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The grant will help equip high school students as well as support the Iowa Lakes Aviation and airport management programs.

– Iowa Great Lakes Lutheran School in Spencer is expanding. And today the entire school, staff and community were on hand to break ground.

Des Moines, IA (northwestiowanow) — Chad Hahn from the National Weather Service in Des Moines tells us more about the 24/25 Winter Outlook Weak La Nina.

Nearly 100 employees in both the transportation and warehousing areas will be laid off effective January 24th, 2025

Students at the Spencer High School prepare for the classical musical 1950’s “Guys and Dolls.”

– Sheldon officially named Eric Meineke the new Chief of Police November 7th.

Improvements are coming to the Storm Lake sanitary lift station, which should enhance sanitary sewer conveyance and help slow possible loss of service due to flood hazards.

The Director of the Iowa Flood Center is lobbying for monitoring equipment to cover the entire state. The entity was created after the Cedar Rapids flood and is expanding across the state as federal funding is provided.

– Iowa has the second highest cancer rate in the state, and – Abben Cancer Center Director Mindy Sylvester says – lung cancer is the most prevalent type in Iowa.

The Family Crises Center has presented its annual report to the Clay County Board of Supervisors.