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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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Investigation Into Domestic Incident Results In Arrest
June 1, 2022
(George)– An investigation by authorities in Lyon county into a domestic incident resulted in the arrest of a George man. Authorities say they were called to the 300 block of East Dakota Avenue in George on Tuesday after getting a report of a man who had tried to run over a woman with his car. […]
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