The Lake Mills FFA Chapter held its Annual Banquet, Sunday, April 7, at the Lake Mills High School.
The FFA recognized outgoing Chapter Officers, top 10 fruit sellers, and academic achievement with a 3.5-4.0 GPA.
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Since its inception decades ago, social media has changed the world. As the popularity of social media exploded in the early part of the 21st century, various platforms emerged and ultimately affected movements pertaining to everything from politics to social justice to charitable efforts.
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The concensus from public health professionals around the world is to maintain continued social distancing to help prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus. Various events have been modified due to the pandemic, and weddings and bachelor/bachelorette parties have proven no exception.
Couples...
This young couple, met in their freshman year of college at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. As chance would have it, they even lived in the same dorm.
Besides these similarities, they also shared a college class, called Cultural Anthropology. They talked occasionally, but Nicole remembers...
The Winnebago County Conservation Board has voted to raise the camping rate at Dahle Park. This is the first change to the camping rate since 2004. All campsites at Dahle are numbered and include electrical outlets, and no more than one camping unit is allowed per campsite. Dahle Park is located...
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging Iowa high schools to conduct voter registration drives on Tuesday, March 30. The date coincides with the 50th anniversary of Iowa ratifying the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
Every school that...
Morgan Fritz, Lake Mills, was selected by Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen to sit for the “Faces of Iowa State” portrait project.
Six ISU students were nominated by their colleges as being exceptional students who have shown resiliency and positivity during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Iowa has administered its one-millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine less than three months after the first Pfizer doses were given to health care workers in the state starting December 15, 2020.
“Today (March 12) is another important milestone in Iowa’s strong recovery from the pandemic. This has...
Although Drew Anderson graduated from Hampton-Dumont High School, he spent a couple of his first formative years in Lake Mills, during kindergarten and first grade.
Anderson has multiple ties with Lake Mills and northern Iowa. Anderson’s mother, Mary Schreiner-Anderson is a graduate of Lake Mills...
Kiley McGuire is the new social worker for the Lake Mills Care Center. She took over the position Feb. 19, but actually started at the Care Center, Jan. 20, 2021, learning the job.
McGuire grew up mostly in north Iowa, moving to Rochester, Minn. with her family, and graduated from Mayo High School...
As of 7 a.m., Tuesday morning, March 16, Iowa has tested 4,259,222 individuals. Of those tested, 3,871,955 tested negative and 371,182 tested positive. There have been 325,371 individuals who have recovered and 5,642 deaths have been recorded in the state. Numbers by surrounding counties: Winnebago...
