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Lakeside Speaker Series to feature talk by Lori Eich on Innovation in Marine Power Tuesday, June 18
June 18, 2024
(Okoboji)-Tuesday’s Lakeside Lab Speaker Series will feature a talk on new technology. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The Friends of Lakeside Lab Speaker Series will continue on Tuesday evening with a talk by Lori Eich who will speak about new technology and her new company, HydroKinetX. “Wave energy converters, there’s a historic design to those, […]
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Spencer City Council Tables Action On Grant Program
June 18, 2024
(Spencer)– The city of Spencer is debating whether or not to sign on with a program that could help land grants for various beautification projects. The Hometown Pride Program was a topic of discussion at Monday’s city council meeting. Councilman Brian Balk said he’s skeptical about it… Fellow councilman Tom Nelson looked at it from […]
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Permitting Process For Lower Gar Bridge Reportedly Caught Up In Bureaucracy
June 18, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– The permitting process for building a bridge over the Lower Gar Outlet is reportedly in limbo in Des Moines due to bureaucratic red tape. Milford Mayor Steve Anderson made the revelation at Monday’s emergency meeting of the Dickinson County Emergency Management Commission… Efforts to get a bridge built at the Lower Gar Outlet […]
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IGL Sanitary District Says Illegal Sump Pump Connections & Power Outages Were Two Big Factors In Wastewater Bypasses
June 17, 2024
(Milford)– Steve Anderson, Superintendent of the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District, says the recent heavy rains have been putting a strain on their collection system. He adds the power outage early Monday quickly made matters worse… Anderson says it’s also important to quit running water whenever the power goes out… Anderson says the Iowa Great […]
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5 MPH Speed Limit To Go In Effect At 4:00 PM Tuesday On ALL Dickinson County Lakes
June 17, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– Meeting in emergency session late this (Mon.) afternoon, the Dickinson County Emergency Management Commission voted to implement a 5 mph speed limit on ALL Dickinson county lakes. Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Ehret says it goes into effect at 4:00 pm Tuesday… Ehret says the commission opted to take the action even though the […]
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Multiple Wastewater Bypasses Going On In Iowa Great Lakes
June 17, 2024
(Milford)– Extremely heavy rain and power outages with the storms that moved through the Iowa Great Lakes very early this (Mon.) morning have resulted in several wastewater bypasses. That word from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ field office in Spencer. One of those occurred at a lift station just south of Manhattan Point on […]
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Dickinson County Emergency Management Making Sand, Sandbags Available To Residents
June 17, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– Dickinson County Emergency Management is making sand and sandbags available to residents that have property being threatened by high water. In Spirit Lake, sandbags are in a shelter to the west of the sand bunker. The site is about a block and-a-half west of the courthouse, at 1007 19th Street. Sand and sandbags […]
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Lake Levels Are Quickly Rising Again After Heavy Rain This Weekend
June 17, 2024
(Orleans)– Water levels on the Iowa Great Lakes are quickly rising once again with the heavy rain over the weekend. Severe storms that brought 50 to 60 mph wind this (Mon.) morning again caused damage to docks, boats and hoists, especially on Big Spirit Lake. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of […]
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Storms Bring Damaging Wind To Some Areas
June 17, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– Quite a few residents have spent their Monday morning cleaning up from storms that tore through the Iowa Great Lakes and surrounding areas very early today. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Ehret says there was swath of 50 to 60 mph wind that went across northern Dickinson county, causing considerable damage in […]
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