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Houston County Fair 4-H Livestock Results
4-H Club Legend BHSS – Black Hammer Swift Scooters; BW – Brownsville Wildcats; CR – Caledonia Rockets; HNH – Hearts and Hooves; HC – Hokah Chiefs; HCSS – Houston County Sharpshooters; ID – Imago Dei; IND – Independent; LCTL – La Crescent Tiger Lilies; LCAB – La Crescent Apple…
Houston County Fair General 4-H Results
4-H Club Legend BHSS – Black Hammer Swift Scooters; BW – Brownsville Wildcats; CR – Caledonia Rockets; HNH – Hearts and Hooves; HC – Hokah Chiefs; HCSS – Houston County Sharpshooters; ID – Imago Dei; IND – Independent; LCTL – La Crescent Tiger Lilies; LCAB – La Crescent Apple…
Houston County Declares State of Emergency and Sets Preliminary Tax Levy
The Houston County Board of Commissioners declared a state of emergency for damage resulting from the September 19 severe storms at the September 22 regular commission meeting. Sheriff Brian Swedberg, filling in for Emergency Management Director Mark Olson, said, “On Friday…
Peering at the Past – A Great Meal and a Muzzleloader
By Lee Epps Part two of a series Captain Samuel Bates McIntire (Cap’n Mac), who came to what would become Houston County in 1852 at the age of 14, prefaced each published portion of his 1901 historical memoir with a poem. As toward our future home we glide, Wild bluffs frown down…