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LIME SPRINGS - Jen Smith was unanimously appointed the newest member of the City Council to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Brad Johnson. In addition, the new city clerk, Jane Tibbals, was officially approved at the March 3 meeting. • Other items discussed included department reports....
LIME SPRINGS - Brian Malm and Katie Sterk of Bolton & Menk, the town’s engineering company, updated the new City Council on costs of upcoming projects.   Water Tower This is one of the less expensive projects on the city’s radar, but it still comes in at a whopping $350,000-400,000, members...
PROTIVIN - The Howard County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a hit-and-run at The Place Sports Bar & Grill in Protivin. According to a statement released by the Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at approximately 7:50 p.m., a 911 call was received from the establishment saying a...
HOWARD COUNTY - The Times Plain Dealer is sad to say it did not receive many nominations for Citizen of the Year, Organization or Hall of Fame awards.  Everybody knows someone who has tirelessly gave of their time to their community or county. Now is the time to recognize those people. Our local...
DAVIS CORNERS - On Thursday morning, Feb. 13, at 11:31,  The Howard County Sheriff’ Office received a report that two semis collided at Davis Corners (Hwy. 9 and 63 intersection).   George Khaburzania, 32, from Brooklyn, N.Y. was south bound in a 2015 Volvo semi tractor owned by Nexus Logistics,...
Cresco - Howard County Sheriff Mike Miner informed the Board of Supervisors he would be retiring at the end of his term on Dec. 31. 2020. “I’ve been with the Howard County Sheriff’s Office for 43 years, and I am currently the longest-serving employee. I spent 23 of those years as a deputy, nine as...
Cresco - Friends of Pat Joiner were not surprised to learn she had been nominated for KIMT TV’s February Giving Your Best Volunteer of the Month award, but she sure was! “It is very important to help others,” Joiner told reporter Calyn Thompson, “I enjoy it. Thank you and thank Debbie (Hovey) for...
CRESCO - The Cresco Community Fire Department was paged to a residential structure at 12442 Old New Oregon Road in rural Cresco at 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5.   According to Fire Chief Neal Stapelkamp, the home owner, Mike Grube, was asleep on the first floor when he was awakened by heat and...
A fire at the Mike Grube home on Old New Oregon Road, south of Cresco, was completely destroyed by fire. According to Cresco Fire Department's Second Assistant Chief Wayne Kerian, the call went out at 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday night, Feb. 5. He believes there were no injuries. Mutual aid was called...
HOWARD COUNTY - Due to a glitch in the app the Iowa Democratic party was using to calculate winners of the First-in-the-Nation caucus, nobody knew who had won the race Monday evening, Feb. 3.  In fact, the first numbers released only showed 62% of the precincts counted. Howard County was one of the...

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