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HOWARD COUNTY - Forget Waldo! Where’s Santa?
Santa is usually pretty busy keeping the elves engaged making toys up until the week before Thanksgiving. Then he relaxes for a few days.
And just like Grandpa, he takes a big long nap after Thanksgiving dinner to rest up for the holiday rush!
Then he...
CRESCO - This year, the cheerleading competition squad consisted of select football cheerleaders.
The team participated at three competitions — the Spartan Challenge at the University of Dubuque; the Triton Challenge at Iowa Central Community College; and the Iowa State Cheerleading Championships...
CRESCO - Cresco City Council met for its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 7. The majority of the meeting was learning more about the Downtown Crosswalk Reconstruction Project, which is in the Nov. 16 issue.
Police Chief Tim Ruroden was pleased to say that officer Blake Welper graduated from the...
LIME SPRINGS - Drew Weber of Bolton & Menk attended the Nov. 1 Lime Springs City Council meeting to give an update on the various street projects he is working on.
“First of all, I’d like to say that Tyler [Smith, Public Works Director] is very humble about how much work he is helping with on...
VERNON SPRINGS - Who needs television when you can find better entertainment by locals that you know?
That’s what happened on Friday, Nov. 18 when celebrity waiters were the stars of the Cresco Chamber of Commerce and Cresco Industrial Development Corporation banquet at the Country Club.
Each...
CRESCO - Everything needs updating at some time or another. Look around your house or office. You can’t say the walls don’t need repainting or papered at least every decade, or that recliner that leans 10 degrees to the right doesn’t need to be replaced.
There are only so many phone books that can...
CRESCO - Exciting changes are afoot in the radiology department of Regional Health Services of Howard County.
Full Time MRI
MRI imaging is used extensively in a wide variety of departments – from Orthopedics to Neurology to Gastroenterology to sports injuries – so the imaging services are...
CRESCO - A half-dozen business property owners along N. Elm St. spoke against the City of Cresco’s proposal to replace all the sidewalks, even the ones that had been re-constructed in 2019 and 2021, in the crosswalk project.
Daren Sikkink and Scott Huneke from WHKS, City Engineers, reported on the...
CRESCO - Legion and VFW members were honored at ceremonies held at Crestwood High School and Notre Dame Elementary on Nov. 10. In addition, they visited with fifth graders at Crestwood Elementary.
Some of the veterans took advantage of breakfast at the high school and lunch with the Notre Dame...
CRESCO - The Board of Directors of Country Winds Manor (CWM) made the hard decision of closing its doors at a special meeting on Oct. 31.
The Patty Elwood Center (which focuses on patients with dementia) will close in 60 days, per Iowa Code, which is Jan. 6 and the Donald Lundak Center (which is...
