Thanksgiving holiday will force a change in garbage collection this week Posted: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 One of the garbage haulers serving Decorah says their routes will change this week because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation and Gundersen Lutheran-Decorah Clinic are making health care more available by offering mammograms screenings free of charge to local under or uninsured women on December 8 & 9. Free mammography screenings are for women age 40 and older, or those at high risk.

Posted on Nov 26, 2009 by Meredith Hines-Dochterman . Decorah Middle SchoolA is in the running for aA $30,000 technology makeover, courtesy of eInstruction.

Put the finishing touches on those songs, and bring them down to T-Bocks Sunday, November 29th for Open Stage Night, your chance to show your stuff.

Posted on Nov 24, 2009 by Admin . Students from the Decorah middle school are hoping a creative video will help them land a $30,000 technology makeover.

The 2010 Norman C. Bradish Scholarship has been awarded to Josh Martin, the son of Karen and Jim Martin-schramm of Decorah.

Decorah High School Director of Bands Jim Fritz has been elected to the Executive Board of the Iowa High School Music Association.

A group of about 100 people gathered in support of immigration reform Sunday afternoon at the high school in Decorah.

Decorah resident Nancy Barry has been was awarded a $1,500 grant from the Iowa Arts council.

Earthen Spirits provides diverse addition to Water Street businesses Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 Earthen Spirits is one of the most recent new businesses to open on Water Street.

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.

The All State Music Festival will be held at Iowa State University Thursday through Saturday, with the Festival Concert on Saturday night.

'Breaking Bread and Barriers' potluck and town hall meeting is Sunday Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 On Sunday, November 22nd, beginning at 12 noon, elected officials, faith leaders, community leaders, and neighbors-including Newcomers and Descendants of early Immigrants-will gather to share a town hall pot luck meal and engage in a dialogue ...

Over 3,200 students comprising four Opus Honor Choirs will perform perform at 4:00 p.m. Thursday in C. Y. Stephens Auditorium at Iowa State University in Ames.

Decorah High School junior Sarah Hammel, the daughter of Richard and Barbara Hammel of Decorah, has been selected as one of 18 singers who possibly will perform a solo at the All State Chorus concert in Ames this Saturday.

Proposed raise for Decorah City council members draws little support Posted: Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 Decorah City Council member Jerry Aulwes says a pay raise for city council members is overdue.

Work has begun on a project to reshape the pond behind Decorah High School that is informally referred to as 'Lake Roberts.' The project involves shifting the pond toward the dike by removing 5500 cubic yards of dirt from the north side of the pond, and filling the south side of the pond with 3500 cubic yards of that dirt.

Seven Decorah Orchestra students have been selected to participate in the Iowa Junior Honors Orchestra Festival on Friday, November 20th.

The Luther College Trombone Ensemble will help lead the 9 AM worship services on Sunday, Nov.

Two screenings of the documentary "A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story" will be held this month in Decorah, including one at 3:00 p.m. Thursday at The Spectrum Network offices at 607 Washington Street in Decorah.