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Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly in Iowa
January 25, 2022
(Des Moines)– Iowa’s unemployment rate is three-and-a-half percent for December – down two-tenths from three-point-seven percent in November. The number of unemployed Iowans fell by 38-hundred last month to 57-thousand-900. The number of Iowans working rose by 52-hundred in December to more than one-point-six million. Iowa Workforce Development reports employers added 11-thousand-700 jobs and ended […]
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Dickinson Supervisors Further Review Proposed Easement Ordinance
January 25, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors again this (Tues.) morning reviewed a proposed easement ordinance. Among other things, it would require the company in charge of a project to pay a $1 million deposit to the county in exchange for crossing any drainage infrastructure. The county would hold that money for five years […]
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Dickinson Co. Supervisors Vote Down Proposal To Annex Land Into A Drainage District
January 25, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– A proposal to annex 2,173 acres of land in Dickinson county and 2,367 acres in Osceola into Drainage District 15 near Lake Park is dead in the water. The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this (Tues.) morning to drop those plans after hearing again from landowners in the two counties that […]
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City Of Spirit Lake Repairing Broken Water Main
January 25, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– The City of Spirit Lake is currently working to repair a water main break on 23rd Street. Affected property owners are those living from Denver to Boston on 23rd Street, from 21st to 23rd Streets on Chicago, from 23rd Street to 24th Streets on Denver and from 22nd to 23rd Streets on Boston. […]
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University of Okoboji Winter Games Polar Plunge to be held near Queen II Saturday
January 24, 2022
The Polar Plunge will be held by the Queen II during Winter Games this year, KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The University of Okoboji Winter Games will once again feature the popular Polar Plunge on Saturday afternoon. Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber Director of Membership and Events Kylie Zankowski says, registration will be held the […]
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No Injuries Reported In Arnolds Park House Fire
January 24, 2022
(Arnolds Park)– Fire today (Monday) gutted a house in Arnolds Park. Arnolds Park-Okoboji Fire Chief Chris Yungbluth says they were called to 425 Emerald Drive around 11:50 am… The house is a total loss. Yungbluth tells us how the fire was discovered… Yungbluth adds the extreme cold played a role in fighting the fire… Firefighters […]
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Area Hospitals Feeling The Impact As The Latest COVID Surge Continues
January 24, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– Area hospitals are feeling the squeeze as the recent surge in COVID cases continues. Jason Harrington, President and CEO of Lakes Regional Healthcare tells KUOO news the rate of COVID hospitalizations there recently is the highest they’ve been since the pandemic started… Harrington says this latest wave is coming at the worse possible […]
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Voters In Two Area Cities Head To The Polls Tues. (Jan. 25th) For Special Elections
January 24, 2022
(Undated)– Special elections will be held tomorrow (Tues. Jan. 25th) in two area towns. In Estherville, voters will decide who will become that city’s next Mayor. City council member Ann Goebel and a former Mayor, Ken Billings, are running for the position left vacant last year by the resignation of Joseph May. In Milford, voters […]
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No Injuries Reported In Structure Fire On North Side Of Little Spirit Lake
January 24, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– No injuries were reported Sunday evening in a structure fire on the north side of Little Spirit Lake, just south of the Minnesota border. Spirit Lake Fire Chief Pat Daly says firefighters were called to 10095 237th Avenue around 7:15 pm… Daly says the occupants of the house were home at the time […]
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