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Work On Drainage Issue At Speier Park In Okoboji To Get Underway In June

May 10, 2023

(Okoboji)– Work will be getting underway next month to correct a drainage issue in a heavily used park in Okoboji. City Administrator Michael Meyers says the work will be taking place at Speier Park… Meyers says the park will remain open during the project… Meyers says the work is expected to take a couple of […]

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Arnolds Park Amusement Park to Open May 20

May 9, 2023

(Arnolds Park)-There will be some new attractions at Arnolds Park Amusement Park this season. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: Arnolds Park Amusement Park will open for the season on May 20.CEO Jon Pausley says, membership cards can now be scanned. “You won’t have to stop at the ticket booth if you don’t want to, to […]

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Fate Of A Historic Building In Terril Will Be Decided Next Month

May 9, 2023

(Terril)– The fate of a historic building in Terril will soon be decided. Mayor Julie Thiessen tells KUOO news the city council is hoping someone will buy it and fix it up for a business, otherwise she says it will likely be demolished… Thiesen says the building has been a topic of discussion for sometime […]

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Dickinson County Supervisors Hear Update On Eurasian Watermilfoil Treatments

May 9, 2023

(Spirit Lake)– As we reported previously, with the exception of perhaps one more application, treatments for eurasian watermilfoil on the lower chain of the Iowa Great Lakes have been completed. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources told the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors today (Tues.) the priority now is […]

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Milford Police Investigate Shooting Believed To Be Accidental In Nature

May 9, 2023

(Milford)– Police in Milford say a shooting that happened Monday in that city appears to have been accidental. In a press release, Police Chief Shilo Brevik says the department was notified around 3:18 pm by Lakes Regional Healthcare that they had a man there suffering from a gunshot wound he sustained at a residence in […]

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Milford City Council Awards Bid On New Public Works Facility

May 9, 2023

(Milford)– The Milford City Council Monday evening awarded a bid for the construction of a new public works facility. It followed a public hearing that drew no written or oral comment. Mayor Steve Anderson says the new facility has been in the talking stages for at least a couple of years already… Anderson says the […]

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Spirit Lake School Board Looking To Fill Another Vacancy

May 9, 2023

(Spirit Lake)– The Spirit Lake School Board has another vacancy to fill. Board member Kerri McKim announced at Monday evening’s meeting she will be resigning from her seat effective May 22nd, after serving nearly six years. In a statement McKim says she feels it’s the right time to step down with her youngest child graduating. […]

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Maintenance Work Gets Underway On Dickinson County Trails System

May 8, 2023

(Spirit Lake)– Some maintenance work is getting underway on the Dickinson County Trails system. Erin Reed tells KUOO news the work got started today (Monday) with crack sealing along 252nd Avenue in Orleans. She says the work will continue over the next couple of weeks or so… Surface preservation of the trail will be taking […]

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Spirit Lake Man Snags Tagged Walleye In Extended Walleye Weekend Contest

May 8, 2023

(Spirit Lake)– A Spirit Lake man is the winner of $5,080.00 after snagging a specially tagged walleye just hours after the conclusion of Walleye Weekend. Dennis Weerheim caught the fish Sunday night while fishing from a dock in front of his home on the east side of Big Spirit Lake… Weerheim tells KUOO news while […]

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Collision Of School Bus And Semi Injures Two Children

May 8, 2023

(Wallingford)– Two children were injured when a school bus and a semi collided back on May 2nd in Emmet county. The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office says 43-year-old Travis Schueller of Armstrong was driving a 2022 Blue Bird school bus owned by the North Union School District. Deputies say Schueller stopped at a stop sign at […]

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