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City Of Spencer To Team Up With YMCA To Offer Expanded Parks & Rec Programming
February 22, 2022
(Spencer)– The city of Spencer will be teaming up with the Spencer YMCA this summer for some programming with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. Jared Elbert oversees the department for the city. He says it will allow them to offer some expanded programming in the upcoming season… The city council Monday evening voted to […]
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Estherville City Council Tables Proposal To Convert From Run-Off City
February 22, 2022
(Estherville)– The Estherville City Council Monday evening tabled action on a proposal that would allow the city to convert to Iowa Code Chapter 45 election provisions. The move would allow the city to drop its current requirement for run-off elections to be held when certain thresholds aren’t met. Several council members said they want to […]
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City Of Spencer Authorizes Purchase Of Property Adjacent To Landfill It Owns In Graettinger
February 22, 2022
(Spencer)– The Spencer City Council has approved the purchase of some property in Graettinger, adjacent to the landfill the city of Spencer owns. Public Works Director Mark White told the council they were recently approached by an estate that owns the land. He says the purchase will help secure the future for the landfill site… […]
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Imagine Iowa Great Lakes Announces Some Changes
February 21, 2022
(Arnolds Park)– Imagine Iowa Great Lakes has announced they would like to thank Robyn Hubbard for her years of service on the board of directors. Hubbard was instrumental in the development of the arches on the promenade at Preservation Plaza at Arnolds Park, as well as with the Minnie Queen at East Lake Park. A […]
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Bur Oak Blight Continues To Cause Problems
February 21, 2022
(Des Moines)– The only oak species that is native in all of Iowa’s 99 counties is facing some disease issues. The D-N-R’s Tivon Feeley says they are seeing a lot of Bur Oak Blight, which is a fungus that appears on the leaf. He says Burr Oak Blight numbers have been “kind of fluctuating,” and […]
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Spencer Chamber Making Changes To Its Leadership Program
February 21, 2022
(Spencer)– The Spencer Chamber of Commerce is revamping one of its popular programs. Executive Director Sheriffa Jones says they’re in the process of developing a new Leadership Spencer Program… Jones says as a result, the current program will be on a one-year hiatus… Jones says the new program will likely feature additional components, including tours […]
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DNR To Hold Townhall Meeting Tues. (Feb. 22) In Okoboji
February 21, 2022
(Okoboji)– The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will hold a town-hall meeting tomorrow (Tues.) evening in the Iowa Great Lakes that will be of interest to hunters. Chris LaRue, a DNR wildlife biologist, tells KUOO news the meeting will serve a couple of purposes… LaRue says the meetings are held annually at locations throughout the […]
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Milford Man Accused Of Indecent Contact With A Child
February 21, 2022
(Milford)– A Milford man was arrested last week on warrants for sexual abuse in the 3rd degree, sexual exploitation by a school employee and child endangerment. The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office says the charges against 71-year-old Steven Titterington stem from an investigation into an incident in which he’s accused of having indecent contact with a […]
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Fire Destroys Machine Shed
February 21, 2022
(Lake Park)– No injuries were reported in a machine shed fire Sunday on the Dickinson-Osceola county line. Lake Park Fire Chief Brandon Ehret tells KUOO news they were called to 1131 100th Avenue around 3:20 pm… Fire departments from Harris, Ocheyedan and Round Lake also responded to the scene. Ehret says the cause of the […]
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