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Music Booster Chili Supper Sept. 9

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 9:10 pm

Decorah Music Boosters will host a chili supper in the high school cafeteria Sept. 9 prior to the Decorah vs. West Delaware varsity football game.

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Bunad has strong family ties

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:38 pm

A custom hardanger fiddle commissioned in the style of family’s bunad. 

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VA expands eligibility for Veterans with Agent Orange and burn pit exposure

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:36 pm

PACT Act passes, benefits Veterans and survivors

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Jones enters guilty plea to felony charges linked to lottery

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:31 pm

Fourteen additional felony charges filed by Fillmore County

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Library announces September book groups

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 8:12 am

Decorah Public Library will host six book discussions in September.

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s slated Sept. 17

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 1:48 pm

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Sept 17 starting at the Decorah Municipal Center.

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Mentors sought for John Cline School students

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 1:41 pm

John Cline Elementary School is looking for volunteers to serve as school-based mentors for kindergarten through second-grade students.

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For the Record: Decorah’s “Pilot to Permanent” intersection projects explained by city engineer

Friday, August 26, 2022 9:46 pm

In this edition, Decorah City Engineer Jeremy Bril, P.E., Ph.D., CFM, discusses several forthcoming temporary traffic patterns to be implemented at intersections of heightened concern.

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BINGO in the park Sept. 18

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 6:55 pm

Join Driftless Multimedia and Decorah Rocks to play bingo in the park.

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Season tickets on sale for Center Stage Series

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 4:47 pm

Luther College will host six world-class performances as part of the upcoming 2022-23 Center Stage Series.

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Dean Beckman earns choral director honors

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:40 pm

Decorah Middle School music teacher Dean Beckman is the recipient of the Outstanding Elementary/Middle School Choral Educator Award, presented by the Iowa Choral Directors Association (ICDA) at their annual Summer Symposium.

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Mechanic Street closure slated Tuesday

Monday, August 22, 2022 9:16 pm

City of Decorah has notified residents of a Mechanic Street closure between Water Street and Broadway Street Tuesday, Aug. 23.

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Therapeutic classroom grant awarded to DCSD

Monday, August 22, 2022 3:17 pm

The Decorah Community School District (DCSD) was among 10 school districts in the state earning therapeutic classroom grants.

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West Union man was so excited, he left his $1 million-winning ticket behind

Saturday, August 20, 2022 11:56 pm

A northeast Iowa man said he was so flustered when he realized he’d won a $1 million Mega Millions prize that he left his winning ticket behind at the store where he checked it. But there is a happy ending.

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Historic one-room schoolhouse moved to new site in Burr Oak

Friday, August 19, 2022 10:00 pm

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum Board of Directors in Burr Oak has big plans for a long-awaited museum experience.

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Driftless Outdoors: Prospecting for dog days panfish

Friday, August 19, 2022 9:43 pm

August kicked off with the lowest river levels seen on the Mississippi since 2006. The flow was about 18 inches lower in 1988 and 1967.  Back then siltation wasn’t a factor on pool 9.  But it certainly is today.

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Recycle bins approved for downtown Decorah

Friday, August 19, 2022 7:31 pm

The Decorah Sustainability Commission (DSC) recently approved a project to install recycle bins in the downtown Decorah area.

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WMC sets Sept. 1 community picnic

Friday, August 19, 2022 8:06 am

Winneshiek Medical Center (WMC) in Decorah will host the traditional Grand Community Picnic Thursday, Sept. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. on the WMC campus.

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Center for Belonging Folk School sets fall events

Friday, August 19, 2022 7:55 am

Upcoming workshops sponsored by the Center for Belonging Folk School are focused on community-building through song, vocal expression and conflict resolution.

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Reports from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office

Thursday, August 18, 2022 9:56 pm

Reports from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office are first published in the Public Opinion on Thursdays…..

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