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New Amenities Being Added To Lake View Deck At Preservation Plaza
May 10, 2024
(Arnolds Park)– Arnolds Park Amusement Park has added some amenities to The Lake View Deck. CEO Jon Pausley says food will be offered among other things… The Lake View Deck is located above the new concession stands at Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park.
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Forecasters: Northern Lights Should Be Visible Tonight (Fri.) Across Large Part Of Region
May 10, 2024
(Undated)– You’ll want to keep your eyes on the northern part of the sky tonight (Fri.) to catch a glimpse of something special. Rod Donovan of the National Weather Service in Des Moines says we should be able to get a good view of the aurora borealis, or the northern lights… He says they’ll be […]
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Two Children Rescued From Floodwater In Spencer
May 10, 2024
(Spencer)– Two children had to be rescued late Thursday from floodwater in Spencer. Police Chief Mark Warburton says officers and rescue crews were called around 5:00 pm to the 600 block of 4th Street Southeast where they found two 12-year-old boys clinging to a utility pole in the Little Sioux River, calling out for help. […]
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Three Sons Storefront Reaches 150 Years
May 10, 2024
(Milford)– This year marks the 150th anniversary for the storefront of The Three Sons in Milford. Emil Richter tells KUOO news the building was constructed in 1874 as a telegraph station for the Milwaukee Road Railroad, as it was building its tracks north from Spencer through the Iowa Great Lakes. After the telegraph station was […]
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Recent Rains Eliminate Drought Conditions In NW Iowa
May 10, 2024
(Des Moines)– All the rain we received in April and so far in May has greatly improved overall drought conditions, basically eliminating them altogether in northwest Iowa. The latest Water Summary Update from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources shows April’s preliminary statewide precipitation was 4.16 inches which is nearly a half inch above normal. […]
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SMU Receives National Recognition For Power Reliability
May 10, 2024
(Spencer)– Spencer Municipal Utilities has received national recognition for exceptional electric reliability in 2023. It comes from the American Public Power Association, a trade group representing 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities. The group subscribes to a tracking service that monitors outage and restoration data. That information is then compared to national statistics from the U.S. […]
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Former Pride Group Employee Sentenced For Stealing Money From Residents
May 9, 2024
(Primghar)– A Primghar woman who was arrested on several felony charges after being accused of stealing money from several residents at the Pride Group, where she worked, has been sentenced to ten years in prison. According to criminal complaints, 48-year-old Jennifer Lynn Storm of Primghar was accused of stealing over $23,000 from 21 different residents […]
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Corridor Announces Findings Of 2023 Business, Retention & Expansion Report
May 9, 2024
(Spencer)– The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is announcing the findings of its 2023 Business, Retention and Expansion surveys. It consists of a series of interviews Corridor officials conduct each year with various businesses and industries in their four-county service area. 21 visits were conducted this past year in Dickinson county. Joanne Follon of the […]
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