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Dickinson Co. Supervisors Set Date For Bid Opening On 260th Street, Or A-43 Bridge Replacement
October 15, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors Tuesday set a date for a bid letting to replace a bridge on 260th Street, or County Road A-43, over the Little Sioux River east of the Little Sioux Church. The existing bridge was heavily damaged in last year’s flood and has been closed ever since. County […]
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Orleans City Council Discusses Ordinances
October 15, 2025
(Orleans)– A new ordinance mandating house numbers may be going on the books in Orleans. The City Council Monday evening scheduled a public hearing on the proposal for their next regular meeting November 10th. City officials say some homes currently do not have address numbers on them, making it difficult for firefighters and first responders […]
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Bridge Project In Cherokee Now Complete
October 15, 2025
(Cherokee)– A project to replace a bridge on Highway 3 over the Little Sioux River in Cherokee is now complete. The Iowa Department of Transportation and city officials will hold a ribbon cutting commemorating the occasion October 21st. The project originally wasn’t scheduled until 2026 but was pushed up by last year’s historic flood. It […]
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Fall Festival Is This Saturday
October 15, 2025
The Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce is holding their fall festival this weekend at YMCA Camp Foster. Blaine Andera, the President and CEO of the chamber talks about this year’s event… “Really appreciate Camp Foster and the YMCA partnering with us on this again. It’s from 10 to 2 out at Camp Foster. […]
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Update Of Dickinson County’s Land Use Plan To Involve Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District
October 14, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors this (Tues.) morning approved a plan to involve the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District in the process of updating the county’s long term comprehensive land use plan. Supervisor Steve Clark says it makes sense to have the additional entity involved in the process… “I think it’s something […]
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Major Construction Project About To Get Underway At Lakeside Lab
October 14, 2025
(Wahpeton)– A major construction project is about to get underway at Lakeside Laboratory. Director Mary Skopec says construction of a new $6.4 million Innovation and Discovery Laboratory is still scheduled to get underway this fall… “We’ve been fundraising for awhile, now, and construction on this new 8,000 square foot laboratory-classroom building will start shortly, actually, […]
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It Likely Will Be At Least Another Week Before A Heavily Traveled Intersection On The SW Side Of Big Spirit Lake Re-Opens
October 14, 2025
(Orleans)– It will be at least another week before an intersection on the southwest side of Big Spirit Lake is re-opened to traffic. The intersection of 140th Street and 240th Avenue at St. Margaret’s Cemetery has been closed nearly a couple of months now as part of the reconstruction of 140th Street. An engineer that’s […]
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City Of Sheldon, SCDC Acquiring Land For Major Housing Project
October 14, 2025
(Sheldon)– The Sheldon Chamber and Development Corporation, or SCDC, and city of Sheldon have announced they’ve signed purchase agreements to acquire about 47 acres of farmland on the city’s southwest side. Terms call for the city of Sheldon to own about 30 acres of the land, with the remainder being owned by the SCDC, which […]
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Algona Woman Announces Candidacy For Iowa Senate District 5
October 14, 2025
(Algona)– An Algona woman has announced her candidacy for Iowa State Senate District 5. Stacy Besch will run as a Republican and will go up against incumbent Dave Rowley of Spirit Lake in the June 2nd, 2026 Primary Election. Besch says her main priorities are on preserving freedom, human trafficking awareness, tax reform and eminent […]
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