Winneshiek County News

Winneshiek Medical Foundation Festival of Trees runs through this weekend at Club Pyramid Posted: Friday, December 4, 2009 The community is back in full swing for the 2009 Festival of Trees, "Holiday Treasures and Traditions" presented by the Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation.

Winneshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District named "Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District of the Year" Posted: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 The Winneshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District will be recognized in Ames on Wednesday as "The 2008-2009 Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District of Iowa." It's the third ...

Spillville, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, is steeped in history -- in particular, because of a certain visitor a little more than 100 years ago.

Winneshiek County sheriff's deputies and Decorah Police will step up enforcement during the Thanksgiving week Posted: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Law enforcement officials from the Decorah Police Department, the Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department and over 300 other Iowa law enforcement agencies will be stepping up their patrolling of Iowa's ...

Mentoring participants to be the guests of Luther athletes on Saturday Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 Approximately 30 mentors and mentees will take part in a workshop coordinated by the LASO, a student athletic group supporting local community efforts.

Winneshiek County will end the practice of collecting commercially generated cardboard at 200 businesses throughout the county.

Winneshiek County supervisors will meet Monday morning with Wendy Mihm-Herold, Bruce Frieden, and representatives of the WHKS engineering firm to discuss the Freeport Sewer Project.

Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation and Gundersen Lutheran-Decorah Clinic are now accepting applications for free mammogram screenings that will be provided to qualified Winneshiek County residents December 8th and 9th.

The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on Iowa Highway 9 south of Ridgeway in Winneshiek County.

A Guttenberg man was killed Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle crash near Decorah in Winneshiek County.

Posted on Nov 09, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . A Guttenberg man is dead after a motorcycle crash near Decorah on Sunday.

Magpie Cafe will present a fundraiser for the Stork's Nest on November 6, 2009, a First Friday event.

Employees of the Decorah office of Bank of the West have made a donation to the Winneshiek County Sheriff's Office DARE program.

Winneshiek County Community Foundation will distribute $120,000 in grants next year Posted: Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 The Winneshiek County Community Foundation is announcing that it will award $120,000 in grants in April of 2010.

A film festival is coming to Decorah. The first Oneota Film Festival will be held January 22nd and 23rd at Luther College.

Though Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin's candidacy against U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is only beginning, two other Democrats who are already campaigning across the state had harsh words to say about her when asked.

Open Stage Night resumes at T-Bocks Sports Bar and Grill, on the last Sunday of the month.

Several Winneshiek County businesses will be affected by Agriprocessors' Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing Posted: Monday, October 19th, 2009 While the federal bank fraud trial against former Agriprocessors, Inc.

Winneshiek County and the City of Decorah will receive a combined $250,000 grant to help build Segment #8 of the Trout Run Trail.

New 'Precinct Atlas' software will be used at some polling places in Winneshiek County to assist precinct election officials during the November 3rd city elections.