Calmar News

In recognition of National Nontraditional Students Week, Nov. 2-6, Northeast Iowa Community College honored nontraditional students enrolled at the Calmar and Peosta campuses.

The NE Iowa Food and Farm Coalition is hosting a two-part workshop on "Soil Management for Horticulture Crops" Monday and Tuesday at the Dairy Foundation in Calmar.

Posted on Oct 13, 2009 by Admin . Patrick Oa TMShaughnessy, 60, of Fayette, was killed when a piece of equipment he was working on at Reilly Construction in Ossian fell on top of him Monday morning.

NICC's Calmar campus will recognize four outstanding alumni on Monday, October 12th, with induction ceremonies to the school's Hall of Fame.

Linus Rothmeyer is being thanked by Northeast Iowa Community College for his 34 years as a trustee for the college.

Northeast Iowa Community College's continuing education department will offer two massage therapy classes in October that meet massage therapy license renewal requirements.

Faith communities around the country are making their voices heard in the debate over immigration reform.

NICC awards 14 contracts for Student Center construction project at Calmar campus Posted: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 The Northeast Iowa Community College Board of Trustees has selected 14 contractors who will remodel portions of the existing building and build the new wing of the Student Center at the Calmar campus.

Northeast Iowa Community College has agreed to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program at its Calmar Child Development Center.

The Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation and Elanco are sponsoring a bus trip for dairy producers and others involved with the dairy industry to the World Dairy Expo on Thursday, October 1st.

The grandmother of a slain former Decorah woman said she thinks Sena Marie Downing is a casualty of the war in Iraq.

A strong storm dumped 1.53 inches of rain on Decorah on Wednesday. The storm front rolled through Decorah in mid-afternoon. The National Weather Service Office in La Crosse says a funnel cloud was spotted at 4:05 p.m. five miles northeast of Calmar.

We've all heard the expression - One person's trash is another's treasure,' and this weekend, there will be no better place to hunt for treasure than the Town of Calmar.

A storm is making things difficult for Northeast Iowa dairy farmers. Historically low milk prices are already driving many out of business.

A storm is making things difficult for Northeast Iowa dairy farmers. Historically low milk prices are already driving many out of business.

A strong storm Friday afternoon came into Iowa from near Owatonna and Rochester in Minnesota, then affected Cresco, Calmar, Festina and Fayette.

The Northeast Iowa Community College Board of Trustees will discuss a number of personnel items when it meets at 3:00 p.m. Monday, July 20th, in the Calmar campus boardroom.

There are still spaces available at NICC's Farm Safety Day this Thursday. Families with children from 4 to 12 years old are invited to register for the program, which is about keeping safe when visiting or living on a farm.

In the middle of a down economy, more students are spending their summer in the classroom.

Barbara Harvey of Iowa City , associate professor of biology at Kirkwood Community College, helps Desiree Rooks of Cedar Rapids with a lab assignment on fingerprints in the Introduction to Biology class in Linn Hall at the Kirkwood campus in Cedar Rapids this week.