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Spencer Economic Development Corporation has a New Logo and Website
September 26, 2025
(Spencer)— The Spencer Economic Development Corporation, or SEDC, has a new logo and website. Officials say the logo incorporates colors from the partner organizations that support SEDC, including the city of Spencer, Spencer Municipal Utilities, and the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation. They add the ripple effect in the logo represents the impact of the […]
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Milford Officials Approve Sale of Former City Hall Building
September 26, 2025
(Milford) At Monday night’s council meeting, officials approved a $179,900 bid from Rick Stanton of Sibley — doing business as Sibley Sheet Metal Inc., for the old City Hall Building. The historic building, located at the corner of 10th Street and North Avenue, once housed the police department and even served as a U.S. Fish […]
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Two Seriously Injured in Motorcycle Accident on Saturday Near Ruthven
September 25, 2025
(Ruthven) Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident last Saturday at 1:45 pm. It happened on highway 14 or 310th avenue just north of State highway 18. Homer Martz, age 44 of Laurens, IA was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson when he lost control and crashed into Dequin Sanusi […]
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University of Okoboji Oktoberfest Is This Weekend
September 25, 2025
University of Okoboji Oktoberfest is this Saturday at Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park. Morgan Strauss, Director of Marketing and Events for the Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce, says you can still register for the various events online until 5:00 pm today (Thurs.) and in person Saturday morning from 8:00 am until 9:45 am. She […]
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Dickinson County New 911 Radio System Working Well
September 25, 2025
(Spirit Lake)–It’s been about a year now since Dickinson county switched over to a new 911 radio system that not only serves law enforcement, EMS, fire and other emergency personnel in the county, but also is being used by schools and the county’s Secondary Roads Department. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Ehret (air-it) says […]
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Fairmont Man Sustains Injuries in Motorcycle Accident
September 25, 2025
(Fairmont) A 20-year-old man from Fairmont was involved in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday. Dilon Curtis Pluim was riding a Kawasaki EX500 northbound on highway 15 in Fairmont when he lost control of the motorcycle after crossing the railroad tracks. Pluim was taken to the emergency room at Mayo Health after he sustained non-life threatening […]
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Gov. Kim Reynolds Sets Date For Special Election For Iowa House District 7
September 24, 2025
(Des Moines)– Governor Kim Reynolds has set Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 as the date for a special election for Iowa House District 7. It comes on the heels of the resignation of Iowa State Representative Mike Sexton who was appointed by President Trump to serve as Director of USDA Rural Development in Iowa. Sexton was […]
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Ag Official: Recent Hail Storms Have Taken A Toll On Some Soybean Fields
September 24, 2025
(Lakefield, Mn.)– Severe weather that recently struck some parts of the region have had an impact on crop conditions in the affected locations. Jim Nesseth of Extended Ag Services in Lakefield says soybeans were particularly hard hit in those areas that experienced hail… “We’ve had reports of anywhere from two to five bushels of losses, […]
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