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Winter Games Reminders
December 2, 2024
(Arnolds Park)– A reminder that mominations for cheerleaders for the 2025 University of Okoboji Winter Games gets underway today (Mon., Dec. 2nd) and runs through December 31st. Nominations may be made online or by stopping by the Chamber Office during regular office hours. Event registration for the 45th U of O Winter Games also continues. […]
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ILCC Gearing Up For Holiday Concert
December 2, 2024
(Estherville)– The Music Department at Iowa Lakes Community College will hold its annual holiday concert Sunday, December 8th at the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center at the Estherville campus. Director Carol Ayres says it gets underway at 3:00 pm that afternoon… Ayres says the community handbell choir consists of members from throughout the region… […]
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Efforts To Improve Availability of Childcare In Iowa Continue
December 2, 2024
(Undated)– A new report says Iowa has created more than 200 new child-care providers in the state, which is among the nation’s leaders in working parents who need it. The jobs were created with pandemic relief funds and bolstered by money from local businesses. Iowa set aside 3-million dollars in COVID relief aid to create […]
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Dr. Mara Groom, Physician At LRH, Named New Chief Medical Officer For Avera
December 1, 2024
(Sioux Falls, S.D.)– Dr. Mara Groom, a family medicine and obstetric physician at Lakes Regional Healthcare, has been named the new Chief Medical Officer for Avera Medical Group. Dr. Groom also currently serves as the lead physician at Lakes Regional Family Medicine and is a board member of the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians. According […]
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Dickinson County Endowment Fund Announces Grant Awards
December 1, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Endowment Fund has awarded nearly $111,000 in grants to 23 non-profit groups throughout the county. The grants were awarded based on the impact for citizens. You can see a complete list of this year’s recipients below. In 19 years of awarding grants, the Dickinson County Endowment Fund has provided a […]
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Lyon County Collision Injures Primghar Man
December 1, 2024
(Larchwood)– A two-vehicle collision Friday in Lyon county sent one person to the hospital. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Tilly DeJong of Sioux Center was westbound at an intersection near West Lyon High School when she pulled into the path of a vehicle driven by 67-year-old Dale Thompson of Primghar. Thompson was injured […]
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Rolling Domestic Investigation Results In Drug Arrests
November 30, 2024
(Estherville)– Authorities in Emmet county have released information into an investigation earlier this month that resulted in the arrests of two people on drug charges. The Estherville Police Department says it goes back to the late afternoon of November 12th when the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance with a possible domestic incident in a […]
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Grants Awarded To A Number Of NW Iowa Fire Departments
November 29, 2024
(Undated)– A number of Iowa fire departments, including some in our area, will receive a portion of $416,000 in funding for wildfire suppression, personal protective gear and communications equipment. The grants are a 50 percent cost share. Departments in our area awarded the funding include Alta, Cherokee, Estherville, Everly, Fostoria, Gruver, Milford, Peterson, Sibley and […]
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It’s Time To Winterize That Vehicle If You Haven’t Already Done That
November 29, 2024
(Undated)– Now’s the time to get that vehicle winterized if you haven’t already done so. Trooper Kevin Krull of the Iowa State Patrol says a little preventive maintenance can go a long way, especially this time of the year… Experts also say now is the time to put the ice scrapers, snow brushes, and winter […]
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