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Starmont schools delay start of school year to Monday amid staff illnesses
STRAWBERRY POINT, Iowa (KCRG) - Starmont Schools delayed the start of classes until Monday due to staff illnesses. Classes were supposed to start on Friday. However, in a Facebook post, the district said with ten staff members out due to illness, they were unable to cover what they needed. The...
Dubuque Irish Hooley Music Fest Saturday
Attention everyone! Check out the entertainment lineup for the Irish Hooley 2024! 🧡☘️💚👏🏻. Gates open at 11 AM on Saturday, August 24th. Advance tickets are available for $15 at Shamrock Imports, Happy’s Place, Premier Bank in Dubuque, and Family Beer & Liquor. Tickets at the gate on event day will be $20, and children 10 and under are admitted free.
Miller-Meeks aids in securing nearly $1.5 million award for UI
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, helped obtain nearly $1.5 million of congressional funding disbursed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Miller-Meeks stopped at Van Allen Hall on the University of Iowa’s campus on Friday afternoon to meet with university faculty, tour space equipment, and discuss the importance of funding for the Iowa workforce.
Happy 70th Anniversary to the Davenport Adult Crossing Guards!
An enormous shout out and thank you to all the Davenport Adult Crossing Guards who have kept children safe on their way to school for the past 70 years. Before the Adult Crossing Guards were established, the busiest (and usually most dangerous) crosswalks to schools were protected by Davenport Police officers. Other school cross walks might have had school children as crossing guards. The problems with these early solutions were the police officers having to leave the cross walks to answer emergency police calls which left the children to cross unsupervised. The other issue was children were hard to see when helping other children to cross which lead to many near accidents.
New hotel approved in downtown Mason City
(ABC 6 News)- The River City just keeps on growing. This time in the hospitality arena as the city just approved a proposal that will not only bring another play to stay for visitors, but will also bring even more opportunities for local businesses. “We can definitely use the extra...
Vinton holding 17th annual ‘Boomtown’ event Saturday
VINTON, Iowa (KCRG) - Vinton is hosting its 17th annual “Boomtown” event Saturday at the Benton County Fairgrounds. The Iowa Pyrotechnics Association lights the fireworks as part of the celebration. Volunteers with the Association were in Vinton on Friday making final preparations ahead of this weekend. “It takes...
Sac City’s Cattlemen’s Steakhouse Celebrating Manger Being Recognized As Iowa’s 40 “Women To Watch” In Hospitality Industry
The restaurant manager for the Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Sac City has been named one of the “40 Women to Watch” in Iowa’s Hospitality industry. Chelsea Funk has been nominated for her exceptional customer service skills, displaying a passion for her customers, the Cattlemen’s Steakhouse team, and the business. Funk has worked in service for most of her life, working in her mother’s bakery before becoming a server at the popular Sac City restaurant. It was not uncommon for customers to request to sit at one of Funk’s serving tables. A promotion to shift manager came quickly to Funk. She started working on the bar portion of the restaurant, spending almost a year and a half developing one of the top state craft cocktail and bourbon menus alongside the 2024 Top Mixologist Ellie Rastetter. Funk was nominated by her team, being defined as the “very essence of hospitality.” All 40 award winners will be recognized during the Iowa Restaurant Association Annual Celebrating Excellence Awards Ceremony on November 18, part of the Iowa Hospitality Showcase.
Iowa, Illinois, & Wisconsin Could Soon Experience A ‘Rodent Rampage’ In Their Homes
You may need to charge rent to a few critters before too long. Some of us have had to deal with snakes and bugs in our houses or on our property this summer. And now, one of the best parts of fall is that all of those crawl back into the earth where they belong.
What Is the Hottest City In Iowa?
We're really experiencing the dog days of summer here in the Hawkeye State right now. Iowa winters might be brutal, but Iowa summers are something else entirely. A good chunk of the state experienced absolutely suffocating weather over the past week. Temperatures were in the high 90s in parts of the state.
Forecast: the heat is on
We began a hotter trend today that will take us into at least Tuesday in central Iowa. A heat advisory goes into effect Sunday afternoon and will likely be repeated on Monday. The jetstream configuration has changed since Friday, and a ridge over the middle of the country is allowing hot air to pour north […]
Unexpected Armadillo Invasion Poses New Challenges for Iowa
Iowa is experiencing a strange invasion... No, it's not an actual extra-terrestrial, but it's something that sure does look like something from another world, the armadillo. When you think animals in Iowa, you are not even imagining an armadillo. You're probably picturing a cow or even a pig. However, experts...
Pro Farmer Crop Tour projects corn record yield for Iowa
Iowa's corn yield potential set a new record high for the Pro Farmer Crop Tour while excessive June rains drove Minnesota's corn yield prospects to the lowest levels since 2012, scouts on an annual tour of top U.S. production states found. The tour on Thursday projected Iowa's corn yield at 192.79 bushels per acre,...
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