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Iowa Lakes Community College Music Department to hold Annual Show and Jazz Choir Festival January 25-27
January 21, 2022
Many area students will perform at the Iowa Lakes Community College next week, KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: The Iowa Lakes Community College Music Department will host the Show and Jazz Choir Festival next week. Vocal Music Professor Brett Fuelberth says dozens of area middle and high school students will perform. “We have 28 choirs, […]
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Iowa D.O.T Says Motor Vehicle Traffic Is Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels
January 21, 2022
(Des Moines)– Iowa’s record 2021 corn harvest fueled a significant increase in traffic on the rail lines that run through the state. Iowa DOT Director Scott Marler says the car loads of grain in 2021 were the most since 2008 and it is mostly due to the high volumes that were being exported. Railroad traffic […]
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Estherville Woman Charged In Check Forgery Case
January 21, 2022
(Sutherland)– An Estherville woman has been charged in a check forgery case in O’brien county. 21-year-old Nashley Craig was arrested earlier this week on a warrant issued by the Sutherland Police Department charging her with forgery. Craig is accused of writing two bad checks in November of last year at a Sutherland convenience store. A […]
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Man Sustains Minor Injuries In Osceola County Crash
January 21, 2022
(Sibley)– Minor injuries were reported Wednesday in a single vehicle crash on Highway 60 near Sibley. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Brandon Hakeneis of Ashton experienced a medical issue while driving a 2011 Kia Sportage. The vehicle left the road and collided with a cable barrier before coming to rest in the median. […]
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O’Brien County Crash Claims A Life
January 21, 2022
(Primghar)– A single vehicle crash Wednesday evening in O’Brien county claimed the life of a Paullina man. Authorities say 30-year-old Storm Perry was driving a 2017 Dodge Journey southbound in the 4500 mile of Highway 59 when he lost control of the vehicle. It went into the east ditch, struck an embankment and became airborne. […]
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Arnolds Park Man Sentenced On Federal Explosives Charge
January 21, 2022
(Sioux City)– An Arnolds Park man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for manufacturing and possessing homemade pipe bombs. 37-year-old Darrell Sorey was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City. He pleaded guilty in September, 2021 to one count of possessing an unregistered explosive device. Authorities executed a search warrant […]
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University of Okoboji Winter Games Online Registration Closing Soon
January 20, 2022
The University of Okoboji Winter Games are just a week away. KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has an update: With the University of Okoboji Winter Games coming up next week, The Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber is encouraging participants to register for the various events.Director of Membership and Events Kiley Zankowski says, some of the events are […]
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NW Iowa Communities Awarded Funds Through Empower Rural Iowa Initiative
January 20, 2022
(Des Moines)– Several northwest Iowa communities have been awarded funding through the Empower Rural Iowa Initiative. The cities of Ashton, Ocheyedan, Emmetsburg and Sibley will each receive $10,000 in Rural Housing Assessment Grants. Pocahontas county was awarded a $20,000 Rural Return Grant to develop and a registry an alumni registry and chamber membership incentive program. […]
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Dickinson County Seeing Significant Increase In COVID Cases With Omicron
January 20, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– Like most other counties in the region, Dickinson county is also seeing a big increase in COVID cases currently. Katy Burke of Dickinson County Public Health tells KUOO news as of today (Thurs.) the county’s positivity rate is at 27 percent… Burke says just about all of the cases locally are the Omicron […]
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