The Lake Mills FFA Chapter held its Annual Banquet, Sunday, April 7, at the Lake Mills High School.
The FFA recognized outgoing Chapter Officers, top 10 fruit sellers, and academic achievement with a 3.5-4.0 GPA.
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The Winnebago Council is excited to continue to share the action-packed programming of the Boy Scouts of America throughout our 17 Counties in Northeast Iowa. Are you involved? If not, let’s sign up and Explore the Outdoors together.
The week of Sept. 8-14 the Winnebago Council units will be...
The Lake Mills Aquatic Center recently received a grant from the Lake Mills Foundation for Community Improvements in the amount of $1,209.50. They used the money for new equipment—two backboards, eight rescue tubes and eight fanny packs with CPR masks. Pictured above with the new equipment, front...
By Rhea Landholm, brand marketing and communications manager
Center for Rural Affairs
Some family farms have been feeding our neighbors for more than 100 years, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Katie Jantzen is one such farmer. The fifth generation on her family farm, she...
Megan Knudtson, an upcoming sophomore at Lake Mills Community School, recently competed in the 2019 POA (Pony of America) National Congress Show in Tulsa, Okla., July 13-19, with her horse, Jackson. She was awarded the National Champion Bareback entry in the 14-18 Girls bracket and Reserve...
BY STEPH STEVENS
former lake mills library director
How does one say goodbye? I’m not very good at it, but below are a few words I want to share with you, as I move onto a new adventure.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have my dream job for the last two-and-half years as your Director of the Lake...
BY BONNIE KAY BALDWIN
LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC
“What kind of legacy will you leave behind?”
Legacy can be defined as a couple of things. Finances or property or anything that can be handed down by a will. Or, something that can be passed down from generation to generation, more on the order of...
The Lake Mills Area Garden Club recently held a “Curb Appeal” yard contest. First place went to Joel and Jenny Koch,1006 S. Grant St.. Second place went to Judy Levine, 308 S. 4th Ave. E. and Honorable Mention was given to Glaydon and Robin Grunhovd, 501 E. Main.
The Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services, today announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and the Afterschool Care Snack Program...
The Golden Bubble, Wells, Minn., will hold a Grand Re-Opening, Saturday, Aug. 10, beginning at 8 p.m., with the Central Iowa band, “Blacktop” performing.
Jeff Erickson’s grandparents owned the establishment as a dance hall and restaurant from 1963 until 1978, when it was sold.
As a venue for...
by Lisa Ralls
WCCB naturalist
As summer heats up, we begin seeing more insects flying around. Some are pesky, such as mosquitoes and flies. But, some are beautiful and beneficial such as butterflies. Among the beautiful and beneficial insects are the often-overlooked dragonflies and damselflies....
