Community News Stories

Crossing Rivers Health Cardiac Rehab Team Wins 1st Place at Annual Hearts of Gold Games

Prairie du Chien, WI – A team of four participants from Crossing Rivers Health Cardiac Rehabilitation and Healthy Hearts program…

Vesterheim Grateful For Our Community Partner Mississippi Welding

DECORAH, Iowa — Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, is grateful to have community partners like Mississippi Welding…

Two upcoming concerts for the Decorah Municipal Band

Two upcoming concerts!! The Decorah Municipal Band performs Wednesday, June 26, for Music in the Park in downtown Spring Grove,…

Upper Iowa Speedway PACK the stands for the Iowa Donor Network

Iowa Organ Donors has sponsored this Saturday’s race (June 15, 2019), come and show support for this great organization. Donations…

Wild Horse and Burro Program

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Northeastern States District 626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Ste. 200 Milwaukee, Wisconsin…

Walk with a Doc

Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco is encouraging area residents to take a step toward better health with…

Blood Drive June 28 at WMC

Donating blood is safe, simple and it saves lives. It takes just one hour to make a life-saving blood donation,…

Speech and Language Disorders Are Experienced by Many Children

Prairie du Chien, WI – With speech and language disorders ranking among the most common disabilities in children, parents and…

Vesterheim Brightens Up Campus With Flowers Sponsored By FreedomBank

DECORAH, Iowa — Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, was pleased to once again have the volunteers from…

Allamakee County Conservation Foundation Awards First Annual Conservation Scholarship

Lansing, IA – The Allamakee County Conservation Foundation is pleased to award Brooke Wasson with a 2019 Conservation Scholarship in…

Winneshiek Medical Center installs new, state-of-the-art MRI machine

June 1, 2019 Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah has installed the latest MRI technology for patients.  The new digital MRI…

Youth Mentoring Invitation to Be Inspired

Making a difference in someone’s life is truly inspiring. It can be even more meaningful when a youth’s life is…

Iowa Arts Council Fellow to Produce Short Film in Allamakee County

Lansing, IA – June 5th, 2019 Mason City native, Iowa State graduate, and 2017-18 Iowa Arts Council Artist Fellow Jack…

Winneshiek Medical Center’s hearing aid recycling program

Recycle your old hearing aids to benefit patients through Winneshiek Medical Center’s hearing aid recycling program  Winneshiek Medical Center Decorah…

Medicare Questions? SHIIP can help.

Medicare Questions? SHIIP can help. SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) is a program through the State of Iowa –…

The Decorah Municipal Band performs this Thursday, June 6, at Lawn Chair Night

The Decorah Municipal Band performs this Thursday, June 6, at Lawn Chair Night in front of the Winneshiek County Courthouse…

Oneota Community Food Co-op Raises Over $1,400 for Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Decorah, Iowa, 05/30/19 – The Oneota Community Food Co-op hosted a “Round-Up at the Register” campaign May 6th through May…

Kids Lunch Club

Did you know that about 25% of the Decorah Community School District is on free and reduced lunch? Food needs…

Breakfast with the Owls

Houston, MN Treat your taste buds to a locally sourced artisan breakfast of buckwheat shortcake fruit tarts with Paskha goat…

Ericka Moudry, PA-C, joins Winneshiek Medical Center Decorah Clinic

Winneshiek Medical Center is pleased to welcome Ericka Moudry, PA-C, to Decorah Clinic.  Ericka joins Mayo Clinic Health System specialist…

Physical and Occupational Therapy now available at WMC without a doctor’s referral

Direct access to physical and occupational therapy is now available at Winneshiek Medical Center, meaning patients can schedule appointments with…

Hospice Ride Fundraiser Sunday June 9th

Osborne Park featured on State of Iowa’s “99 Counties, 99 Parks” list

TO: Northeast Iowa Newspapers/Radio Stations FROM: Clayton County Conservation Board DATE: May 28, 2019 NEWS RELEASE—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Osborne Park…

Fire Farm Lighting Company in Elkader is coming to ArtHaus!

ArtHaus is pleased to be bringing the artists from Fire Farm Lighting Company in Elkader to Deocrah with a showcase…

O.W.L.S. “The McGregor Wildlife School” Thursday, June 20th

TO: Northeast Iowa Newspapers/Radio Stations FROM: Abbey Harkrader, Clayton County Conservation Board DATE: Jan 29th, 2019 NEWS RELEASE—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

2019 Memorial Day Services in our Area

Friday May 24th The Tomah VA Medical Center will host a Memorial Day Ceremony on Friday at 10am at the…

Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds and Lt Gov Adam Gregg in the area

Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds and Lt Gov Adam Gregg were in our area this week and Josh Blake was able…

Free Yoga in the Park

Decorah Parks and Recreation is partnering with local yoga instructors to offer Free Yoga in the Park Saturdays, 10-11am, June…

Summer Food Service Program

The Allamakee Community School District is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children…

Vesterheim Participates in Tenth Anniversary of Blue Star Museums Program

DECORAH, Iowa —Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, announces it will join museums nationwide in participating in the…