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BVU, Spencer Hospital Enter Strategic Partnership

June 2, 2022

(Storm Lake)– Buena Vista University and Spencer Hospital have entered into a strategic partnership that will allow the hospital’s employees and their eligible family members to receive grant funding to lower the cost of education while enrolled in classes at BVU’s Storm Lake campus. Partner grant funding also lowers the cost per credit hour for […]

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Collision Sends Three To The Hospital

June 2, 2022

(Windom, Mn.)– A two-vehicle collision Thursday at an intersection near Windom sent several people to the hospital. The Minnesota State Patrol says 80-year-old Betty Connell of Casa Grande, Arizona was driving a 2006 Winnebago RV westbound on Highway 60 and 40-year-old Maria Ramirez of Mountain Lake was driving a 2015 Jeep Cherokee northbound on County […]

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Special Event Next Week Will Honor Long Time President At ILCC

June 2, 2022

(Estherville)– A special event next week will honor Valerie Newhouse, the longtime President at Iowa Lakes Community College who will be retiring at the end of this month. A reception in honor of Newhouse will be held Thursday, June 9th at 2:30 pm at the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center at the Estherville campus. […]

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Latest Triple-A Iowa Report Shows Continued Increase In Gas Prices

June 2, 2022

(Des Moines)– Triple-A Iowa reports the price of regular unleaded gasoline went up another 12 cents across the state last week.  The latest average for consumers is four-dollars, 35-cents a gallon.  That means the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas is a dollar-47 higher than it was a year ago.  Retail diesel prices […]

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Public Informational Meeting To Be Held Next Week On Major Development Proposed For NW Side Of Milford

June 2, 2022

(Milford)– A group calling itself “Spirit of Okoboji” will officially unveil plans for a major development being proposed for the northwest side of Milford at a public informational meeting next week. Tim Kinnetz, the organization’s President, says it would include more than 400 single and multi-family housing units; a year-round sports and entertainment venue; an […]

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Monthly Economic Survey Shows Mixed Findings

June 2, 2022

(Omaha, NE)– A monthly survey shows the economic pictures for Iowa and the Midwest shows some mixed indications. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the overall figures for Iowa sank during May, as did the numbers for the nine-state region.  Goss says the region is slowly moving toward recovery, however.  The survey shows the greatest […]

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Keep Okoboji Blue to hold Underwater Cleanup on West Okoboji June 4

June 1, 2022

Boaters are urged to steer clear of underwater divers this weekend. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: (Okoboji)-Nonprofit group, Keep Okoboji Blue, will host an underwater cleanup on Saturday on West Lake Okoboji. Kyle Hamilton says, the event will start and end at Okoboji Boat Works. “So, we’ll base out of there. There will be snorkelers, […]

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Some Dickinson Co. Master Gardeners Receive Special Award

June 1, 2022

(Spirit Lake)– Some members of the Dickinson County Master Gardeners Program have received some special recognition. Sue Boettcher of ISU Extension and Outreach Dickinson County tells KUOO news they’ve received the Search for Excellence Award from Iowa State University… Specifically, Boettcher says it pertains to the donation garden at Camp Foster YMCA, one of two […]

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Area Farmers Assessing Damage To Crops From This Past Weekend’s Severe Weather

June 1, 2022

(Lakefield, Mn.)– Farmers in areas hard hit by this past weekend’s severe weather are continuing to assess damages. Jim Nesseth of Extended Ag Services in Lakefield tells KUOO news it’s fairly widespread, but he says areas a little further to the west and north really took the brunt of it… Locally, Nesseth says most of […]

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Okoboji Citywide Clean Up Day Set For Monday, June 6th

June 1, 2022

(Okoboji)– The annual clean up day in Okoboji will be held this coming Monday, June 6th. City officials say the day is designed to pick up items not normally picked up for for regular garbage collection and is for residential areas only. Residents are asked to limit the weight of items to be picked up […]

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