduating from Luther College in Decorah in 1972, Schatz’s teaching career began at St. Joseph’s Grade School in Cresco. She retires from the same...
