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Altfillisch inventory nearing completion

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:32 pm

Website, brochure to showcase local architect

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The Fourth Wise Man

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:30 pm

(Retired Lutheran Pastor Ole Winter shares “Everything I ever needed to know I learned on a small Iowa Dairy Farm”  with Driftless Journal readers)

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PAWS UP renovation offers historic feel and modern-day passion for animals

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:22 pm

Inspiration plus opportunity adds up to a new chapter in history of Waukon entrepreneurs

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Area students nominated for America’s Service Academies

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:05 pm

Jacob Pipho of Decorah and Nicholas Dietzenbach of Cresco were among the area students nominated by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst to United States’ Service Academies.

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Seed Savers earns $20,000 grant

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:00 pm

Seed Savers Exchange, headquartered north of Decorah, was recently awarded a $20,000 Humanities Project Grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Three East Main Street lights to change hands

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:26 pm

In recent weeks, a hot topic for the Decorah City Council has been the decision to leave, or not to leave, a set of streetlights on East Main Street in the possession of the city. 

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Owl Moon bookwalk kicks off Thursday

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 9:49 pm

The Decorah Public Library, the Decorah Community School District and the Decorah Parks and Recreation Department are hosting a book walk which will begin Thursday, Dec. 23, in Phelps Park.

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No school at Decorah High on Wednesday

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 9:31 pm

In a notice to parents and faculty, Decorah Community School District (DCSD) administrators have announced there will be no school at Decorah High School Wednesday. Classes will be in session for other schools in the District.

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Updated: Rare winter thunderstorm, gale force winds rip through Driftless area

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 3:27 pm

Wild winter weather brewed up wind and rain Wednesday, Dec. 15, as near-record high temperatures met an impending cold front that caused an over 35-degree drop in temperatures and high wind gusts up to 70 mph in the Driftless region.
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NMP presents Matilda the Musical

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 3:00 pm

A young girl takes on the world . . . this January.

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Reports from the Winneshiek Co. Sheriff and Decorah PD

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 2:53 pm

 

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DCSD survey results showcase superintendent candidate skills

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 2:52 pm

With the recent resignation of Decorah Superintendent Mark Lane effective at the end of the current school year, the school board hired Grundmeyer Leader Search LLC to spearhead the search process. 

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Deadly crash Friday in Winneshiek County

Saturday, December 18, 2021 1:12 pm

A crash Friday night in Winneshiek County claimed the lives of two Decorah High School students and seriously injured three others.

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Continuing Winneshiek County’s K-9 tradition

Friday, December 17, 2021 11:06 pm

Rooster set to take over for retiring McCoy

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Tis the season for giving

Friday, December 17, 2021 11:00 pm

Toys for Tots and Kadens Kloset Decorah has served 143 children since Friday, Dec.10.

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Gov. Reynolds issues disaster proclamation for 43 counties impacted by severe weather

Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:55 pm

Thursday Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for 43 counties in response to Iowa’s Dec. 15 severe weather.

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MiEnergy makes progress on power restoration

Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:44 pm

The co-op’s distribution system has 35 broken poles and expects that total to increase as employees continue to assess damages.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum gifted former Pot Hollow Schoolhouse

Thursday, December 16, 2021 2:53 pm

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak recently acquired a one-room country schoolhouse to add to their exhibit. 

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Juvenile charged after incident at South Winn

Thursday, December 16, 2021 2:50 pm

The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault at the South Winneshiek Middle School in Ossian Wednesday, Dec. 8.

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The meaning of Kwanzaa

Thursday, December 16, 2021 2:36 pm

Kwanzaa is an annual week-long celebration observed just after Christmas through Jan. 1 honoring African heritage in African American culture. 

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