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Meet H-W school board candidates

The Nov. 2 election will be for city offices of mayor and council members and candidates for school board directors. This week, the Times Plain Dealer asked the candidates for Howard-Winneshiek School Board to answer questions about their abilities and intentions. City election candidates will be...

$1 million grant awarded to H.C. recreational trail

CRESCO - “Project Coordinator Craig [Fencl] did a tremendous job of writing the grant. It is a huge ‘get’ for Howard County . . . a once-in-a-lifetime funding for trail repairs,” said Howard County Conservation Director Jeff Korsmo. Prairie Springs and Prairie Farmer Recreation Trails will be...

Celebrating anniversary, new hire

CRESCO - October is National Chiropractic Month, and Dr. John and Sarah Gehling are also celebrating being in business for 15 years! The couple opened Cresco Chiropractic Clinic, located at 407 7th St. SW, on Oct. 30, 2006. Since then the business has grown. It now boasts three chiropractors and...

Happy 104th to Alvin Sommer!

Howard County’s oldest resident, Alvin Sommer turned 104 on Thursday, Sept. 30 with a party in the afternoon. There was birthday cake and cookies for residents of Cresco Assisted Living, veterans and friends of the centenarian. In addition, the group was recorded singing the birthday song, which...

Sportsmanship present at CC meet

It was a gorgeous Saturday morning for being outdoors and watching an athletic competition. With the sun beating down and temperatures rising as the morning progressed, it probably wasn’t so great for the cross country runners. The Crestwood Junior Varsity girls’ and boys’ teams both placed second...

Victory Bell returns to sideline

CRESCO - Have you ever walked by something day after day and noticed it, but then disregarded it in the next second? Of course. But there are two juniors at Crestwood High School who are a little different than most. They notice things. During track in spring 2021, Drew Jackson and Zach Mehmert...

Ridgeway native saving cheetahs, rhinos, elephants

RIDGEWAY - Timothy Spalla is one of those people who has put a lot of living into his young life — including hunting down guerrilla leaders, fighting against wildlife poachers, being founder and CEO of Agile Analytics Group, attending college and being a husband and dad. He was raised in Ridgeway...

Merrill St. Bridge project

LIME SPRINGS - Howard County Engineer Nick Rissman attended the Sept. 7 Lime Springs City Council meeting to go over plans for the Merrill Street Bridge and discuss the Howard County Wind Farm Urban Renewal Plan. He had talked with Brian Malm of Bolton & Menk Engineering, who explained the...

Lutheran Church gets okay for Little Pantry at L.S. CC

LIME SPRINGS - Becky Pahl approached the Lime Springs City Council during open forum to get the okay to put in a Little Pantry outside of the Community Center. “This would be for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s ‘God’s Work. Our Hands.’ project. It is the same idea as the Little Library (where books...

YM partners with Fareway

NORTHEAST IOWA - The last week of September in the Cresco, Decorah, Manchester and Waukon Fareway locations shoppers will be receiving a Youth Mentoring grocery stuffer as they check out with information about how to get involved in Youth Mentoring. Informational posters on Youth Mentoring and ways...