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Allergies or COVID? Emergency physicians explain how to tell the difference

Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:21 pm

The springtime sniffles are here, and it can be tricky to determine whether common symptoms are due to COVID-19 or seasonal allergies. 

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New Minowa Players Scholarship Deadline April 22

Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:10 pm

The scholarship is offered to students graduating from a high school within 30 miles of Decorah and to those who will be entering college after a gap year. 

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Iowa rises above sea of sameness as a Midwest flyover state, bares its “Soul” in new campaign

Thursday, April 21, 2022 1:48 pm

Iowa’s about to turn some assumptions upside down, and our own backyard in Decorah is in the spotlight as one of the featured cities.

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Schrandt to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Thursday, April 21, 2022 1:47 pm

Edna Schrandt of Decorah is being inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame today (Thursday) in Des Moines. 

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Area attractions earn Iowa Tourism awards

Thursday, April 21, 2022 12:14 pm

Several Driftless area attrations have earned awards at the 2022 Iowa Tourism Conference.

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Annual FFA awards presented

Thursday, April 21, 2022 4:47 am

The 85th annual Decorah FFA Awards Program was held recently with approximately 300 in attendance. 

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FFA members excel at State Conference

Thursday, April 21, 2022 4:37 am

The Decorah FFA competed at the 94th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference earlier this month at Iowa State University in Ames.

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Field to Fork: In celebration of flavor

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1:37 pm

Here in Iowa the snow flies well into April, but there is still a lot of amazing local food available this time of year. Here are three ways to embrace early spring foods.

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DHS students earn distinguished honors

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 9:49 pm

Twelve Decorah High School students earned distinguished honors in the 2021 High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM).

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Winneshiek County Fair grandstand entertainment announced

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 7:51 pm

The entertainment plans for the 2022 Winneshiek County Fair have been released, with a full lineup of exciting acts, events and entertainment.

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Decorah Chorale in concert May 1

Monday, April 18, 2022 10:59 pm

The Decorah Chorale will present a spring concert Sunday, May 1 at Decorah Lutheran Church.

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DRIFTLESS HOME AND GARDEN: Six ways to make your garden more successful

Saturday, April 16, 2022 9:28 pm

In addition to adding beauty to a property, gardens can offset grocery costs by yielding produce. 

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Getting ‘Walking Space’ from headspace into the Driftless

Saturday, April 16, 2022 1:17 pm

As explained on walkingspace.org, Boddicker imagined “a place in North America where people would gather, walk, and re-sync their hectic lives with nature and fellow walkers.”

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Bowling fundraiser for memorial scholarship a success

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:35 pm

Over $16,000 raised for Karter Einck Memorial Scholarship

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Grammy award-winning bluegrass duo in Decorah April 23

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:32 pm

Families are invited to come to campus an hour early at 1 p.m., to enjoy activities planned by students from the Center for Sustainability Communities in celebration of Earth Day.

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Updates in Whittle murder case

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:30 pm

No appearance April 12; dates for pretrial conference, jury trial set

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DRIFTLESS HOME AND GARDEN: Former dentist office in Harmony becomes Petra’s Garden Airbnb

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:25 pm

Michael Himlie purchased the former Sattler Dental Clinic last year and has converted it into the attractive Petra’s Garden.

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DRIFTLESS HOME AND GARDEN: Waukon High School participates in annual house project

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:21 pm

Eleventh house built under WHS construction program

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Greetings from the Statehouse: A bill to increase parents’ access to information was passed

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:11 pm

HF 2577, a bill to increase parents’ access to information of what’s being taught to their kids, was passed in the House. School districts and teachers are required to post the syllabus, textbooks, related core materials and a list of instructional materials to an online portal parents can access.

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Klimesh’s Corner: Senate passes Maternal Support Programs and more

Friday, April 15, 2022 9:09 pm

As we moved towards the scheduled adjournment of April 19, the Senate addressed a number of policies ranging from addressing nuisance bars, permitting electronic insurance notices, to language and literacy development for deaf children.

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