News
01/20/2021 - 5:30am
The Winneshiek County office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeing some big adjustments with new staff being added as the local office becomes a regional hub for neighboring Fayette, Allamakee and Clayton counties.
That will...
Opinion
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06/01/2020 - 12:06pm
Back in 1963, Bob Dylan reflected on the signs of the times in his song “The Times They Are A-Changin.’”
Influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads, this anthem of change is universal and everlasting.
Its message, while written in nearly 60 years ago...
Sports
Carson Wenthold (l) guards Brayden Lenth during the Pirates’ hosting of South Winneshiek.
01/21/2021 - 4:30am
A 62-32 victory left Postville dead in the water to get South Winneshiek started for the week.
"We were very aggressive defensively and offensively from the tip, and we played very hard and well for all [four] quarters,” said Coach Blake Moen. “I...
Obituaries
01/22/2021 - 1:17pm
Phyllis Lechtenberg, 97, of Festina, Iowa, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, at Ossian Senior Hospice.
Phyllis Frances (Huber) Lechtenberg was born March 24, 1923, the daughter of Alphonse and Elizabeth (Reicks) Huber in rural St. Lucas. She was baptized...
