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Decorah - The Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival was held April 13, at the Center for the Arts, Luther College, Decorah. The festival, free and open to the public, was attended by hundreds of adults and children.
The festival’s goals are to promote, inspire and engage youth in Science,...
CRESCO - A large group of family and friends gathered north of the train in Beadle Park on Friday, April 28, to honor a long-time volunteer with a tree.
Cresco Mayor Mark Bohle read the proclamation:
Whereas, In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special...
Howard County - A special election for a not-to-exceed $5 million bond referendum narrowly passed at the May 2 election. The referendum had to pass by 60 percent of those voting.
With 61.35 percent of voters saying “yes,” Howard County will now start the process of fine-tuning the architecture...
Today, May 2 is election day for the not-to-exceed $5 million bond referendum for a new law enforcement/jail in Howard County. The polls opened at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m.
Polling places include Lime Springs Community Center, Saratoga Township Hall, Immaculate Conception Church in...
CRESCO - High school juniors and their parents will be able to get information on the college financial aid process during a free presentation offered by Crestwood Dollars for Scholars, Crestwood High School and the Iowa College Access Network® (ICAN).
The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. on...
CRESCO - The Citizen of the Year award doesn’t seem to encompass the true meaning behind it. Perhaps it should be called Citizen of the Decade or even better . . . Citizen of the Half-Century. Well maybe that went a little far since that might date a lady!
Regardless, the Citizen of the Year...
CRESCO - Driving down the tree-lined streets of Anytown, U.S.A., it is hard to imagine what is happening behind the curtains of those quaint homes.
On the outside it seems all candy and roses, but on the inside it is dark and scary.
That is what one family is trying to explain in the book, “...
CRESCO - A group of community members in Albion/Forest City Township has been meeting weekly since they found out a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) for Reicks View Farms of Lawler was to be constructed in their neighborhood, on property owned by Delbert Ihns. They then found out...
Howard County - Howard-Winneshiek Board of Education authorized the hiring of an Activities Director/Dean of Student Services for the next school year at the board meeting on April 10.
For the 2014-15 school year, the district hired Brian Hilsabeck for the same position, but he resigned after one...
Vernon Springs - The weather couldn’t have been better, the four-legged canines more social and the people more excited than for the HEART’s (Helping Every Animal Rescue Team) 1st Annual Walk N’ Wag at Prairie’s Edge Nature Center, on Saturday, April 22.
HEART is a nonprofit, formerly known as...
