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History of radio in Cresco

CRESCO - A year ago, Super C (102.3 Radio) celebrated its 30th year on the air. Believe it or not, KCZQ wasn’t the first radio station, or the second, in Cresco. It wasn’t even the third! The first record of an AM radio station is mentioned on the website https://jeff560.tripod.com/chrono1.html. ...

Elma Filmmaker’s Award-winning Jean Seberg Documentary has premiere

ELMA - The award-winning documentary “Jean Seberg: Actress Activist Icon” will have its broadcast premiere on WQPT-Quad Cities PBS and screen one time on Sunday, March 27 at 7 p.m. The film was produced by Regional Emmy-nominated Elma writer/filmmaker Garry McGee of McMarr, Ltd. and Mid-America...

CWM turning the corner

CRESCO - Last fall, Country Winds Manor (CWM) was worried about keeping its doors open. Now, with a new managing partner, administrator and director of nursing, as well as other dedicated staff on board, the long term dementia facility is looking past hoping to make payroll and toward opening the...

Fish & Game Club’s Annual Wild Game Feed

CHESTER - Have you ever tasted venison goulash? What about broasted pheasant? Well now’s your chance to try these delicious foods and more at the Lime Springs/Chester Fish & Game Club’s Annual Wild Game Feed. This year, The Wild Game Feed will be held March 19 at the Chester Community Center....

John Hall authors first book

MINNEAPOLIS - Former Times Plain Dealer publisher and Featherlite Director of Corporate Communications John K. Hall has written thousands of articles and press releases in his various careers. But the one he is probably most proud of is a World War II book based on a true story, Rare Encounter. It...

Shipman gets 20 years

CRESCO - Steven James Shipman, age 49, of Cresco, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he agreed to a plea bargain on March 14. Shipman had two charges against him involving 12 and 13-year-old boys. One took place over the Labor Day weekend 2021 and several incidents from Nov. 16-25, 2020....

SALC/LS City lease still not signed

LIME SPRINGS - Call it a discussion, call it an argument, call it a test of wills, whatever it is, the lease between Spring Ahead Learning Center (SALC) and the City of Lime Springs will again be on the agenda for April. Nothing was resolved at the March 1 meeting. Observers continue to hope some...

Ihns leaving H-W

CRESCO - Supt. Ted Ihns will be leaving Howard-Winneshiek CSD after being head of the school since 2017. He accepted the position of Supt. at Indianola CSD, which is located 12-15 miles south of Des Moines. “It is the right time,” he said of leaving his home school, having graduated from Crestwood...

Second road fatality in less than two weeks

HOWARD COUNTY - Just nine days after Howard County’s first road fatality of the year, a second took place. Alex Patrick Hanson, age 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle accident, which took place at 10:46 p.m. on Saturday, March 12. Hanson was driving a 2009 Pontiac G6, southbound...

Student firefighters face live fire in burn trailer

LIME SPRINGS - The FireFighter One class got some hands-on training with live fire in front of the Lime Springs Fire Station on Thursday, March 3, when the “Burn Trailer” rolled into town. The Fire Service Training Bureau’s (FSTB) Mobile Prop Training Burn Trailer is a traveling training scenario...