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Final Numbers Are In For This Year’s Clay County Fair
October 1, 2024
(Spencer)– Final numbers are coming in from this year’s Clay County Fair powered by SMU. Fair officials put total attendance at 297,999. They say 14,549 attended various grandstand shows. There were 790 4-H and FFA exhibitors from 52 counties across Iowa and Minnesota. Preliminary fairgoer spending on food, beverages, specialty concessions and carnival rides totaled […]
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MCHS Ending Some Of Its Services In Fairmont
October 1, 2024
(Fairmont, MN) — The Mayo Clinic Health System is planning to end some of the services it currently offers in Fairmont. MCHS announced Monday that it will close its surgical, labor and delivery units at the end of March. Patients will be directed to MCHS facilities in Mankato, though they can choose to go to […]
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Burn Bans Are Now In Place For At Least Two NW Iowa Counties
September 30, 2024
(Sibley)– Burn bans are now in effect for Lyon and Osceola counties of northwest Iowa as a result of the extremely dry conditions. Fire officials have determined that open burning in these counties constitutes a danger to life or property. There are several exceptions to the burning ban. If you can obtain a permit from […]
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Lakes Area Marina Raises Funds To Assist Spencer Flood Victims
September 30, 2024
(Okoboji)– Parks Marina and the Barefoot Bar have raised nearly $5,500 to assist Spencer flood victims. Director of Marketing Debbie Parks says the money was raised through the sale of “gold logo” tee-shirts, with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to the Spencer Chamber Foundation Flood Recovery Fund. Parks thanks their customers who purchased […]
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Farmers Urged To Take Extra Precautions To Prevent Field/Combine Fires
September 30, 2024
(Worthington, Mn.)– Area farmers are being urged to take some extra precautions to prevent fires with the harvest kicking into high gear. Liz Stahl of the University of Minnesota Extension Service in Worthington says the potential field and combine fires is increasing greatly as the region is slipping back into drought or near drought conditions… […]
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Red Flag Warning Issued For Portions Of Region Due To Very High Fire Danger
September 30, 2024
(Undated)– A high fire danger will be in place across the region today (Mon.). The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Lyon, Sioux and Plymouth counties in Iowa and Murray, Nobles and Rock counties in southwest Minnesota. Forecasters say a combination of dry vegetation, low relative humidity, wind and abnormally warm […]
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Multiple Injuries Reported In Fiery Crash In Lyon County
September 28, 2024
(Rock Rapids)– An off duty police officer is being credited with saving the lives of four people in a fiery crash in northwest Iowa on Thursday. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says Lance Haugen of Glendive, Montana was driving a 2012 Ford Raptor northbound on Beech Avenue when he pulled into the path of a […]
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Former Cherokee High School Teacher Sentenced
September 27, 2024
(Cherokee)– A former Cherokee High School teacher has been sentenced in a case where he was accused of sexually exploiting a minor. 46-year-old Joseph Vannatta pleaded guilty in July to a revised lesser charge of Harassment, which is an aggravated misdemeanor. Vannatta received a two-year suspended jail sentence. He’ll be on probation for two years. […]
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There Will NOT Be A City-Wide Cleanup Day In Milford This Fall
September 26, 2024
(Milford)– The city of Milford will NOT be holding a citywide cleanup day this Fall. Mayor Steve Anderson… Milford residents are responsible for taking TV’s and other electronics that need to be disposed of to the Dickinson County Recycling Center just east of Milford.
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