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CRESCO - CUSB Bank proudly announced the donation of $75,000 to the Howard County Fair’s Ag Education Center.
The Ag Education Center is a 22,900 square foot livestock facility located on the Howard County Fairgrounds in Cresco. The Center features a modern swine production area, a modern milking...
Des Moines - Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the Libertarian Party of Iowa has obtained official political party status in Iowa, effective March 1.
It joins Democrat, Republican and No Party as official party statuses.
The Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee, Gary Johnson,...
Johnston, Iowa - Iowa Public Television announced today the premiere of “The Eagles of Decorah.” The documentary will premiere Wednesday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. It will also air Saturday, March 11 at 8 a.m.
“The Eagles of Decorah” takes a captivating look into the private lives of bald eagles,...
Decorah - The Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation (NEICAC) Board of Directors voted Monday night, Feb. 27, 2017, at their regularly scheduled Board meeting to close the longtime Family Planning/Health Services clinic in Decorah after June 30, 2017 when their contract with the Iowa...
Winneshiek County - Law enforcement officials in Winneshiek County are looking for the party responsible for killing a bald eagle.
The dead eagle was recovered March 3 from a road ditch four miles north of the Turkey Valley Community School in southwest Winneshiek County.
Anyone with information is...
Protivin - This past weekend the area saw a little bit of everything — rain, sleet, snow, thundershowers and wind, but that didn’t stop hundreds from making their way to Protivin to attend the 11th Annual Masopust on Saturday, Feb. 25.
The Czech Mardi Gras, which was led by first-time chair...
CRESCO - Mary Haas, DO, joins the medical staff at Regional Health Services of Howard County this month.
Originally from the Des Moines area, Dr. Haas is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, and received her medical education from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She...
CRESCO - A local church and community volunteers have a long-standing connection to Pine Ridge Reservation, the Native American reservation located in South Dakota. The reservation is featured in ‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder’, presented by Roaring Fire Films. The...
Howard County - There was nobody from the public at the hearing for the Fiscal 2018 budget to learn that the supervisors decreased the overall county levy by 39.598¢ per thousand of valuations.
Even with the decrease though, there is still an increase of $118,526 in taxes collected due to an...
Howard County - Just as the terms hoosegow or calaboose have evolved into jail or prison over the past century-and-a-half, so has the structure of the building itself. And that includes the current Howard County Jail.
Since it was built in 1882, many changes have taken place to update the...
