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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Archangels Catholic Cluster recognized the 40th ordination anniversary of Father Paul Lippstock, on Sunday, May 27, at St. Wenceslaus Church, Duncan. A reception followed at the Duncan Community Center.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a donation from the Science Center of Iowa of a cross section from a 440-year-old white oak tree.
This is one of two cross sections from the tree—the other is displayed at the Science Center of Iowa in downtown Des Moines. The tree cross section is...
A Girl Scout troop from Lake Mills toured the historic office of Secretary of State Paul Pate at the Iowa State Capitol for Girl Scout Day on the Hill, accompanied by Ona Van Heiden. The students were provided an informational tour of the office by Secretary Paul Pate’s staff, which included...
The North Iowa Area Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and NIACC Pappajohn Center are proud to announce that 5 Alarm Brewing has been awarded Business of the Month for May 2018 by America’s SBDC Iowa. 5 Alarm Brewing was nominated by the North Iowa Area SBDC for this honor. Every month, all...
Event to take place June 20 near Kanawha
Weeds, herbicides, cover crops and sulfur fertilization of corn will highlight the summer field day at the Iowa State University Northern Research and Demonstration Farm near Kanawha.
The field day will take place Wednesday, June 20, at the farm’s north...
On Friday, June 1, at 13:54 hours, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a male that had been shot at 8559 390th St., Thompson. Upon officers arriving on the scene, they found a male with a gunshot wound. He was then transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center, MasonCity...
If you read the results of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “Monitoring the Future” survey, you might be surprised to find that substance abuse rates among teens are at all-time lows in many categories. Of course, the veracity of the results has to be considered, as all the responses are...
Removal of the high school gymnasium floor began prior to the official end of the school year, and thanks to finding mimimal concrete work needed underneath, the laying of the new floor started earlier this week.
It is anticipated that the new floor will be completed by late July, with remnants of...
On the day Oscar returned from furlough, Nov. 11, 1918, WWI had ended, and the Armistice was being signed. His unit was ‘pulled back’ and he was assigned to Luxembourg to tend livestock that had been used in the war, and awaited discharge. The series concludes with the second part of his diary....
New, more secure Medicare cards are being mailed to Medicare participants. The new number will be unique to every person with Medicare. The old cards are being replaced because they were based on a person’s Social Security number. Scammers sometimes use Social Security numbers to try to steal...
