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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Diamond Jo Casino awarded a prize pool of $6,500 to six local charities that participated in the property’s holiday competition, “Wreaths of Hope,” at a celebratory check presentation ceremony held on Friday, December 17. Non-profit organizations that decorated wreaths at Diamond Jo Casino received...
FTSB held their annual Christmas coloring contest for second grade students. Pictured above are the winners in each class with Lory Groe of FTSB (L-R): Katelyn Petersburg, Anna Menke, and Kinley Laudner.
Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (WCTA) and Aureon recently presented a $3,000 grant to the Lake Mills Parks and Recreation Department to support their project in raising funds for an 18-hole Mini Golf Park. Their goal is to allow community members to participate at no cost and also...
At the final council meeting of the year, outgoing Mayor Candy Hanna was presented with a key to the City and a Certificate of Appreciation for her service to the City.
Hanna was a council member from 2006-2015 and served as mayor from 2016-21. She is pictured above with City Clerk Dorene Holstad.
In 2019, Mary Wise and her husband transformed their family auctioning business in Manly into a venue called Lanterns and Lace.
Throughout their time in the auction business, people suggested that she open the building up for venue reservations. When she and her husband were ready to retire, they...
Farmers State Bank (F$B) celebrated their 100th anniversary, Nov. 15, 2021. Like many businesses, the bank went through many challenges over the past century, including surviving the Great Depression.
F$B is an independent community bank, owned and operated by individuals who grew up in the...
Kyra Reps, Northwood, is a semifinalist for the 2022 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) Quilt Week® to be held Feb. 23-26, 2022, at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Krya has been chosen to display the quilt, Aurora (pictured above), along with 240 others in this contest.
First, second and...
After more than 16 years in business in Buffalo Center, Bison Laserwash has a new owner who will continue to provide a convenient service to motorists on Hwy. 9.
Brian Abele purchased the car wash in October from the group of five owners who opened the business in the summer of 2005, including...
Mavis Bergo, 91, Lake Mills, sustained injuries in a car/train accident last Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16.
The Iowa State Patrol reports that Bergo was driving her 2008 Ford Edge (pictured above) north on S. Washington Ave. when she failed to stop at the intersection with S. 6th Ave. W., and...
Snowy Owls breed in the open landscapes of the Arctic Tundra. During summers with abundant food (particularly lemmings), many young are produced, and the following winter, many of those young owls disperse south into the US to look for winter prey. When large numbers of owls move south in winter it...
