WADENA REMEMBERED
HAS IT
REALLY BEEN
40 YEARS?
By Duane Winn
Register Editor
Terry Talbot of the Mason Proffit band doesn't remember much of anything, certainly nothing specific, about the Wadena Rock Festival in the summer of 1970.
Posted on July 28, 2010
BAR NONE!
Visitors to the Clayton County Dairy Promotion's ice cream stand have been shouting "Yum!" for 34 years
Posted on July 28, 2010
Teens banned at Starmont
Starmont school property is officially off-limits to six Arlington and Strawberry Point teenagers who were former students there.
Posted on July 21, 2010
Move in store for county building?
By Pat McTaggart
Register Reporter
A public informational meeting will be held by the Clayton County Board
of Supervisors July 28 between 6-8 p.m. at the County Office Building,
located at 100 Sandpit Road, Elkader. No formal presentation will be
made, but the Supervisors will be on hand to discuss the condition of
the building and the possibility of moving county offices to another
location.
Posted on July 21, 2010
Raising faith to the rafters
By Pam Reinig
With the help of a crew from a mission-minded church in west central Indiana, the members of a small parish in Volga are breathing new life into an abandoned school gym.
Posted on July 21, 2010
Elkader will soon be knee-high in Sweet Corn Days
By Duane Winn
Register Editor
Fresh sweet corn and fresh entertainment await those who travel to Elkader next week for the annual Sweet Corn Days (July 23-25) celebration.
Posted on July 14, 2010
Register seeks fair photos
The Clayton County Register will not be taking pictures of Clayton County Fair livestock winners this year due to staff and budget constraints.
However, the Register will be accepting pictures from parents and other volunteers for publication until three weeks after the fair.
The Register also will be working with Clayton County Extension to gather photos and results for publication.
Persons may submit original digital images via e-mail to ccrnews@alpinecom.net. The photos must be accompanied by the winner's name, 4-H club affiliation and the exhibit category he or she won.
Posted on July 14, 2010
VUN PROUD NORVEGIAN
Jean Clark Kaldahl busy keeping alive her heritage
By Duane Winn
Register Editor
Jean Clark Kaldahl had never noticed her mother's thick Norwegian
brogue until she returned home to the family farm for a semester break
from Iowa State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Iowa)
in Cedar Falls.
Posted on July 7, 2010
ORIGINAL PICKER
By Pat McTaggart
Register Reporter
The days of the old country schools in Clayton County may be long gone,
but part of their history remains at the George Maier Rural Heritage
Museum in Elkader. Maier has brought more than 150 clocks to the
museum this year, several of them coming from rural township schools
dating back to the 1920s.
Posted on July 7, 2010
Communities plot Fourth
Area communities are gearing up for the Fourth of July.
Posted on June 30, 2010
New laws will kick in July 1
Several new state laws will hit the books on July 1, the start of the state's fiscal year.
Posted on June 30, 2010
Central board opts for PT super
By Pat McTaggart
Register Reporter
The Central Community School Board met June 14 and voted to share a
superintendent with another district instead of hiring a full time
superintendent. In the past few weeks, discussions have been held with
Clayton Ridge Superintendent Allan Nelson and EdCo Superintendent Ed
Klamforth regarding the sharing process. The Board will contact school
boards in neighboring districts to see if they are interested in the
sharing process starting with the 2011-2012 school year.
Posted on June 23, 2010
Time to saddle up for Nick's friends
By Pam Reinig
Edgewood Rodeo Days is a bittersweet time of the year for Denise and Greg Brady. Like many of their neighbors, the long-time Edgewood residents get caught up in the fun and excitement of the town's annual three-day festival. But the weekend is also a reminder of a painful loss. One of Rodeo Days' annual events is a golf tournament that raises funds for a scholarship honoring the couple's son Nick, who died of an aneurysm in 2000.
Posted on June 23, 2010
Analyst: Elkader economy a "bright, shining example"
By Duane Winn
Register Editor
Going "schizo" isn't a good thing.
Posted on June 23, 2010
Relay for Life Moved To Central
All Relay for Life events Friday evening have been moved to the Central Community Gymnasium due to inclement weather.
Posted on June 18, 2010
Lori Coonfare is officially a survivor
By Duane Winn
Register Editor
It's a young woman's worst nightmare when she is faced with the reality that she may not be taking her youngest child to his or her first day of kindergarten and marking other childhood milestones.
Lori Coonfare of Volga faced the unthinkable nearly seven years ago when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 37, on Oct. 17, 2003.
Posted on June 16, 2010
Primaries yield no surprises
Former Gov. Terry Branstad easily won the Republican gubernatorial nod in Tuesday's primary election and Roxanne Conlin just as handily outdistanced her opposition on the opposite side of the aisle in her bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by longtime incumbent Chuck Grassley, a Republican.
Posted on June 16, 2010
Ed Olson tribute planned
The public is invited to a celebration honoring the life of the late Ed Olson. Participants may join his widow, Ruth Olson, and other members of his family for a celebration honoring the former mayor at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 14, during an "After 5" in Mascara Park.
Posted on June 9, 2010
County Relay For Life Nears
The Clayton County Relay for Life is nearly here.
Posted on June 9, 2010
Disaster aid for county tops $7.3 million
As the two-year anniversary of the devastating floods and tornadoes that struck Iowa in May and June 2008 nears, disaster assistance approval for residents and governments in Clayton County has reached $7,309,400 according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and State of Iowa disaster recovery officials.
Posted on June 9, 2010
Carter getting facelift
Elkader's Carter House Museum will have a delayed opening this summer because of repairs and renovations now going on inside and outside the l55-year-old mansion, it was announced this week. "We're hoping for an August opening," a museum spokesperson told the Register, "but we might even have to wait until the leaves turn color."
Posted on June 2, 2010
MFL MarMac teacher facing multiple charges
MFL MarMac music teacher Richard Nance is facing a battery of charges stemming from an incident Monday night (May 24).
Nance, 58, is charged with possessing an open container of alcohol, supplying alcohol to a minor and violating a gun conveyance law.
Posted on June 2, 2010
Replacement bridge in works at Motor Mill
By Pat McTaggart
Register Reporter
If all goes according to plan, the north and south banks of the Turkey
River at Motor Mill should be reconnected by a new bridge in a few
years.
Posted on May 26, 2010
Memorial Day services abound
Several area towns will observe Memorial Day (Monday, May 31) with special festivities.
Posted on May 26, 2010
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