Decorah News

Patrick Dewane's play "The Mushroom Picker" will be performed at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12th, at the ArtHaus in Decorah.

"Pork Chop on a Stick" sales at the 2009 Winneshiek County Fair will be benefiting several charities.

Hannah Ranum is the 2009 Winneshiek County Fair Queen. Ranum, the daughter of David and Brenda Ranum of Decorah, was selected from five candidates for the position.

Because of donations from The R.J. McElroy Trust, Deco Products Company, Decorah Bank & Trust Company and Bruening Rock Products, scholarship funds are available for this year's Camp Invention program being hosted by Decorah Community Schools at Decorah Middle School during the week of July 13th through 17th.

Is Mr. Answer Person "Headed in the Wrong Direction" about Bike Riding? Posted: Monday, July 6th, 2009 Mr.

Kenneth Huinker, 77, of Calmar, died Friday, July 3, 2009, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.

ArtHaus will host an evening of Bluegrass and Beer-tasting this Friday to kick off the Fourth of July weekend.

On my recent walks along the Oneota Trail I have noticed an interesting "space" has been created toward the east end of the trail.

Decorah police responded to two traffic accidents on Saturday evening. At 5:25 p.m., 81-year-old Harriet Danielson of Ridgeway drove the wrong way on Day Spring Lane and struck a car driven by 47-year-old Mildred Kalvelage of Decorah as Kalvelage was backing out of a parking space.

Authorities have identified the woman who died in a fire in northeast Iowa. Fire officials in decorah say 25-year-old Chelsea Hart died early Friday morning in an apartment fire in the 100 block of Water Street.

Four Iowans were named national coaches of the year Wednesday by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.

Republicans today elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to the leadership post vacated by John Ensign of Nevada, who stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair with a campaign aide.

A Decorah woman was killed early Friday morning in an explosion and fire at 118 West Water Street, above Hart's Tea & Tarts.

ArtHaus, Decorah's home to the visual and performing arts, will host an evening of films created by local video artist Alex Skitolsky at 7:00pm on Friday, June 26th.

Decorah Community School District administrators will be getting pay raises averaging just over four percent this coming school year.

Mr. Answer Person is back, with answers to a whole bunch of different questions: Do they have a timetable for the banding of the Decorah Bald Eagles? --Jim They don't have a timetable and it's for a simple reason--they don't band bald eagles in Iowa, according to Raptor Resource's Bob Anderson.

The Northeast Iowa chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. Monday, June 22nd, in "The Upper Room" of First United Methodist Church at 302 W. Broadway in Decorah.

Many people whose ancestors came from Norway are in Albert Lea this week to research their roots and to take part in a cultural tradition going back to the city's pioneer days.

There will be a screening of the short movie musical "In Love With a Nun," featuring Decorah native Peter Oyloe, at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 21st in room 102 of Olin Hall at Luther College.

Paul Hunter is a disciple of no-till farming. He says he has had no problems since he started using no-till farming practices on his farm off Highway 52 south of Decorah.