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LIME SPRINGS - At the April 5, 2022 meeting, Council members learned the City of Lime Springs can start taking down the Tienter and Jenkins buildings on Willard St. whenever contractors are able to begin.
The City was hoping to get some financial help for the asbestos removal and demolition through...
CRESCO - The 2022-2023 Howard-Winneshiek CSD calendar was approved at the April 11 board meeting.
Supt. Ted Ihns said, “It is very similar to what it has been in the last five years.” School will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and end on Monday, May 23, unless there are make-up hours.
There should not...
CRESCO - The Howard-Winneshiek Community School District’s Board of Education is pleased to announce that they have selected three candidates to interview for their superintendent vacancy. The candidates selected for interviews are:
• Kris Einck, Decorah, Iowa – Mr. Einck is currently the...
HOWARD COUNTY - In the U.S. there were 100,306 drug overdose deaths from April 2020 to April 2021. Of those deaths 75% were due to Opioids. Howard County’s Prevention 5 substance abuse coalition is partnering with the Howard County Sheriff’s Department for National Drug Take Back Day on April 30th...
CRESCO - If hugs were worth money, Mrs. Amy Schroeder would be a millionaire! And sometimes hugs are enough!
The care and compassion she has shown students over the years helped secure her being named Educator of the Year in the Times Plain Dealer’s Hall of Fame. This is the first time an Educator...
CRESCO - There’s a new name and a new mission for the old Cresco Farmer’s Market. Re-dubbed the “Cresco Open Air Market,” the newly envisioned, weekly recurring event focuses on much more than just produce and bakery items.
The old Farmer’s Market, which started in 2008, was once billed as the...
CRESCO - At the April 4, 2022 City Council meeting, members approved plans for the four pickleball courts at Evans Park.
The cost is between $57,000 and $135,000, so it has to go for quotes from three contractors.
The project also includes tennis courts, fencing, asphalt, nets and painting.
• In...
CRESCO - With the start of the next fiscal year creeping up on July 1, 2022, Howard-Winneshiek School board members hired McPherson & Jacobson, Executive Recruitment and Development to assist in the hiring of a new superintendent.
Timeline
April 13 — School /community input meetings
April 13...
CRESCO - At the April 4, 2022 City Council meeting, Josh Dank of Clapsaddle-Garber Associates (CGA) reported that two bids were received for the Runway Drainage Improvements Project: Skyline Construction at $102,700 and Mehmert Tiling at $99,245. The low bid was accepted.
Two alternatives were...
DES MOINES -- Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Howard County in response to the April 12 severe weather. The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to, and recover from, the effects of this severe weather in Howard County. Other counties...
