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Motivational speaker Jeff Yalden to speak on suicide at Crestwood

CRESCO - The family and friends of Kyler Bina, who lost him to suicide on April 17, 2017, have brought motivational speaker and mental health professional Jeff Yalden to Cresco. He will answer questions about teen depression and suicide at Crestwood High School for students at 12:45 p.m. and...

CARE thinks Christmas in Oct.

CRESCO - The CARE (Communities About Reaching Everyone) Board met last week to prepare for Christmas. That’s right. Christmas. The Christmas Program assists families with children with gifts for the holidays. Many children are lucky enough to get everything on their Christmas wish list. A new...

Commercial assessments up 22 percent

Howard County - Owners of commercial properties in Howard County were in for a shock when they picked up their mail last week and found property assessments increased 22 percent over last year. The last commercial equalization order was passed in 2009 for a nine percent increase. The raises will...

A&W hosts Coffee with a Cop

CRESCO - A&W/Long John Silver’s hosted the first Coffee with a Cop event on Oct. 4 featuring members of the Cresco Police Department and Howard County Sheriff’s Department. Police Chief Tim Ruroden noted the event was a helpful way for community residents to talk freely with members of the...

Eide carries on upholstery, caning traditions

CRESCO - Wikipedia defines caning as, “a method of weaving a chair seat and other furniture, either while building new chairs or in the process of cane chair repair.” Wikipedia defines upholstering as, “providing furniture with a soft padded covering.” Finding someone who knows how to do caning...

Meet the Democratic candidates —Iowa gubernatorial, congressional candidates, presidential surrogate in Cresco

CRESCO - Approximately 50 people from Howard County and surrounding areas gathered at Kessel Lodge last week to listen to Iowa gubernatorial and congressional candidates, along with a surrogate for the first declared presidential candidate for 2020, John Delaney, at a meeting of the Howard County...

Times changing at Clinic . . . literally

CRESCO - The Cresco Medical Clinic expands its hours to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning Monday, Oct. 9. Vice President Ancillary Services Katie Thompson said, “Starting Oct. 9, the clinic will be open until 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We are available for all types of...

Neighborhood takes on big hog

Howard County - There is a small group of people in Howard County who are putting the saying “One person can make a difference” to the test. A group of neighbors, Northeast Iowans for Clean Air and Water (NEICAW), is fighting Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) by forming a covenant....

Parents worst nightmare

CRESCO - Local fourth graders learned the consequences of not being safe during the second 4-H Farm Safety Education Day held at the Howard County Fairgrounds on Sept. 21. On Nov. 6, 2016, three-year-old Madisyn Frye was playing at her grandparents’, Todd and Lauri Kaeser, farm near Rossville....

Therapy Dog Visits Notre Dame Elementary

CRESCO - Students at Notre Dame Elementary received a special visitor last week in the form of MJ, a therapy dog-in-training. Lisa Kammerer stopped by the school to introduce MJ to the students and to explain the golden retriever’s duties as a therapy animal. Lead Teacher Renee Cuvelier welcomed...