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Spencer Art Alliance Cancels Main Street Market For Rest Of Season
July 9, 2024
(Spencer)– Organizers of Spencer’s Main Street Market announced today (Tues.) the event has been cancelled for the rest of the season. In an email, officials with the Spencer Art Alliance say “regrettably, the conditions following the flooding in Spencer and Clay county have made it difficult for residents and business operations to continue with the […]
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Testimony Underway In Trial Of Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting A Police Officer
July 9, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– A jury has been seated and testimony got underway today (Tues.) in the trial of Kyle Ricke, who’s accused of fatally shooting Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram on September 13th, 2023. It happened as Cram was attempting to serve a warrant on Ricke out of Palo Alto county charging him with harassment. Ricke […]
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Three People Injured When Driver Goes Around A Barricade Of A Washed Out Bridge Approach
July 9, 2024
(Little Rock)– Lyon county authorities say a crash that happened the night of the 4th of July at a washed out bridge approach drives home the point as to why we should never drive around barricades. Authorities say 20-year-old Xander Ditsworth of Rock Rapids was driving a 2014 Jeep Patriot southbound on a county road […]
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Little Sioux Flood Mitigation Will Likely Take Many Years To Accomplish
July 9, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– We’re learning details into the first meeting of a committee that was recently appointed to address flood concerns in the Iowa Great Lakes and downstream along the Little Sioux River. Steve Clark represents the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors on the 11-member group which met for the first time July 2nd… Clark says […]
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Sibley Man Honored For Longstanding Support Of Lewis & Clark Regional Water System
July 9, 2024
(Sibley)– A Sibley man is getting some special recognition for his long term support of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System. Larry Pedley was presented with the “Lewis & Clark Trailblazer Award” during the system’s annual meeting in Sioux Falls. Pedley was also recognized for his years of service on the Board of Directors […]
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Major Road Project In Milford Seeing Delays Due To Recent Rains
July 9, 2024
(Milford)– A major road project in Milford is seeing some delays due to all the wet weather. Mayor Steve Anderson says work on the re-construction of County Road A-34 is running behind schedule… The project still has a completion date of late this fall.
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Jury Selection Continues In Kyle Ricke Trial
July 9, 2024
(Spirit Lake)– Jury selection got underway Monday and is set to continue this (Tues.) morning in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting an Algona police officer. Trial for Kyle Ricke was moved to Dickinson county from Kossuth county on a change of venue. A number of potential jurors wound up being dismissed […]
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Clay County Community Foundation Offering Relief To Flood Victims
July 9, 2024
(Spencer)– Residents of a flooded northwest Iowa city are showing a lot of determination. Terri Batchelet is with the Clay County Community Foundation… The foundation is offering grants to help Spencer residents, flooded out of their homes. The flood destroyed at least one-thousand homes and damaged twice that many. The foundation is also accepting online […]
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Orleans City Council Talks Storm Sewer Maintenance/Inspections
July 9, 2024
(Orleans)– The recent heavy rains and flooding have brought drainage issues to the forefront across a large part of the region. The Orleans City Council Monday evening directed engineers to draw up a plan for inspections and maintenance of the city’s storm sewers. Mayor Bill Maas says being a little more proactive could save some […]
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Lakeside Speaker Series to feature a talk by Dr. Kevin Mason July 9
July 8, 2024
(Okoboji)-The Lakeside Speaker Series will feature a talk about The Walk Across Iowa. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The Lakeside Speaker Series will feature a talk by Dr. Kevin Mason, Associate Professor of History at Waldorf University.Mason says he’ll discuss his Walk Across Iowa which he completed a couple of years ago. “It took me […]
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