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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...
Howard County - Unless you live under a rock, the general public is probably aware that Iowa will be caucusing on Monday, Feb. 3.
That means Iowans are the first voters to cast their ballot in the nation out of a large pool of candidates for an individual he or she feels possesses many of the same...
AMES - The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team will host a five-session webinar entitled “Eye on Employees,” beginning Wednesday, Feb. 5 from noon-1 p.m.
The webinars will address the main concerns that farm and, more specifically, dairy employers face.
“Extension dairy...
ELMA - Parents of Elma Early Childhood Center (EECC) were told their children were moved to Elma Public Library for safety reasons, starting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
The EECC is connected to the old school building that is scheduled to be demolished in February. The City had hired a...
CRESCO - Regional Health Services of Howard County (RHSHC) announces a new partnership with Avera Health, based in Sioux Falls, S.D.
RHSHC Board of Trustees voted to sign an agreement with Avera Health at their Jan. 28, 2020 meeting. The new partnership begins July 1, 2020.
RHS will continue to be...
CRESCO - City Council members met in special session on Jan. 15 to discuss the budget with department heads. It lasted for over four-and-a-half hours. At the end of the process, the tentative budget had a $583,000 loss. After the budget session, numbers were refigured and the loss was reduced to $...
