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New Disaster Proclamation Includes Two More NW Iowa Counties
May 23, 2024
(Des Moines)– Governor Kim Reynolds today (Wednesday) issued an additional disaster proclamation as a result of recent severe weather. The new proclamation covers 17 additional counties, including Buena Vista and O’Brien counties in northwest Iowa. The proclamation makes programs available to residents in those counties directly impacted by the severe storms. They are eligible to […]
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Okoboji Summer Theatre Association to host Waffle Breakfast May 26
May 22, 2024
(Okoboji)-The Okoboji Summer Theatre Association’s Waffle Fundraiser will be held on Sunday. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The Okoboji Summer Theatre Association will hold their annual Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser on Sunday, May 26 at The Okoboji Summer Theatre.OST Executive Director Ruth Ann Burke says, the event will include tours of the campus. “We will have […]
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Hwy 71 Lakes Corridor Detour Coming Off Thursday (May 23rd)
May 22, 2024
(Okoboji)– The detour for Highway 71 through the lakes corridor will be lifted on Thursday (May 23rd). Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation say the general contractor, Cedar Valley Corporation, has completed paving of the this, the third phase of the project. They say add the signs will be removed from the detour route […]
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Ongoing Wet Weather Causing Increased Concern Among Farmers
May 22, 2024
(Lakefield, Mn.)– All of the wet weather continues to add up to some big headaches for area farmers, especially those that still have corn to get into the ground. Jim Nesseth of Extended Ag Services in Lakefield estimates about 95 percent of the corn has been planted and that about 25 to 30 percent of […]
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More Northwest Iowa Veterans Take Special Charter Flight To Washington DC
May 22, 2024
(Sioux Center)– Some 80 veterans recently got a chance to visit armed forces memorials in Washington DC. The Sioux Center-based Midwest Honor Flight headed up the effort. The veterans are from northwest Iowa as well as South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Since its launch in 2017, Midwest Honor Flight has flown more than 16 hundred […]
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Damage Assessments Are Underway After Queen II Becomes Unmoored In Strong Wind
May 22, 2024
(Arnolds Park)– Officials are looking for any possible signs of damage to the Queen II after strong wind Tuesday evening caused the ropes that were holding the excursion boat in place to break. In a Facebook post, Arnolds Park CEO Jon Pausley says the Queen II wound up sidewise between two docks. He says crews […]
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Work On M-27 At Lake Park To Get Underway In Early June
May 22, 2024
(Lake Park)– Work on a major road project in Lake Park will be getting underway in the coming weeks. Dickinson County Engineer Cole Budach says work on County Road M-27 from Highway 9 to near the elevator will be getting underway in early June… Budach reminds everyone a detour will be in place while the […]
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Gov. Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation Following Severe Weather
May 21, 2024
(Des Moines)– Governor Kim Reynolds Tuesday authorized a disaster proclamation for 15 counties impacted by the most recent bout with severe weather. Several of those counties are in northwest Iowa. They include Clay, Kossuth and Palo Alto. The designation activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program and Disaster Case Advocacy Program for those counties. The […]
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Trial For A Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting An Algona Police Officer Being Moved To Dickinson County
May 21, 2024
(Algona)– Trial for a man accused of fatally shooting an Algona police officer will be held in Dickinson county after a judge Tuesday granted a change of venue. Kyle Ricke is charged with 1st degree murder in the September 2023 death of Kevin Cram. Ricke’s attorneys sought to have the trial moved out of Kossuth […]
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