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crescochamber.com April 2021 howard-county.com
Chamber Connections
Cheers to the
212 S Elm Street 563.547.3422
for joining the Cresco Chamber!
Wayne Lepa, owner Terri Vagts, manager
Hours: Monday-Sunday, 10am-close
IRS extends Federal Income Tax
date until May 17, 2021
Congress extends PPP loan
program until May 31, 2021
State of Iowa extends
Income Tax date until June 1, 2021
This does NOT include business filers
Chamber Connections 2
April 2021 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
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25 26 27 28 29 30
VFW Breakfast 8am-12:30pm
Mobile Food Pantry 5pm pickup Fairgrounds
Cresco Family Pharmacy
Senior Discount
NICC Cresco Center
Kids in the Kitchen: Cake Pops 3:45-5:30pm
both April 8, 2021 Virtual Class:
Air Fryer: Learn to Use It 6-8pm
NICC Virtual Class Fundraising “Vital Signs”
April 27, 2021 9-10:30am
Cresco Public Library WEDNESDAYS
Apr 7, 14, 21, 28
Zoom 10am In person 11am
VFW Hall, 5pm every Monday
Howard County
LEC, 10am every Saturday
NICC Virtual Class E-Commerce: How to
Create an Online Storefront
April 7, 2021 9-10:30am
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
Sterling Pharmacy Senior Discount Day
Now every Tuesday National Library Week
April 4-10, 2021
Joseph Hall as Elvis!
Theatre 7pm
Johnny Cash Tribute Band at the Theatre
2pm & 7pm
Lineman Appreciation Day
April 1, 2021
Madrigal
April 24 ● 6:30pm
CHS Spring Spotlight
April 10 ● 6:30pm
CHS ● 2pm
Crestwood
FFA Banquet Heritage Events
Center 6pm
No School NICC Apr 1, 2, 5
How-Winn & Notre Dame
Apr 2, 5, 6
Grand March 7pm
Courthouse 8am-Noon
NICC Cresco Center
Garden to Salsa April 15, 2021
7-8pm
NICC Virtual Class Intermediate Excel
2019: Functions (Financial,
Conditional, Text)
2:30-5pm both April 20, 2021
Regulating Social Media in the Workplace 10-11:30am
ISU Extension Eliminating Barriers-Child Care Provider
Training
April 14, 2021 6:30-8:30pm
Featherlite Center Pre-registration required
Easter Egg Hunts Accura and Evans
10am ● Ages 0-10 yrs
No School
Cresco Yard Waste Pickup Day
ISU Extension 4-H & FFA
Sheep & Goat Weigh-in
April 17, 2021 9-11am, Fairgrounds
North Elm
Shop Hop
April 16
9am-6pm
April 17
9am-3pm
ISU Extension 4-H Dog
Obedience & Agility
April 12, 19, 26 Reicks View Ag
Education Center 6-7pm
Heritage Event Center 10am-1pm
BINGO is back! Wildlife Club ● Sundays
Noon Lunch ● BINGO 1pm
No BINGO on Easter Sunday
NICC Virtual Class Healthy Brain/Healthy
Workplace April 1, 2021
9-10:30am
Realtor Appreciation Day April 1, 2021
no foolin’
Pheasants Forever In Person Banquet
April 24, 2021 Expo Center 4pm
Cresco Wildlife Club Membership Meeting and Smelt Fry 7pm
NICC Virtual Class Intermediate Excel
2019: Workbook Formatting & Data
Functions
April 14, 2021 2:30-5pm
ISU Extension Private Pesticide CE
April 1, 6, 8 9:30am & 1:30pm
April 7 7pm
April 13 9:30am Pre-registration required
Helping Services Substance Abuse Documentary 7pm
Helping Services
April 21, 2021
Drug Use Panel 6pm
Cresco Wildlife Club
Precision .22lr
Challenge
April 3, 2021
Annual Fish Fry
April 10, 2021
Cresco Chamber
Business Committee In Person●Virtual●8:00am
Now due May 17th
Renos@Schley Country Spring Kickoff
April 9-11
Madrigal Apr 25
12:30pm & 5:30pm
NICC Cresco Center
Homemade Pasta April 22, 2021
6-8pm
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Chamber Connections 3
Joseph Hall Rock N Remember Celebrates Elvis Presley
Saturday ● April 10 ● 7pm
Mitchell Hall & The Tennessee Trio ● A Premier LIVE Johnny Cash Show Saturday ● April 24 ● 2pm & 7pm
Cresco Theatre
& Opera House
April 10 ● April 24
Tickets available at CUSB Bank
Cresco Bank & Trust
Cresco Welcome Center
Cresco Theatre & Opera House
Mark Your Calendar
FREE! CLEAN ENERGY (VIRTUAL) TOUR 2021 Hear from four Howard County residents about:
Residential solar
Geothermal
Energy efficiency
Solar for non-profits
Live Q&A … get your
questions answered!
Thursday, April 1st
7pm to 8:15pm
For a link to the tour, send an email to:
All events subject to change due to COVID-19
May 5 Dollars for Scholars Awards Night
May 6 NICC: Instant Pot Learn to Use It May 9 Mother’s Day
May 14 Live Performance
Carpenters Once More
May 16 CHS Commencement
May 17 IRS Tax Day
May 18 NICC: Fresh Flower Arrangements
May 20 NICC: Julia Child Recipes
May 31 Memorial Day June 1 Iowa Tax Day
More at https://howardcounty.energydistrict.org or on Facebook @HCEDIowa
https://howardcounty.energydistrict.org
Let’s all work together to
#RestoreOurEarth April 22, 2021
Chamber Connections 5
April 4, 2021 ♦ 10am-1pm
Heritage Event Center Dine In - Upper Level
Menu Carry Out - Lower Level
This is a Cresco Wildlife Club fundraising event
Heritage Event Center
229 3rd Ave W ♦ 563.380.3146
Shop all 9 businesses and get entered to win one of two $500 in gift cards!
Leutholds ◊ The Carpenter’s Wife ◊ O’Henry’s
Holstrom’s Gifts & Jewelry ◊ Bathhouse Market
Billmyer Furniture & Flooring ◊ Furniture Re-do
Unique Boutique ◊ Quilter’s Garden
Roast Beef, Ham, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Cheesy Potatoes,
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Vegetables, Salads, and Dessert
Adults $15 ♦ 6-10 years $9 ♦ 3-6 years $5 ♦ 0-2 yrs Free ♦ Carry Out $14
sponsoring an online documentary
and an online panel discussion
If They Had Known - Documentary Showing
April 7, 2021 ● Zoom Launch Meeting - Zoom
Search Helping Services on Facebook for more information
Drug Use Panel April 21, 2021 ● Zoom Launch Meeting - Zoom
April 1st ● Holy Thursday ●10:30am & 7pm with communion
April 2nd ● Good Friday ● 1:30pm with Immanuel Lutheran & 7pm
April 4th ● Easter Sunday ● 7am & 9am with Baptism at 9am
Livestreaming selected services
Search on Facebook for First Lutheran Church of Cresco
First Lutheran Church
Notre Dame Catholic Church
April 1st ● Holy Thursday
7:30pm with livestreaming
April 2nd ● Good Friday
1pm with livestreaming
April 3rd ● Easter Vigil
7:30pm with livestreaming
April 4th ● Easter Sunday
8am & 10am with livestreaming
Search on Facebook for
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Chamber Connections 5
Ages 10 yrs & under
Mask up and have some FUN!
New Horizon Sponsors
4pm at Expo Center
Early Bird Deadline
April 16, 2021 Prime Rib Dinner
Join us for an evening of fun,
dinner, live/silent auctions,
door prizes, games and more
at our 32nd Annual Banquet
Help us raise funds to increase local habitat
For more information
Hunter Slifka ● 641.220.5649
Neil Shaffer ● 563.379.5233
Matt Miner ● 563.380.7142
PheasantsForever.org
Freedom
Black Hills Energy
Cresco Heating & Vent
Darland’s Auto Repair
Don Dietzenbach State Farm Ins
Erickson-Prochaska Realtors
Evans Memorial Home
Furniture Re-do
Hanson Tire Service
Holstrom’s Gift & Jewelry
JP Accounting
Outdoors & More
Plantpeddler/Cresco Greenhouses
Rupperts Ace Hardware
O’Henry’s Stitches & Prints
Ox & Wren Spirits and Gifts
The Pub
Times Plain Dealer
Two $650 scholarships will be awarded May 5, 2021
Gold Medal
Casey’s General Store
Edward Jones
Fareway
GEO Eco Options
Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home
Hometown Accounting
Neubauer Farms
Quilter’s Garden
Nobel Prize
Campsite RV ● CUSB Bank ● CIA Insurance
Cresco Bank & Trust ● Cresco Building Service
The Cresco Shopper ● Hawkeye Sanitation
Chamber Connections 6
Invites you to their annual
Fish Fry
Saturday
April 10, 2021
Cresco Wildlife Club
Doors open at 4pm Serving 5pm until gone
Menu includes finger rolls, baked beans, potato
salad, homemade desserts, milk, coffee
and...FISH..FISH..and more FISH.
Tickets Adults $12 ● 12 & Under $6
Carryouts available
Raffles ● Door Prizes ● Great Food
Mark your calendars for the
Annual Membership
Meeting and Smelt Fry
Monday, April 12th
(Members Only)
Cresco Wildlife Club
Precision .22lr Challenge
● Gooder Field - 9am to 1pm
● April 3, 2021 - First of five Saturday events
● $20 Adults - $10 Youth 14 yrs & under
● Test your skills at 7 different stages engaging
targets from 25 to 100 yards
● Compete in 4 of 5 events to be eligible for
awards and prizes at Annual Banquet Sign up on April 3rd ● Mandatory Safety Brief at 8:30am ● 563.547.5125
Join Helping Services as they recognize
Child Abuse Prevention Month
with a Diaper Drive!
Diapers, Pull-ups, Wipes and Monetary donations are
being accepted at Kessel Kids 1135 Canterbury St ● HelpingServices.org
Chamber Connections 7
Apr 1 Private Pesticide Continuing Education Class Virtual (Zoom), Extension Office, 9:30am and 1:30pm Apr 6, 8, 13 Private Pesticide Continuing Education Classes Extension Office, 9:30am and 1:30pm Apr 7, 14, 21, 28 Leading Communities Program Virtual, 1-2:30pm Apr 10 4-H Spring Fair, NICC Cresco Center, 8am-2pm Apr 12, 19, 26 4-H Dog Obedience & Agility Reicks View Ag Education Center, 6-7pm Apr 14 Eliminating Barriers - Child Care Provider Training Featherlite Center, 6:30-8:30pm Apr 17 4-H and FFA Sheep and Goat Weigh-in Fairgrounds, 9-11am
APRIL
DUE TO COVID-19 our office is going to be open to the public Monday thru Friday from 9-12 noon.
We will be closed to the public each afternoon from 12:30 to 4:30pm Pre-registration is required for all trainings
APRIL CALENDER Contact Sue Barnes, County Point of Contact 132 1st Ave W, Cresco, 563.547.3001 HowardCountyExtension
Jessica Reis, NICC Cresco Center Director
1020 2nd Ave SE ● 563.547.3355
NICC Cresco Center Website
Apr 1 NICC Virtual Class: Healthy Brain/Healthy Workplace
9-10:30am, #80122
Apr 7 NICC Virtual Class: E-Commerce: How to Create an
Online Storefront, 9-10:30am #80120
Apr 8 Kids in the Kitchen: Cake Pops, NICC Cresco Center
3:45-5:30pm #80065
Apr 8 NICC Virtual Class: Air Fryer: Learn to Use It, 6-8pm #80226
Apr 14 NICC Virtual Class: Intermediate Excel 2019: Workbook
Formatting & Data Functions, 2:30-5pm #80082
Apr 15 Garden to Salsa, NICC Cresco Center, 7-8pm #80064
Apr 20 NICC Virtual Class: Intermediate Excel 2019: Functions
(Financial, Conditional, Text), 92:30-5pm #80083
Apr 20 NICC Virtual Class: Regulating Social Media in the Workplace
10-11:30am #81400
Apr 22 NICC Virtual Class: Homemade Pasta, 6-8pm #80227
Apr 27 NICC Virtual Class: Fundraising “Vital Signs”, 9-10:30am
#80110
ADVERTISE YOUR JOBS FOR FREE
crescochamber.com
Be like
U.S. Cellular EchoVision
and the City of Cresco
Post your employment
opportunities on the
Chamber website
Login onto the Chamber website and go to
Member Menu - Resources - Submit Job Bank.
It’s that easy!
Cresco Area Chamber of Commerce 101 2nd Ave SW Cresco, Iowa 52136
CONTACT US Give us a call for more
information about our services and opportunities.
Cresco Chamber
101 2nd Ave SW
Cresco, IA 52136
563.547.3434
Visit us online at crescochamber.com howard-county.com
on Facebook at Cresco and Howard County and on Snapchat at
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563.547.2101
563.547.6079
563.547.2244
563.547.5100
507.259.5070
563.547.3355
563.547.3501
563.547.2040
563.547.3601
563.547.2244
Regional Health Services of Howard County
Featherlite
Cresco Bank & Trust
Camp-Site RV
Burke Auction Service
NICC Cresco Center
Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home
CUSB Bank
Times Plain Dealer
Cresco Bank & Trust
Jennalee Pedretti - President
Kris Riley - Vice President
Mary Ann Neuzil - Past President
Ryan McCarville
Jen Burke
Jessica Reis
Katie Hudek
Alex McCabe
Dan Evans
Brendon Kacher
The Mission of the Cresco Area Chamber of Commerce is to develop and grow new and existing businesses, promote community involvement and to encourage business alliances.
May your Easter basket be full this year
