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Spencer City Council Sets Public Hearing & Bidletting Date For Infrastructure Projects
February 20, 2024
(Spencer)– The Spencer City Council Monday evening adopted resolutions pertaining to some street and infrastructure projects for two new residential subdivisions, including one proposed to be built on 29th Street Southwest. A city engineer, Ross McWhirter, outlined the scope of the project… A bidletting and public hearing will be held March 18th. The other is […]
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Estherville City Council Talks Trails
February 19, 2024
(Estherville)– The Estherville City Council this (Monday) evening approved a proposal with a local engineering firm to update a master plan for the city’s trail system. City Administrator Penny Clayton says an updated plan is needed as the city looks to construct some additional trails… Jacobson Westergard and Associates will design an updated plan at […]
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Iowa Lakes Community College Music Department to host Night at The P.A.C. February 20
February 19, 2024
(Estherville)-There’s a free concert on tap Tuesday evening at Iowa Lakes in Estherville. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The Iowa Lakes Community College Music Department will host a Night at The P.A.C. Tuesday evening.Instrumental Music Professor Carol Ayres says a wide variety of music will be performed. “We’ll have many solos by various people from […]
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Another Reminder Of DNR Hunting, Trapping Meeting Coming Up Tues. (Feb. 20th)
February 19, 2024
(Okoboji)– Another reminder of a meeting the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be holding meeting tomorrow (Tues.) evening to gather input on the recently completed hunting and trapping seasons. Chris LaRue, a DNR wildlife biologist, says they’re hoping for a good turnout… He says the session will be conducted in a town hall setting… […]
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LRH Named A Top 100 Hospital
February 19, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– Lakes Regional Healthcare has been named a Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital for the 6th year in a row. The designation is through The Chartis Center for Rural Health. It analyzes rural hospitals through the Hospital Strength INDEX which utilizes publicly available data to measure and monitor performance in areas such as […]
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Iowa Lakes Corridor Dev. Corp. Is Out With It’s Annual Report For 2023
February 19, 2024
(Spencer)– The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is out with its annual report for 2023. President and CEO Curt Strouth tells KUOO news one of the highlights is the findings of retention and expansion visits the Corridor conducted among various businesses and industries in the four counties they serve… In addition to those issues, Strouth […]
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Planning Continues For Osceola County Jail Renovation Project
February 19, 2024
(Sibley)– Plans to remodel and add onto the jail in Osceola county are moving forward. Voters last November approved a $5 million bond issue for the project. Sheriff Kevin Wollmuth says final plans are being put together… Wollmuth says the facility will be one level… Wollmuth says some preliminary work for the project is already […]
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BNSF Railway & Landowners Reach Settlement In NW Iowa Derailment
February 19, 2024
(Sioux City)– Iowa landowners and BNSF Railway have reached a settlement regarding a lawsuit over an oil train derailment in 2018. Details, including the amount of money paid out, are not being released publicly. The derailment in June of 2018 near Doon spilled around 160-thousand gallons of tar sand oil into floodwaters in Lyon County. […]
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Wildlife Disease Measure Could Benefit Iowa Ag Industry
February 19, 2024
(Undated)– Wildlife advocates are asking Congress to pass bill that would help states track diseases killing wildlife across the country. In Iowa, the measure would focus on slowing bird flu outbreaks, among other things. House Resolution 6-7-6-5 would spend up to 42-and-a-half million dollars a year to help state wildlife experts study and share data […]
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