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Okoboji Foundation Announces Winner Of 2022 July Nonprofit Challenge

August 12, 2022

(Arnolds Park)– The Okoboji Foundation has announced the winner of this year’s July Nonprofit Challenge. This year’s honor goes to Friends of Lakeside Lab, earning their endowment fund a matching grant from the Okoboji Foundation. Other partner funds that will receive a portion of the matching grants include the Pearson Lakes Art Center, Historic Arnolds […]

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Start Of Clay County Fair Powered By SMU Now Just Weeks Away

August 12, 2022

(Spencer)– The Clay County Fair powered by SMU is now just weeks away. General Manager Jeremy Parsons says an important tool to help you plan your visit this year will be coming out next week… Parsons says while the cost of everything else may be going up, that isn’t the case for admission for this […]

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Theft Investigation Leads Officers On Pursuit

August 11, 2022

(Emmetsburg)– What started out Monday evening as an investigation into a theft from an Estherville convenience store ended up with a suspect being taken into custody in Palo Alto county following a pursuit on Highway 18 that went through Ruthven headed east. The suspect vehicle then turned and went back west through Ruthven where it […]

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Arnolds Park Amusement Park to present Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone August 14 at the Roof Garden Ballroom

August 11, 2022

(Arnolds Park)-Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone will make an appearance at the Roof Garden Ballroom on Sunday. UOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: Arnolds Park Amusement Park will present Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone at the Roof Garden Ballroom Sunday evening.Noone was just 15 years old when he began as the Lead Vocalist with the classic […]

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Longtime Executive Director At Camp Foster Announces He’s Moving On

August 11, 2022

(Spirit Lake)– The longtime Executive Director at Camp Foster is stepping down. It was announced today (Thurs.) Josh Carr is moving on to a new position. Carr tells KUOO news there’s a lot he’s going to miss after 17 years at Camp Foster… Carr adds he’s leaving Camp Foster at an exciting time for the […]

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Ag Official: This Past Weekend’s Rains Should Be Enough To Get Corn Through Rest of The Season

August 11, 2022

(Lakefield, Mn.)– This past weekend’s rains came at a crucial time for corn and soybean crops. Jim Nesseth of Extended Ag Services in Lakefield says it will push the corn through the rest of the growing season… Nesseth says there is some growing concern, however, with soybean aphids. He says there are some isolated areas […]

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I-90 Crash Sends Two To The Hospital

August 11, 2022

(Magnolia, Mn.)– A single vehicle crash Wednesday in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near Magnolia sent two people to the hospital. The Minnesota State Patrol says 55-year-old Abeba Adela of Worthington lost control of a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer which left the road and collided with the median barrier. Adela and a passenger, 45-year-old Zufan […]

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Hwy 86 Crash Injures Jackson Woman

August 11, 2022

(Lakefield, Mn.)– A single vehicle crash Wednesday on highway 86 five miles north of the Iowa/Minnesota border injured a Jackson woman. The Minnesota State Patrol says 28-year-old Bobbie Jo Moffett was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche northbound. Troopers say she was attempting to make a U-turn when the vehicle rolled. Moffett was taken by ambulance […]

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Trial For One Of Two Suspects In Death Of Estherville Man Being Delayed

August 11, 2022

(Estherville)– Trial for one of two suspects charged in the 2021 death of an Estherville man is being delayed. Trial for 19-year-old Connor Uhde was originally set for later this month but online court records show it has now been re-scheduled to begin October 18th. Uhde, along with 18-year-old Cejay Van Der Wilt, were charged […]

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DNR Confirms Cause Of Storm Lake Fish Kill

August 11, 2022

(Storm Lake)–  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the disease that killed thousands of fish at Storm Lake.  State biologist Ben Wallace says this is the first known outbreak of “Koi Herpes Virus” in Iowa.  Wallace says scientists can’t say for sure how the virus got into the lake.  He says the heat […]

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