The Denison Free Press

09/23/2025

The coronation ceremony for Monarch Homecoming 2025, “Once Upon A Homecoming,” took place Monday evening, September 22, at the high school football field. Giana Garcia was crowned queen and Diego Garcia was crowned king. From left: Charlotte Schrum, Ivan Ledesma, Emily Gehlsen, Alexander Segoviano, Avery Bock, Luis Salas, Queen Giana Garcia, King Diego Garcia, Addison Houston, Brandon Lopez-Nieto, Lexie Wiese, and Joshua Ramos.

09/22/2025

Firefighters from the Denison, Vail, Manilla, and Dow City-Arion departments responded to a structure fire at 315 North 15th Street in Denison on Monday. Streets near the fire scene have been blocked.

09/22/2025

The offices of The Denison Free Press and La Prensa are open today (Monday, September 22) in the basement of the Chamber & Development Council of Crawford County office.
Today is the last day for our special one-year subscription price of $100.

09/19/2025

This weeks issue of The Denison Free Press

09/19/2025

Members of the Col. William H. Kinsman Camp #23 of the Iowa Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camps provided educational demonstrations for fourth and fifth graders on Friday, September 12, on the lawn of the historic McHenry House in Denison. Included in the demonstrations was the firing of a half scale cannon with a small charge of powder.

09/19/2025

Julie Graeve, who served as leader of the East Boyer Rustlers for 11 years, received gifts from club members after a tree-planting project at the Crawford County Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 14. She is stepping down as a leader. Photo by Gordon Wolf

09/19/2025

Members of the East Boyer Rustlers 4-H Club beautified the Crawford County Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 14, by planting 10 trees in varieties of oak, maple and linden. Club member Hayden Hipnar applied for and was awarded $450 through the Pioneer Seed Grant program to purchase the trees. The East Boyer Rustlers matched this amount to total $900, and the fair board matched that combined total. Between last year and this year, 15 ash trees had to be cut down at the fairgrounds

09/19/2025

09/15/2025

$1 million Powerball ticket purchased in Denison
CLIVE, Iowa — Someone who bought a Powerball® ticket at a Denison convenience store won a $1 million prize the game’s drawing on Saturday night.
The winning ticket was purchased at Kimmes Denison Country Store, 1108 Fourth Ave. S. in Denison. It matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to win a $1 million prize.
Saturday’s winning numbers were: 28-37-42-50-53 and Powerball 19. The Power Play® multiplier number was 2.
The Denison ticket was the one of four in the country to win a $1 million prize in Saturday’s drawing. The other winning tickets were purchased in California, Massachusetts and Maryland.
No one matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, so the grand prize climbs to an estimated $63 million annuity ($30 million lump-sum option) for the game’s next drawing on Monday.
Kimmes Denison Country Store will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery for selling the $1 million-winning ticket.
Prizes of this size must be claimed at the Iowa Lottery’s main office in Clive.

09/12/2025

09/12/2025

In the video, fifth graders from Broadway Elementary School in Denison learn the procedures for firing a cannon Friday afternoon at the historic McHenry House. Members of the Col. William H. Kinsman Camp #23, based in Atlantic, with the Iowa Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camps, had four stations set up on the lawn of the McHenry House to teach fourth and fifth graders about camp life for Civil War soldiers and officers along with the equipment and armaments they used. The cannon being fired is a half-scale cannon with a small charge of powder.