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Tue
15
Aug

HAGER HAS PLAN FOR LUSTER HEIGHTS

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/15/2017 - 15:10

 

By Audrey Posten

North Iowa Times Editor

 

Six months after budget cuts forced the closure of Luster Heights Correctional Facility, located outside Harpers Ferry, District 56 State Rep. Kristi Hager is hoping to put the dormant facility to use.

Tue
08
Aug

Business Spotlight - Understanding the work of an artist

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:23

Kris Grover, Elkader, hard at work at last year’s Art in the Park festival, has launched a business called Luna Fiber Artist Company. It’s a move she hopes will increase awareness of art as a profession.

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

Elkader artist Kris Grover has launched a company to help people understand that art is a profession just like teaching, engineering and other career paths.

Tue
08
Aug

KIDS HAVE CHANCE TO PAY IT FORWARD

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:22

Danielle Dotzenrod, far left, and her niece, Jaymes, work with kids at the Elgin Public Library.

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

 

Elgin business owner Danielle Dotzenrod has created a venue to showcase two qualities that she thinks come naturally to children: creativity and compassion. 

Tue
01
Aug

Clayton County Courthouse - Clock restoration moves forward

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 13:26

Here’s a file photo of the clock before restoration work was done.

The face of the Clayton County Courthouse clock has been restored to its original state. The rest of the renovation work will be completed next summer.

By Pat McTaggart

Freelance Writer

Restoration of the Clayton County Courthouse clock is one step closer to completion. 

Tue
01
Aug

KRUSE IS TOWN’S NEWEST OFFICER

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 13:25

Officer Kerra Kruse

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

 

If Elkader’s newest police officer looks a bit familiar, it’s because she’s a hometown girl. Kerra Kruse, who was sworn into office last week, is a 2014 Central High School graduate. Kruse has been attending the University of Northern Iowa majoring in criminology. At UNI, she got significant practical experience in law enforcement as a student patrol officer. 

Tue
25
Jul

Lego legacy - Final bricks added to 2-year project

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 14:44

Tim Finley and his children, Declan and Jillian, survey the scale-model Lego replica of Fennelly’s Irish Pub, the Elkader business co-owned by Finley and his wife, Trisha.

A rather serendipitous discovery was a Lego piece that bears a striking resemblance to Sweet Corn Days mascot. It occupies a place of honor in the Lego replica of the Finelys’ pub.

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

A Northeast Iowa man and his son are building a legacy, one plastic brick at a time.

Tue
25
Jul

McGREGOR BEGINS CLEAN-UP PROCESS

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 14:43

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

 

Katie Ruff knows that she’s one of the lucky ones. Her specialty food shop sustained minimal damage from the tornado that last Wednesday night tore a path through the McGregor business district.

Tue
18
Jul

“It’s all about the money” Officials defend DNR budget cuts

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 14:33

DNR officials Bruce Trautman, center, and Chuck Gipp, right, talk with one of more than 150 people who turned out for a recent meeting on the department’s budget cut decisions.

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

More than 150 people packed the Edgewood Events Center last Monday night to hear from two DNR officials responsible for recent unpopular budget cuts.

Tue
18
Jul

WELCOME BACK, DAROL DESOTEL

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 14:33

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

 

If Elkader’s new postmaster looks a bit familiar it’s because he’s a Clayton County native.

Tue
11
Jul

Building fences Area farmers help with wildfire losses

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 14:45

A replacement post standing next to a burned one gives perspective to the damage done by recent wildfires.

These three past presidents of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, pictured left to right, are Ron McCartney, Gunder; Doran Zumbach, Coggon (organizer of trip); and Tim Burrack, Arlington, recently traveled to Kansas to do fence-repair work.

By Pam Reinig

Register Editor

 

“Farmers help farmers.”

With just three words, Clayton County Supervisor Ron McCartney summed up the motivation behind an Iowa-based humanitarian effort to help an Oklahoma rancher devastated by spring wildfires.

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