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Iowa D.O.T Seeking Input On Culvert Project On Hwy 9 In Lyon County
November 14, 2025
(Rock Rapids)– The Iowa Department of Transportation is taking public comment on plans to replace a culvert on Highway 9 about two miles east of Rock Rapids, or about 1.4 miles west of Lyon County Road K60. Officials with the District 3 Iowa D.O.T office in Sioux City say construction is scheduled to start in […]
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Elderbridge Agency On Aging Continues To See Increased Demand For Services While Funding Decreases
November 14, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– The head of an agency that provides services to those 60 and over in 29 counties of northern and northwest Iowa, including Dickinson, says the demand for their services only continues to grow. Meanwhile, Stacia Timmer, CEO of Elderbridge, says at the same time, their funding sources continue to shrivel… “I can tell […]
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Disability Mural Project Now On Display At Pearson Lakes Art Center
November 14, 2025
(Okoboji) 35 years ago, the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law and the Pearson Lakes Art Center has found a unique way to celebrate. The Disability Mural Project will be on display from now until February 28th and Holly Zinn Hampel, who is the Education Director at the PLAC, explains what the project […]
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Well Known & Highly Respected Businessman From Spencer & Iowa Great Lakes Passes Away
November 14, 2025
(Spencer)– A well known and highly respected businessman in Spencer and the Iowa Great Lakes Area has passed away. Toby Shine joined Shine Brothers full time in 1960. He later went on to start up a wire cutting and auto shredding business in Spencer in the mid 1980’s, serving as owner and President of the […]
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Landline 911 Service Restored
November 14, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– An issue that knocked out 911 land line service in a number of northwest Iowa counties, including Dickinson, has now been repaired. The issue surfaced Thursday afternoon after a fiber optics cable was accidentally cut. A post on the Dickinson County Emergency Management Facebook page this (Fri.) morning says the necessary repairs have […]
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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Says Fellow Republicans Need To Be More Serious About Affordability Concerns
November 13, 2025
(Milford)– U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says unless there’s some sort of sudden reversal, affordability issues will continue to be a major issue in the next election. Grassley says the administration and the President himself seem to be in denial that the prices of groceries and other items continues to go up… “So when the President […]
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Dickinson Supervisors Award Bid To Replace A Heavily Traveled Bridge Heavily Damaged In 2024 Flood
November 13, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– A heavily traveled bridge southwest of Milford is about to get replaced. The bridge on 260th Street over the Little Sioux River was badly damaged in the June, 2024 flood and has been closed to traffic ever since. The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors Wednesday awarded a bid of a little more than […]
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Dickinson County Supervisors Hear Request For New Program To Assist Those Who Are Homeless
November 13, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– Efforts are underway to start up a program in Dickinson county similar to one already in place in Spencer and Clay county, to assist the homeless population. Regina Reed, Executive Director of ATLAS at the Lakes, says the Community Housing Access Resource Team, or CHART, would provide a response to someone looking for […]
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Second Show In ILCC Performing Arts Series To Be Presented This Weekend
November 13, 2025
(Estherville)– The second show in the Iowa Lakes Community College Performing Arts Series will be presented this weekend. Glenn Henriksen, Father Paul Kelly, Father David Hemann and Bill Hansen have decided to call themselves Two Priests and Some Lutherans. They will perform this Sunday at the Janice K Lund Performing Arts Center at ILCC Estherville […]
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