Way Back When By David Hargrove, Winterset Library | January 21, 2025 50 YEARS AGO John Sawhill won the annual Kiwanis corn yield contest. Verne and Florence Fairholm celebrated 40 years of marriage. Phil Sellers, Jim Hochstetler, Duane Pearson, and Clifford Avon joined the WVFD. Laurel Scholten had 29 points on her home floor as the Huskettes...

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Jan 28, 2025 · 50 YEARS AGO Iowa Highway Patrol officer Dale Ward joined Governor Robert Ray’s security detail. After 42 years with county crews, Otto Hendricks retired as roads superintendent. Buenos and Vera Harper celebrated their golden anniversary. Teresa Beeler had 31 points and Terri Dresback had 11 rebounds, leading the Huskettes over Albia. 40 YEARS AGO The chamber named Gene Trask citizen-of-the ...

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2 days ago · Ahh February! The shortest month with longer days and spring is coming! A great time to sit inside and do art including taking photographs. This month we look at the photographic arts. Sometimes our path to art is indirect as is the case with our featured artist, photographer Paul Meyer. Paul’s ...

Jan 7, 2025 · This past summer, an anticipated 20,000-plus registered riders from all 50 states and over 17 international locations passed through Winterset during the fifty-first ride across the state. The community welcomed RAGBRAI participants for an overnight stop on Day 3. Cyclists traveled 82 miles from Atlantic to Winterset on roads reaching elevations of 4,519 ft, passing through Wiota, Cumberland ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Utopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is perfect. Winterset seventh-grade students were invited to create such a place as part of the Utopia Project. This is the third year of the competition, in which students work in teams of four or five to design their Utopian Cities. Literary teachers Kate Allen and Tamara Brooks facilitated the learning […]

Dec 30, 2024 · Join us as we take a look at the ups and downs of 2024, and recall the top news stories around the Madison County community. A number of area events and individuals stand out as notable. January The Iowa Tourism Office announced the award of $398,800 in Iowa Tourism Grants to 45 organizations, including $9.3K given to the Madison County […]

Feb 1, 2025 · About the Winterset Madisonian Welcome to the Winterset Madisonian, the nation’s oldest continuously-circulated newspaper west of the Mississippi, proudly serving the Winterset community and the greater Madison County, Iowa area. With a rich history that stretches back more than 170 years, the Madisonian has been a vital source of …

Nov 26, 2024 · On the day after Thanksgiving, the Winterset square retail district will host the Festival of Lights celebration, the official start of the holiday season. “A Toyland Christmas” is the theme for this year’s celebration as the downtown square will come alive with many festivities to delight all ages. Beginning on Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m., visitors will be treated to […]