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Winneshiek County task force fights opioid battle on local fronts

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 10:56 am

Helping Services for Youth and Families Prevention Specialist Jon Vagts presented an update on the task force’s progress to the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors.

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Fair Board requests $25,000, reports fair week lineup is looking ‘pretty good’

Monday, February 5, 2024 9:06 am

The Winneshiek County Fair is getting bigger and better.

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Johnson follows her dreams, releases first EP of music career

Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:49 am

Decorah native Helen Johnson has been musical all her life, and in the fall of 2023, she celebrated the release of her first EP containing five songs for which she’s written all the music and lyrics.

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Supervisors opt to pay $900,000 911 tower bill through Emergency Management

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 2:18 pm

Such an expense will cause property taxes to increase slightly, but everyone involved in the discussion, during the Jan. 22 meeting of the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, agreed the way Winneshiek County is achieving the upgrade is the best deal for its taxpayers.

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Phillips explains ‘floodway fringe’ building ordinance for Freeport property sale

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 11:13 am

Van Der Maten reports no burial site at location

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Dr. Riedel files lawsuit against community college

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:54 am

NICC: Higher Learning Commission finds no merit in former president’s complaints

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Winneshiek County Conservation reports growing numbers post-COVID

Thursday, January 25, 2024 11:52 am

Schroeder said the biggest 2023 event was the Earth Day Festival at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds, in which attendees filled the Community Building. The WCCB will be hosting that event again on April 20 this year.

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Driftless Health: Emerging Whole Wellness brings new energy to the Driftless area

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 2:04 pm

“I have been a nurse since I was 25 years old, and behavioral health is my background, and I found that what people were really needing was a place of connection,” Meinecke said. “The more research they do, the more they’re finding that healing has so much to do with connection and feeling safe in your body — and your nervous system settling enough to heal.”

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Following public hearing, supervisors unanimously vote to reject bids on Freeport property

Friday, January 12, 2024 10:51 am

376 area residents sign petition to halt county sale

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Sewn in love: Nordhuses reflect on 52 years in business, 65 years of marriage

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 8:45 am

Not often does a good marriage and good business go hand-in-hand. But for Dwaine and Lorraine Nordhus, of Postville, it’s been a dream and a blessing. They have built and operated Suhdron Fabrics, located in Monona, for the past 52 years. And, for the communities they have lived and worked in, they  have helped build so much more than that.

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