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Clay, Dickinson Counties Teaming Up For Women In Nature Day Activities
December 16, 2024
(Spencer)– A Winter Women in Nature Day is coming up Saturday, January 11th at Oneota Park in Spencer. Amy Heibult (high-bult) is with the Dickinson County Nature Center, which is coordinating the event in conjunction with Clay county. She says they’ll have a variety of activities going on that day from 9:00 am until 3:00 […]
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Dickinson Co. Sheriff’s Office Asking For Public’s Assistance In Tracking Down Vehicle & Driver
December 16, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash over the weekend in the Moore Lake area east of Arnolds Park that resulted in property damage. Deputies say it happened around 8:38 pm Saturday in the 25400 bock of 182nd […]
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No Injuries In Spencer Vehicle Fire
December 16, 2024
(Spencer)– No injuries were reported in a vehicle fire over the weekend in Spencer. The Spencer Fire Department was called around 1:16 am Sunday to New Tec, Inc. at 4321 Highway Boulevard on the north side of Spencer and found the engine compartment of the vehicle fully engulfed in fire. One attack line was deployed […]
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I-90 Semi Crash Sends Two People To The Hospital
December 16, 2024
(Jackson, Mn.)– Two people were injured over the weekend when a semi crashed on Interstate 90 east of Jackson. The Minnesota State Patrol says 34-year-old Puspa Ghaley of Ottawa, Canada lost control of the 2024 Volvo while traveling westbound a little after 10:00 pm Saturday. The semi left the road near milepost 80 and rolled. […]
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Bird Flu Confirmed In Commercial Layer Flock In O’Brien County
December 14, 2024
(Des Moines)– Another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in northwest Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the virus has been confirmed in a commercial layer flock in O’Brien county. It’s Iowa’s eighth detection of bird flu within poultry so far in 2024. Governor Kim […]
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No Injuries Reported In Spencer House Fire
December 14, 2024
(Spencer)– No injuries were reported in a house fire Friday evening in Spencer. Firefighters were called around 10:45 pm to 500 West 3rd Street in Spencer. Upon arriving they could see no smoke coming from the outside of the residence. Firefighters gained entry to the home and upon cutting a hole in the ceiling, found […]
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Gov. Kim Reynolds Orders Flags At Half Staff
December 13, 2024
(Des Moines)– Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered flags across Iowa to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise Saturday, December 14th, until sunset on Sunday, December 15th, in remembrance and honor of former Congressman Jim Leach who passed away December 11th. Leach served Iowa in Congress for 30 years from 1977 to 2007.
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DNR: Iowa Seeing A Sharp Increase Recently In Avian Influenza In Wild Birds
December 13, 2024
(Des Moines)– Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say they’ve been seeing a sharp increase recently in the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, in wild birds. After nearly a year without detections in sick or dead birds, they say the state has seen a sharp increase in the number of […]
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Iowa Lakes Corridor Dev. Board Will Have Some New Faces On It In 2025
December 13, 2024
(Spencer)– The board of directors of the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation will have some new faces on it after the first of the year. The four new members are Katherine Cota, Director of the Lamberti Center for Economic Development at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake; Todd Glassnapp, an Emmet County Supervisor; Brett Johnson, […]
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Finalists Announced For Okoboji Superintendent Job
December 13, 2024
(Okoboji)– The list of candidates for Superintendent of the Okoboji School District has been narrowed to three. They include Will Dible, former Spencer High School Principal who is currently Superintendent at the Alburnett School District; Cory Myer, Superintendent at Sheldon; and Jon Mendoza, Superintendent of the Crestview School in Clive. All three will be in […]
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