Lance Helming and Brynn Rognes were crowned 2024 LMHS prom king and queen after the Grand March, Saturday evening, April 20.
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As of 7:45 a.m., Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, Iowa has tested 867,124 individuals. Of those tested, 765,003 tested negative and 100,507 tested positive. There have been 78,020 individuals who have recovered and 1,481 deaths have been recorded in the state. Numbers by surrounding counties: Winnebago–...
Halloween may look different this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Allison Rice, RN/Clinical Manager for Winnebago County Public Health, offered these comments, “Because kids trick or treat outside, many parents may be more inclined to let their children go door-to-door. But, given the nature...
Luke Groe, left, and TJ Hanson, right, took turns driving the auger cart on Sunday, while working for Storby Seeds, Lake Mills, as they were combining beans in this field near the five-mile curve, off of Hwy. 69, south.
“Things have been going well with the harvest, which has been drier than...
Last December 2019, Phyllis Pederson, Lake Mills, and her friend, Su Evans, Joice, were visiting. After Phyllis talked about her diagnosis of a terminal illness with Su, she brought up the issue of wanting to do two things before she passed, or as some call it, a bucket list. One of these goals was...
As of 7:40 a.m., Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, Iowa has tested 827,177 individuals. Of those tested, 93,383 tested positive; 72,145 individuals have recovered; and 1,398 deaths have been recorded in the state. Numbers by surrounding counties: Winnebago–345 positive, 206 recovered, 14 deaths; Worth–118...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) opened applications on Sept. 21 for the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2). This program will offer payments to farmers and ranchers who may have suffered economic impacts caused by the coronavirus.
Many farmers and ranchers are eligible to...
Bobbie Gostout, M.D., president of Mayo Clinic Health System, will retire at the end of the year after 24 years of excellence in clinical practice, research, and education, as well as administration.
As president of Mayo Clinic Health System for the past five years, Dr. Gostout set the strategic...
Kellie Steele has opened a new business in Albert Lea—EJ’s Mercantile—located at 102 W. Clark St. (former Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau). Renovations on the building began in August and the business was ready to open mid-September.
The mercantile focuses on gifts for families or new...
The Iowa deer hunting tradition will be passed on to about 10,000 young hunters who are participating in the youth deer season, which opened Sept. 19. The season is designed as a mentor-styled hunt, matching young hunters with a licensed adult to teach proper deer hunting techniques, wildlife...
Iowa’s recently completed annual pheasant survey is great news for hunters–statewide, Iowa averaged 20.2 birds per 30-mile route, up significantly from 2019, with six of the nine survey regions averaging more than 20 pheasants per route, the most since 2007.
“Pheasant hunters should expect...
