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Renaissance Festival ticket winners announced
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 4:12 pm
The Decorah Leader is pleased to announce the winners of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival tickets.
Weary Ramblers perform Aug. 15
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 9:05 am
The Weary Ramblers will perform in concert Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. as part of the Lawn Chair Night summer concert series.
The concert will be on Washington Street
Children’s show auditions slated Aug. 23
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 5:16 pm
Auditions for the New Minowa Players annual children’s show, “How The Camel Got Its Hump”, will be held Friday, Aug. 23, beginning at 6 p.m. at New Minowa Players Theatre, 906 South Mill Street, Decorah.
Nathan Tricky Allen to bring magic, comedy to Castalia Tractor Day Aug. 31
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 1:53 pm
The people of Castalia had a city celebration last year, for the first time since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dubbed the “Castalia Revival,” the event featured live music, a car and tractor show, a UTV parade and more. This year’s celebration, which will be held Aug. 31, will also feature the magic and adult comedy of Nathan Tricky Allen, who once lived in Frankville.
Supervisors approve rezoning for biodigester 3-2, after turbulent public hearing
Monday, August 12, 2024 4:19 pm
“The construction of the biodigester is not what the rezoning is (for),” Steines said before the public hearing began. “This board’s action, today, won’t approve or prohibit the construction of that digester. This board is deciding, if the digester is built, whether they can refine the gasses that are put out by the digester at this location. That’s what the zoning is for — the processing and refining of gasses.”
‘Hats Off to Iowa’ Aug. 15
Sunday, August 11, 2024 5:14 pm
The Town and Country Garden Club invites the public to attend an Artistic Crafts Display “Hats Off to Iowa” at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 701 Iowa Avenue, Decorah, on Thursday, Aug. 15 from noon to 6 p.m.
County road project provides Spillville opportunity to update water mains
Thursday, August 8, 2024 4:35 pm
Spillville’s water system has been in need of replacement for more than a decade, and the county’s resurfacing of Winneshiek County Road W14 has provided an opportunity for such a project to take place.
Jones sentenced to 27 months on theft and forgery charges
Thursday, August 8, 2024 4:27 pm
Victims feel Jones should receive heavier sentence
The hunt is on – Decorah Fish Hatchery aims to engage with public via mobile-based scavenger hunts
Thursday, August 8, 2024 1:43 pm
Visitors to the Decorah Fish Hatchery may soon be looking at their phones more often but, rather than being a digital distraction, the phones may be a sign the hatchery’s plan to increase engagement with the public is working.
Supervisors approve rezoning for biodigester 3-2, after turbulent public hearing
Thursday, August 8, 2024 1:38 pm
A request to rezone a piece of rural Ridgeway property from agricultural to industrial was approved in a 3-2 vote by the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors following a public hearing on the issue Monday morning.
Decorah man charged in Mill Street stabbing
Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:13 am
A Decorah man was arrested following an alleged stabbing the evening of July 31.
PHOTO GALLERY: Streets of Nordic Fest
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 11:41 am
The streets of Decorah were once again aflutter with Scandinavian flags and festivities during the annual Nordic Fest celebration. The 2024 festival began with its opening ceremonies the evening of July 25 outside the Winneshiek County Courthouse. Locals and visitors …
Driftless Puzzle solutions August 6
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 9:28 am
Across 3. ‘The Heater from Van Meter.’ (Bob Feller) 5. U.S. President Hoover was born in this Iowa town. (West Branch) 7. One of the two rivers that border Iowa. (Missouri) 8. Official state rock (geode) 11. Iowa’s southernmost county. …
Lawn Chair Night series continues Aug. 8
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 5:52 am
The Decorah Lawn Chair Night summer concert series continues this week with a performance by Emmy Woods & the Red Pine Ramblers on Washington Street at 6 p.m.
Larson answers call during kulokk demonstration
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 8:53 am
Peggy Larson, who demonstrated the melodious method of cattle calling during this year’s Nordic Fest, said the use of elaborate songs to bring cows, goats and other animals down from the mountains dates back to the Middle Ages in Norway.
Freakish good fun – Zombie Prom opens Aug. 8
Monday, August 5, 2024 4:52 pm
This girl-loves-ghoul rock ‘n’ roll off-Broadway musical is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal.
PHOTO GALLERY: Nordic Fest Rock Throw
Monday, August 5, 2024 3:56 pm
A crowd gathered in the shade near John Cline Elementary to watch the Nordic Rock Throw Saturday, July 27. Entrants were divided into several weight classes to throw proportionally-sized stones as far as possible. Many competitors were able to fling …
A musical tradition – Decorah natives come home each year to perform during Nordic Fest
Monday, August 5, 2024 3:50 pm
The Norwegian Bachelor Farmers have been entertaining Nordic Festers for the last 25 years, and both members of the duet, Kyle Elsbernd and David Kirkeby, agree they wouldn’t have it any other way.
PHOTO GALLERY: Lutefisk!
Monday, August 5, 2024 11:51 am
Dozens of participants tried to tame their tastebuds during this year’s lutefisk eating contest. The Scandinavian dish is made from cuts of codfish which have been soaked in lye until achieving a gelatinous state. Contest officials recommended entrants liberally apply …
PHOTO GALLERY: Kanolopet 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024 11:41 am
Participants paddled out in their kayaks and canoes Friday, July 26 during the Kanolopet races in Decorah. Competitors began the race near the Pulpit Rock Campground and followed the current more than 2 miles to the finish line. Low water …