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.
News
The term “fake news” gained traction during the 2016 U.S. presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and it has since become a familiar phrase in the American political vernacular.
Could fake news factor into the current presidential election season? The QAnon movement has been...
Kristin Avery, DO, joins MercyOne Clear Lake Pediatric and Adolescent Care. Dr. Avery grew up in Clear Lake and is excited to be back in her home town. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa, her medical degree from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the extension of more than a dozen flexibilities ensuring participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) continue receiving the food and health support they need during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Top photo: An $1,800 grant was presented to the Lake Mills Fire Department to support their project in raising funds for two-way radios, to improve communications while on a call and at the scene. Their hope is to provide all their officers with Motorola Two Way Radios. This will also help improve...
Mavis Halvorson, Northwood, along with daughters, Jill Halvorson and Rachel Bowman, have enjoyed receiving and reading Mavis’ subscription of the Our Iowa magazine, published by-monthly in Ames.
In the April/May issue 2020, they found an advertisement that peaked their interest. Mavis wanted to...
The Lake Mills Car Wash, located on S. Mill St. and owned by Scott and Joan Flugum, received a splash of color last week. Cindy Nelson, a family friend and artist from Loxahatchee, Fla., painted a colorful mural on the east wall of the business. The mural took approximately three-and-a-half days to...
BY BONNIE KAY BALDWIN
LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC
Like all things the past seven months that have been interrupted, postponed and shaken up by the COVID-19 epidemic, so has the realization of a noteworthy event bestowed on a Forest City teacher.
In January of 2020, Melissa Taft, Lake Mills, a Forest City...
Winnebago County Public Health is offering Community Flu Clinics.
You will be screened for COVID-19. If you have ANY COVID symptoms, you will be turned away. Please DO NOT come to any flu clinic ill or with Covid-19 symptoms
Please social distance and wear a mask
Have your insurance card ready,...
As of 7:30 a.m., Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, Iowa has tested 744,857 individuals. Of those tested, 81,099 tested positive; 59,161 individuals have recovered; and 1,284 deaths have been recorded in the state. Numbers by surrounding counties: Winnebago–275 positive, 142 recovered, 11 deaths; Worth–103...
When one thinks of grain bin hazards, entrapment most often is the first thing that comes to mind – and with good reason. It takes less than five seconds to become helplessly trapped in flowing grain and less than 30 seconds to become fully engulfed.
But grain bin hazards aren’t limited to...
