Republican voters in Winnebago County will have two candidates to choose from in each of the two County Supervisor races on the ballot for the June 2 Primary Election.

Blacktop Service Co. from Humboldt will serve as the general contractor for the summer street rehabilitation project in Buffalo Center. The City received two bids for the project, and the Buffalo Center City Council approved the low bid from Blacktop Service of $574,934.32 at its May 11 meeting.

The Forest City High School Class of 2026 tosses their caps in celebration as they received their diplomas during an afternoon ceremony in the Forest City school gym on Sunday, May 17. (Photo by Zach Raulie)

Area schools will send a total of 33 events to the State Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines next week, May 21-23.

Forest City

Girls 100m – Chloe Hennigar

Girls 800m – Claire Weaver

Girls 100m Hurdles – Lexi Isebrand

North Iowa High School will recognize 25 graduating senior member of the Class of 2026 during commencement exercises on Sunday, May 17. The 2 p.m. ceremony will take place in the North Iowa High School Gymnasium.

Heartland Power Cooperative is ready to serve local electric customers for decades to come, after moving into brand new headquarters in Thompson. Staff moved across town to the new location at 11464 Highway 9 in the middle of April, and the new signage went up on the building just this week.

The Forest City Community School District Board of Education at its May 11 meeting was updated about the Forest City CSD high school graduation week events.

Buffalo Center will not offer coach pitch and t-ball programs for youth this summer unless coaches step up to the plate soon to lead the programs. The City has been looking for coaches since February, but so far, no one has expressed interest.

Buffalo Center native Jon Peake and his wife, Alicia, are combining their talents and their passions to answer God’s call to serve the people of Africa.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer recognized three area students for outstanding academic achievement at the 24th Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony on April 26 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.

The Forest City Council at their May 4 meeting were updated on electric rate numbers and the need for future rate increases.

Blair Metzger with DGR Engineering provided a summary of the City’s rate numbers.

“So, essentially what we're talking about, what this will boil down to is what needs to be done for Fiscal Year 2027, which starts in July,” he said. “What are we going to do for next fiscal year?”

Lake Mills Wind, LLC will hold an open house Tuesday, May 12 to share information about the proposed Lake Mills Wind project. The open house will be held from 5-7 p.m. at the Hanson Nature Center, located at 41600 Highway 69 north of Leland.

What began more than a decade ago as a vision to better serve veterans across Winnebago and Worth counties came full circle on Tuesday, April 21, when Melissa Michaelis, Executive Director of Winn-Worth Betco, was surprised with the very first Home Base Iowa Community Champion Award.

The annual spring community-wide garage sales in the North Iowa communities are coming up the weekend of May 1-2. The Winnebago County Tribune will advertise listings along with a map of sale locations in our May 1 edition.

The Winnebago County Tribune is switching publication days beginning this week, with the newspaper now coming out each Friday instead of Thursday.
The change follows the end of printing press operations at Mid-America Publishing in Hampton, where the Tribune has been printed since 2009. Nelson Media Company purchased the Tribune from Mid-America Publishing last week, and the newspaper will now be printed in Oelwein.