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This weekend is “Small Business Saturday”. Spencer Mainstreet Director Nancy Naeve says downtown merchants are ready.

After losing control of his pickup and going off the road into a cornfield at a high rate of speed, and crossing through 2 cornfields, rolling two times, and then walking away from the scene, Todd Michael Sohn was arrested on October 2nd by the O’Brien County Sherriff’s Office.

Northwest Iowans making the drive between Everly and Spencer every day are back to a normal commute for the first time since the June flooding

The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old Jodi Colleen Cruz of Ruthven

With the Thanksgiving holiday right around the corner, Iowa State Patrol Trooper Kevin Krull is asking drivers to return to the basics.

Crossing Highway 18 in Hartley to get to school can be dangerous, and Hartley City Council is looking for recommendations from the Department of Transportation on how to make it safer.

Spencer Superintendent Terry Hemann says he and superintendents from the Lakes and Siouxland athletic conferences and Western Christian School have reached a workable plan for a realignment in the 2026-27 school year.

The Fire Chief from Estherville says a home fire was headed off Saturday night because he had access to working fire extinguishers.

A Spencer woman currently serving as the Assistant Clay County Attorney is the Governor’s pick to fill an opening in the Iowa Court system.

This Thanksgiving Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig from Emmetsburg hopes Americans remember who grows their food.