The Lake Mills Graphic, The Globe Gazette, The Albert Lea Tribune, The Des Moines Register . . . you name it, this month’s “Reader of the Month” reads it.
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The LMCS kindergarten and first grade students presented their spring program to a full house last Thursday evening, March 13, in the auditorium. Songs included: The Bunny Song, Friendly Bunnies, A Friendship Song, Scary Woods, Howl!, The Wolves!, Bunny Talent, Adorable, Bunnies and Wolves, and The...
You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and you just know, in your gut, that he/she is a good person? Like, genuinely good? Like, ”good to the core,” good? That’s how I feel about our March Reader of the Month, Willie Skellenger.
I’ve known Willie a long time. In that 40-plus year...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Clear Lake Wildlife Unit in Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties.
Areas scheduled for prescribed burns are Elk Creek Marsh,...
The Lake Mills High School Chorus presented their spring show “Blast from the Past” last Friday, March 7.
On Saturday, March 1, eight LMHS speech students (totaling nine performances) traveled to West Hancock High School to compete at the Individual Event District Contest. The performers were: Cecil Stellpflug (Senior), Acting; Avah Klebsch (Junior), Solo Musical Theater; Aidan Benny (Senior), Radio...
This past Saturday, March 1, five FFA members from Lake Mills traveled to Charles City for the North Central District FFA Convention. At this convention, members were able to compete in various contests, be honored for academic achievement, or vote on the 2025-2026 District Officer. Results were as...
I was going to start off by expressing my pure joy that winter is behind us and spring is knocking on our door. It was at that pointm that I heard Mother Nature’s guffaw, saw her roll her eyes at me, and felt the sting of winter on my face once more. As my 850year-old mother always reminds me with...
Pictured are Worth County 4-H Record Book Recognition Award Trip winners, who traveled to an Iowa State University women’s basketball game in Ames recently, to watch the ISU women’s team soundly defeat a top ranked Kansas State Wildcats team. The 4-Her’s also participated in a college campus tour...
The Lake Mills High School Chorus will present their Spring Show, “A Blast from the Past” this Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m., in the LMCS auditorium. A free matinee for elementary students and senior community guests will take place Thursday, March 6, at 1 p.m. The show features a fantastic array of...
Twelve outstanding young vocalists from LMCS recently participated in the annual Fifth and Sixth Grade North Iowa Honor Choir Festival. Two hundred forty-two students from 21 Northern Iowa school districts converged upon the Wilcox Performing Arts Center in Algona for a fantastic day of singing...
