The Forest City Education Association held a retirement tea honoring 10 of the school district’s 2023 retirees at the elementary school on May 24.
Saturday, May 27, highlighted the three-day DenimFest for many attendees with Memorial Day weekend salutes to military veterans and country music superstar Dierks Bentley serving as the headlining evening concert performer.
In the May 16 issue of the Summit Tribune, Senator Dennis Guth warns readers of Americans losing their freedom. To prove his point, he writes about a story of a foreign student attending classes in America explaining how you “catch a wild pig” as an analogy of what’s happening in America as …
Winnebago/Hancock Pheasants Forever Outdoor Youth Day is June 3 at Walking Eagle Marsh.
FCHS students of social studies instructors Murray Anderson and Katie Osterman received a present-day history lesson on the United States federal government from U.S. Republican Senator Charles Grassley on May 23.
A Forest City man accused of first-degree burglary pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge.
A Forest City man accused of first-degree burglary pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office was recently presented a State Chair Award from Iowa Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). It is for the department’s support of Deputy Brandon Bengtson, who also serves as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Forest City High School 2023 graduates celebrated challenges overcome that will help them face life challenges beyond high school in a May 21 commencement ceremony.
Winnebago County has transitioned its rural recycling program to using a drop-off site in Thompson. It became effective on May 1.
Joe Denim and friends chose Forest City’s DenimFest over Los Angeles this Memorial Day weekend.
Winnebago County Recorder Shanna Eastvold is proactively warning area residents about scam letters circulating via mail across Iowa and other parts of the country.
Winnebago Industries on May 17 announced that the company will extend its partnership with the National Park Foundation through 2025. The partnership will support the National Park Foundation’s efforts to ensure everyone can enjoy and create lifelong connections with the country’s national parks.
The number of scholarships just keeps growing as evidenced by the Forest City Education Foundation’s annual Senior Awards Night held on May 17.
The Forest City council on May 15 approved the city administrator bringing a future ordinance to address Forest City High School’s request for no parking on a portion of L Street from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on school days. School officials are seeking to have the change in effect by the start of nex…
On May 5, Chris-Craft, a wholly owned subsidiary of Winnebago Industries, announced that Millennium Group Corporation (Asia) will be its exclusive authorized retailer for Chris-Craft boats in Thailand and the ASEAN region.
On May 11, roughly 100 people gathered at Diamond Jo Casino to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Winn-Worth Betco.
Winnebago, the flagship brand of outdoor lifestyle product manufacturer Winnebago Industries, and EcoFlow, a leading power management and eco-friendly energy solutions company, announced a partnership on May 11. It will incorporate EcoFlow's solutions in Winnebago-branded recreational vehicl…
On May 4, a long-awaited face-to-face, meet-and-greet gathering of fourth grade students and RSVP of North Central Iowa volunteers was held at West Hancock Elementary School. The pen pals are typically retired volunteers from surrounding communities.
A deteriorating bridge structure located on 135th Avenue in Section 29 of Forest Township, near Three Fingers Campground, is forcing Winnebago County supervisors to consider repair or replacement action sooner than anticipated.
Oscar Madong, a North Iowa Area Community College student from Lake Mills, is one of only 60 high-achieving community college students in the nation selected to receive the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
The Forest City School Board approved price quotes for a middle school locker room remodeling project at an April 27 special meeting. It also reset the district’s year-end school calendar.
The Winnebago County Conservation Board and the North Iowa Area Community College will hold a Family Fishing Fun day at Thorpe Park’s Lake Catherine. The event will be held on Thursday, June 1, from 9-11 a.m. Thorpe Park is located five miles west of Forest City on “I”/345th Street.