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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Join us this year for Reno's in Schley Country Flea Market featuring unique vendors, music, chicken-shit BINGO, food and drinks.Saturday, May 3rd - Spring Market
Sunday, June 1st
Saturday, July 19th
Sunday, August 10
Sunday, September 28th
Saturday, May 3, 2025
AA meets every Saturday at 10:00am at the Howard County Jail meeting room in Cresco.Sunday, May 4, 2025
Sunday, May 4th, 10-12pm at Tailwind Acres is the Mushroom Bucket Cultivation Workshop.Give a person a mushroom and they’ll eat for a day, teach a person how to grow them, they’ll eat
for a lifetime! Let it begin! Register for our first event of the year at www.tailwindacres.com/events
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Every Tuesday is Senior Day at Cresco Family Pharmacy with 20% off.Offered at Cresco Family Pharmacy, both locations, the Clinic Pharmacy and Pharmacy South.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The Active Aging Expo is meant for those 50+, those caring for the 50+ age group, or anyone interested in information on resources available for the 50+ age group. 
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for the mobile food pantry at the Howard County Fairgrounds starting at 4:30pm. Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for the mobile food pantry at the Howard County Fairgrounds starting at 4:30pm. Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Wednesday, May 7th is Dollar for Scholars Scholarship Night at Crestwood High School beginning at 7pm.Thursday, May 8, 2025
The RHSHC Service Excellence Committee is hosting a Uniform & Scrub Sale on Thursday, May 8th from 7am to 4pm. The sale is open to the public in the Beadle Conference Center, down the hall from the RHSHC cafeteria and Cresco Medical Clinic. (Please see registration if you need directions.).
Merchandise is provided by Emerson’s at the Willow of Mason City, IA. Cash, check, and cards accepted.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Thursday, May 8th, 10am-3pm at MiEnergy Cooperative is the American Red Cross Blood Drive.Thursday, May 8, 2025
Thursdays in 2024: Nov 14 and in 2025: Feb 13, May 8, Aug 14 and Nov 13 is the Advance Planning Assistance Sessions offer by Regional Health Services of Howard County.Living wills and other documents help your doctors and loved ones know your wishes if you are not able to communicate them due to trauma, illness, or nearing end of life. Nobody likes to think about these difficult situations, but they are much easier for you and your family if you complete documents that clearly communicate your wishes. Join us for a free Advance Planning Assistance Session where our experts will be on hand with more information about documents to communicate those choices and to assist you with completing these documents.
*All sessions take place in the Laura Rose Conference Room at Regional Health Services of Howard County from 11 AM - 1 PM.
*Walk-ins encouraged or contact 563-547-6343 or brecka.putnam@rhshc.com to make an appointment.
*All adults 18 and older are encouraged to have medical advance directives.
*Please make sure any documents needing to be notarized are unsigned and that you have your driver's license or passport if you need a document notarized.
*Documents should be reviewed and possibly updated before a major medical procedure, after a change in marital status, after a health status change or major diagnosis, every ten years, when children are born, after a move to a new state, after the death of someone mentioned on your current documents, after an inheritance, and after becoming a legal adult.
Saturday, May 10, 2025
AA meets every Saturday at 10:00am at the Howard County Jail meeting room in Cresco.Monday, May 12, 2025
The public is invited to attend the Howard County Substance Abuse Coalition (Prevention 5) meetings every second Monday of the month at 12pm Noon.During the school year we meet at Crestwood High School and during the summer we meet at the Cresco Chamber either in person or via zoom.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Every Tuesday is Senior Day at Cresco Family Pharmacy with 20% off.Offered at Cresco Family Pharmacy, both locations, the Clinic Pharmacy and Pharmacy South.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Tuesday, May 13th starting at 7pm is the 5th grade Spring Concert at the high school.Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Wednesday, May 14th is Senior Recognition Night at Crestwood High School beginning at 7pm.Sunday, May 18, 2025
Sunday, May 18th is Crestwood High School Commencement beginning at 2pm.Friday, May 23, 2025
Last day of school for Howard-Winn and Notre Dame on Friday, May 23, 2025. School lets out at 12:00pm.Monday, May 26, 2025
Happy Memorial Day. No school for Howard-Winn and Notre Dame Catholic School.Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Tuesday, May 27th is a Professional Development Day for Howard-Winn teachers.Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Join us on the last Wednesday of the month (April - September) for A&W's Cruise Night from 5-8pm.Music, prizes, specials, and of course, cool cars/trucks/motorcycles and more!
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Todd Stephenson, a Certified NRA Instructor with over 35 years of firearms experience, will be holding a MINNESOTA AND IOWA Concealed Carry/Permit to Carry Certification class on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Cresco Wildlife Club on the Howard County Fairgrounds in Cresco. This class is one of the most complete Minnesota and Iowa concealed carry training programs offered.Check in will begin at 8:30 AM, and class will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. Class should conclude between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM. You must be 20 years of age or older the day of the class to receive a certificate (certificates may only be redeemed on or after your 21st birthday and are only valid for one year). Students will be required to qualify using firearms and ammunition provided by the instructor. Eye and hearing protection will also be provided. There is NO written test.
The fee for this class is $125.00 – you may bring your driver's license and pre-register in person at Outdoors & More, Inc. in Cresco during normal business hours OR you may show up the day of class to register. Reservations are suggested as seats are limited. When your class fee is paid, you will be provided with a one-year SINGLE membership to the Cresco Wildlife Club. If you are already a member of the Cresco Wildlife Club, you will be provided with a one-year single membership extension. Upgrades to FAMILY memberships are available for an additional $5.00.
Please call Outdoors & More at (563) 547-5071 for more information or visit Outdoors & More at 220 North Elm Street in Cresco to reserve your seat. Walk-ins the day of class will be accepted if seats are available, but class size is limited, so we encourage you to reserve your seat(s) early.
