Category: Community

Electronics & Scrap Metal Recycling Day

We are excited to announce that Winneshiek County Recycling and Winneshiek Energy District are hosting an electronics and scrap metal collection event on Saturday, May 16th from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Winneshiek County Recycling Center! Our address is:
2510 172nd Ave
Decorah, IA 52101
Please see the attached flyer for more information. We hope to see you there! Remember, you can recycle any of these items during our normal business hours (6 am to 3 pm M-F), but this is your chance to do it over the weekend!
Information about the electronic and scrap metal collection event and includes a list of items we can take.

Live Healthy Iowa Kids Track Meet 2026

This FREE event will be held Tuesday, May 19, 4:30 pm, at the Decorah High School Track.
To register, see links below. Preregistration is strongly encouraged, but late registration will be taken beginning at 4:00pm near the track entrance on the day of the event.
IMPORTANT: The only participation restriction is age. A participant’s age is as of December 31, 2026.
Born in 2018-2019 (7 & 8 y/o) Born in 2016-2017 (9 & 10 y/o)
Born in 2014-2015 (11&12 y/o) Born in 2012-2013 (13 & 14 y/o)
***6 and Unders can participate, just do not attend state meet***
Additional information about Live Healthy Iowa and State events can be found here.
 
Online Registration Link Opens in April (Copy and Paste into Browser):
https://event.racereach.com/lhi-kidstrack-decorah?cz=px_hhhmudhmpi7w1775421410305426206&dsx=

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Need your Perennial Plants Thinned or Re-Homed?

 

Do you have any plants you need thinned, removed or re-homed? The Winneshiek Master Gardener club would be help you with your project.  The funds raised from our plant sale goes to a variety of projects—flower baskets for local towns, city beautification projects, helping new members with the cost of becoming a Master Gardener, etc.  Our volunteer members would dig up the plants sometime during the week of May 3rd.  Please keep in mind certain plants cannot be removed in spring and successfully survive.  For further information or notify our club of your need to thin or re-home your perennial plants, please contact the ISU Extension office at 563-382-2949. 

The Winneshiek County Master Gardener club is looking for people who need perennial plants thinned or re-homed.  We use funds from our plant sale for a variety of projects in Winneshiek county.  Our volunteer members would dig up the plants sometime during the week of May 3rd.  We may need to leave certain plants that cannot be successfully transplanted in the spring.  If you have a need to thin or re-home your perennial plants, please contact the ISU Extension office at 563-382-2949.   

Change in Rural Waste Collection Hours Beginning Monday, July 6th

Beginning Monday, July 6th, there will be a change in rural waste collection hours throughout Winneshiek County. All rural drop-off sites will be open from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

  • Locust: Mondays, Wednesdays, 1st and 3rd Fridays. Opposite the Locust School. Recycling on site.
  • Bluffton: Tuesdays. 2619 West Ravine Road, in the Bluffton Store parking lot. No recycling containers.
  • Kendallville: 1st and 3rd Thursdays. 3453 324th Ave. Recycling on site.
  • Fort Atkinson: 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Fort Atkinson County Shop at 2656 150th St. No recycling containers at the waste drop off but there are bins at the Community Center parking lot.
  • Ridgeway: 2nd and 4th Fridays. Ridgeway County Shop on East St. Recycling on site.
  • Winneshiek County Landfill: Monday to Friday. 2000 140th Avenue Decorah, IA.

Winneshiek County rural residents must have Placards to use the sites. All rural waste sites are currently open from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Beginning Monday, July 6th, they will be open from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Earth Day Festival and Electronics/Scrap Metal Collection Event!

Join us at the Winneshiek County Earth Day Festival taking place at the fairgrounds on Saturday, April 25th! We will be there from 9 am to noon! Our Recycling Educator, Evan Neubauer, will be presenting “Waste Less, Recycle Right” in the Danan Lansing Building from 9:30 to 10:00. Make sure you grab some snacks and coffee in the Community Building before heading over to the presentation! Evan will be providing updates on recycling rules in our area. Come with questions! Click the link below for more information:

https://www.winneshiekwild.com/events/earth-day-festival-2026

In addition to this event, we will also be hosting an electronic/scrap metal recycling collection event at our facility on Saturday, May 16th from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. We will be accepting electronics, appliances, and scrap metal. Charges still apply for some items, but this is your chance to recycle these materials over the weekend! Below is a list of items that we charge for at our facility. We are hoping to see you at both events!

This picture contains a list of items that we charge for when they are dropped off at Winneshiek County Recycling.

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