The recent blizzard that struck the area cancelled schools and virtually shut down everything. According to Forest City Community Schools Superintendent Darwin Lehmann, the school calendar has snow ...

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U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Representatives Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) are introducing bipartisan legislation to increase transparency in ...

For twenty years, an area foundation has been creating an impact, empowering Hancock County communities, and building a legacy. The Hancock County Foundation has been granting county non-profits and ...

The Forest City Council was made aware of some recycling issues that have come up recently. Andrew Faber, Street and Sanitation Superintendent apprised the council that some items left for recycling ...

The Winnebago County Conservation Board has scheduled a Full Moon Prairie Walk which will take place on Friday evening beginning at 8:30pm. The walk comes less than twenty four hours after the ...

U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) are introducing the Return to Sender Act to terminate and claw back $3 billion authorized in the so-called ...

Garret D. Hauptmann, 58, of Thompson, lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa in Mason City. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.

Beginning on Monday, March 17, weather permitting, crews will close U.S. 65/South Federal Avenue between 6th Street South and 19th Street Southwest so work can be done on the roadway, according to the ...