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ISU Extension & Outreach Clay County Has A New Staff Member
January 13, 2022
(Spencer)– Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Clay County has a new staff member. Jenna Keene is the new Youth Outreach Coordinator. Keene is originally from Hartley. She has a background in education and most recently served as ISU Extension and Outreach County Youth Director in Sioux county… Keene explains what her new duties […]
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ATV Falls Through Ice
January 13, 2022
(Fairmont)- A close call this past weekend when an all-terrain-vehicle went through the ice on a lake near Fairmont. On Saturday, a fisherman was traveling across Hall Lake on his ATV when he hit an open stretch of water. Other local fishermen helped the man out of the water and got him to the shore, […]
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Covid Cases, Hospitalizations, Continue To Surge In Iowa
January 13, 2022
(Des Moines)– The Iowa Department of Public Health reports a continued spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and positivity rates. The update from Wednesday shows 923 Iowans are hospitalized with the virus – the highest number since December of 2020. The 14-day test positivity rate rose to 21-point-two percent, with more than 31 thousand new cases in […]
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Two Vehicle Collision Results In Serious Injuries
January 13, 2022
Two Pocahontas County residents were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Humboldt County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the accident occurred around 11:15 this (Wed) morning just west of Humboldt. 21-year-old Gage Pederson of Rolfe was driving a 2010 Pontiac G6. He was stopped at a stop sign at 230th Street, and pulled out […]
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Construction Mishap Injures Three Workers
January 13, 2022
(Milford)– A construction accident Wednesday afternoon in Milford resulted in injuries to three workers. It happened a little after 3:00 pm at a construction site on “P” Avenue just north of 13th Street. Matt Myhre of the Milford Police Department explains what took place… The two men who sustained the more serious injuries were taken […]
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Efforts underway to Endow Steve Reighard Scholarship
January 12, 2022
Efforts are underway to endow a memorial scholarship at Iowa Lakes Community College, KUOO’s Becky Thoreson has details: Conservation Officer Steve Reighard was honored with a memorial scholarship at Iowa Lakes Community College last year. Director of Foundations and Government Relations Dan Lutat says, the Iowa Lakes graduate was well-known in the Lakes Area. “Steve […]
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Funding Awarded For Another Phase Of Tatonka Ska Trace Trail
January 12, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– Funding has been awarded for another phase of the Tatonka Ska Trace recreational trail along former railroad right-of-way between Spirit Lake and Lake Park. Erin Reed of Dickinson County Trails reported Tuesday they’ve been awarded $395,000 through the Federal Recreation Trails program… A section of the trail from Highway 86 to Montgomery was […]
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Kite Festival Coming Back For Winter Games
January 12, 2022
(Arnolds Park)– The wildly popular Kite Festival will be back for this year’s University of Okoboji Winter Games. The kites will be flying Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 27th, 28th and 29th over West Lake Okoboji. Blain Andera, CEO of the Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, says even more kites than last year […]
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Iowa Legislator Crafting Law to Apply to Proposed Carbon Pipeline Projects
January 12, 2022
(Des Moines)– A key lawmaker is drafting a plan to require that 70 to 75 percent of landowners agree to a carbon pipeline project before state regulators could approve seizure of the remaining property through eminent domain. G-O-P Representative Bobby Kauffman of Wilton chairs the House State Government Committee and says he’s pro-landowner. Kauffman says,” […]
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