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 Iowa Department of Natural Resources plans to conduct prescribed burns this spring in your area. Prescribed burn units are typically burned every one to five years and vary in size from 10 to 500 acres or more. Prescribed burns are used to improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant...
Residents of Northern Iowa can take the first step to saving a life by joining the Be The Match Registry®. On Tuesday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa will host a donor registry drive at its East Campus Main Lobby to raise awareness about the...
Financial fraud continues to be the fastest growing form of elder abuse. As the senior population in this country increases, so do the financial crimes committed against these vulnerable and trusting individuals. Elder abuse is particularly hard to combat because it frequently goes unreported, as...
The Winnebago County Sheriff, Lake Mills Police Department, Lake Mills Fire Department and Lake Mills Ambulance Service responded Wednesday morning to an accident south of Lake Mills on R74, just south of the intersection with 430th Street.
One vehicle ended up in the northbound ditch, with two...
The two nearly identicle photos show how rapidly ice conditions on area lakes change this time of year, due to increasing temperatures and windy conditions.
The first photo, taken Monday night shows an area in the distance of open water, whie the second photo, taken Wednesday morning, shows a...
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the instrumental program joined together in the Lake Mills High School gym for a “Movie Night” concert. Molly Holtan conducted the fifth and sixth grade band pieces and their combined “Star Wars” selection. Benjamin Faugstad conducted the seventh/eighth and high school band...
The Lake Mills High School Speech Club traveled to Clear Lake, Saturday, Feb. 25, for the District Individual Speech Contest. The club performed 24 pieces and 22 of those earned Division I ratings, advancing them to state competition, which will be held Saturday, March 11, at Waldorf University,...
State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council. The group was visiting the Capitol to talk with legislators and discuss House File 167, which would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections as long as they are 18 prior to the General Election. Pictured above are Alexis Rivett (Johnston), Matt Messer (...
The Karl King Honor Band is in its 17th year at St. Edmond Catholic School, Fort Dodge. Each year, a select group of sixth and seventh graders come together to showcase their skill, as well as the legacy of great march composer and Fort Dodge resident, Karl L. King. The students pictured above...
Lake Mills Community School took delivery on several new leased busses last month, with those busses being their first venture into alternative fuel, as they are powered by LP, rather than diesel fuel, which has been the indistury standard for school busses for many years. In making the decision to...