Students traveled to Starmont High School, Saturday, March 15, for State IE Contest. Students performed well with several overall 1 ratings.
Students traveled to Starmont High School, Saturday, March 15, for State IE Contest. Students performed well with several overall 1 ratings. Claire Levine (Senior): Poetry and Solo Musical Theater (Overall 1 ratings, Straight 1s); Chike Ikefuama (Senior): After Dinner Speaking (Overall 1 rating,...
Dan May, Forest City, was honored at BrickStreet Theatre’s annual Volunteer Recognition event Monday, March 17, with the Mary Beth Wooldridge Volunteerism Award. The award, named in honor of an early founder of BrickStreet, was presented by Donna Lair, a close friend of Mary Beth.
“Dan has left...
The second blizzard of March blew across the state last Wednesday, March 19, starting early in the morning and lasting a majority of the day. Winter Storm Nyla dumped 10” in Lake Mills, Algona reported 12.5”, Buffalo Center reported 11”, Forest City reported 6.8”, and Albert Lea, Minn. reported 6...
When you think of Iowa, what are things that come to mind? Did you know that Iowa has 99 counties and 101 courthouses?
Tyler Sullivan is an Iowa City native and has been traveling the state for the last eight years. For the last five years, he has been going to every city on the Iowa road map and...
Winnebago County is slated to invest over 6 million dollars in road and bridge work through the summer of 2025, including work on over 37 miles of county blacktops and two bridges.
The County secured a $6.15 million urban renewal bond last September, leveraging tax revenue from the Crystal Lake...
Fort and Schlegel C.P.A., P.C. recently released an audit report on the City of Lake Mills.
The City’s receipts totaled $7,236,945 for the year ended June 30, 2024, a 1.1 percent decrease over the prior year. Disbursements for the year ended June 30, 2024 totaled $6,346,667, a 3.97 percent...
The LMCS kindergarten and first grade students presented their spring program to a full house last Thursday evening, March 13, in the auditorium. Songs included: The Bunny Song, Friendly Bunnies, A Friendship Song, Scary Woods, Howl!, The Wolves!, Bunny Talent, Adorable, Bunnies and Wolves, and The...
You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and you just know, in your gut, that he/she is a good person? Like, genuinely good? Like, ”good to the core,” good? That’s how I feel about our March Reader of the Month, Willie Skellenger.
I’ve known Willie a long time. In that 40-plus year...
Waldorf University is pleased to announce the hiring of Michael Wirth as head men’s basketball coach. Originally from Thompson, and a graduate of North Iowa High School in Buffalo Center, Wirth returns to North Iowa from Arizona, where he spent the last 23 years teaching and coaching basketball at...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Clear Lake Wildlife Unit in Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties.
Areas scheduled for prescribed burns are Elk Creek Marsh,...
