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Clay County Fair Charitable Trust Hoping Residents Will Remember Them During “Giving Tuesday”
December 2, 2025
(Spencer)– Today (Tues.) is Giving Tuesday and the Clay County Fair Charitable Trust is hoping donors will keep them in mind. Established in 1993, the trust is intended to help ensure the fair continues to thrive for generations to come. A number of initiatives have been established that people can donate to, including a strategic […]
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Declining Revenue Sources Has RIDES Officials Looking At Some Possible Changes
December 2, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– A representative of an agency that provides transportation services to a good deal of northwest Iowa says they will soon be facing some difficult decisions. Cindy Vos of RIDES gave an annual update at this (Tues.) morning’s Dickinson County Board of Supervisors meeting… “I’ll be very honest with you, we are looking at […]
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House Fire In Fairmont Claims A Life
December 2, 2025
(Fairmont, Mn.)– A house fire in Fairmont, Minnesota has claimed a life. Firefighters and first responders were called around 4:40 pm Monday to an address on South Park Street in Fairmont and found the basement engulfed. Two people who were in the house were taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont. One of them, […]
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Seasons Center For Behavioral Health Holding Special Holiday Event This Weekend
December 2, 2025
(Spencer)– This Saturday you can shop for a purpose at the inaugural “A very Merry Market – Season of Giving Holiday Extravaganza.” Seasons Center Behavioral Health in Spencer is hosting the event and Stephanie Pohar, Vice President of Marketing and Fund Development, talks about the event… “We’re super excited. This is our inaugural year, so […]
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Estherville City Council Discusses How To Fill Yet Another Vacancy
December 2, 2025
(Estherville)– Discussion on how to fill yet another vacancy on the Estherville City Council was a topic of discussion at Monday evening’s Estherville City Council meeting. The ward 1 seat, previously held by Tony Condon, is vacant after Condon was elected Mayor in last month’s election. City Administrator Penny Clayton told council members they could […]
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Iowa D.O.T: At Least Five Plow Trucks Were Hit During This Past Weekend’s Winter Storm
December 1, 2025
(Des Moines)– Over 800 snowplows spent the weekend clearing the roads across Iowa after a winter storm dropped a foot or more of snow in parts of the state. Craig Bargfrede is with the Iowa Department of Transportation… “Unfortunately we did have some folks who didn’t heed our warnings and what not and we did […]
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Additional Snow Removal Operations Will Be Taking Place In Downtown Spencer
December 1, 2025
(Spencer)– Crews in Spencer will be conducting some additional snow removal operations after midnight. City officials say crews will be picking up snow in the Downtown Commercial District and that effective at 12:01 am Tuesday, December 2nd, all vehicles will need to be out of that area. City officials in Spencer also remind everyone that […]
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Keynote Speaker Announced For Upcoming Business Recognition Luncheon
December 1, 2025
(Spencer)– We now know who the keynote speaker is going to be for the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation’s 15th annual Business Recognition Luncheon coming up January 28th, 2026. Corridor CEO Curt Strouth says Devin Henderson will be on the stage… “Devin has a little bit of a cool back story. He actually auditioned for […]
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Construction Of New Okoboji Elementary School Making Good Progress
December 1, 2025
(Milford)– Construction of the new Okoboji Elementary School continues to take shape. Superintendent Will Dible tells KUOO news things remain on schedule… “Our precasts are all still on schedule so our time of our actual project is still on schedule. And anybody that’s been kind of going by can see, especially that precast coming up, […]
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