Local
1 year ago
Fall Lake Restoration Projects

– Four lake restoration projects by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources should be done this fall.
Biologist Mike Hawkins says the effort at Silver Lake in Dickinson County has taken multiple years.

Local
1 year ago
Iowa Lakes Community College Awarded $1.98 million Grant for Industry Training and Workforce Development

Iowa Lakes Community College was recently awarded a one million nine, hundred eighty-six thousand, six hundred thirty-seven-dollar Grant from the US Department of Energy’s Industrial Training and Assessment Center expansion initiative.

Local
1 year ago
Spencer Exploring Future Options for the Field House

At Spencer School Boards meeting Tuesday night, the board had a discussion on what they saw when they toured Spencer’s facilities. One of the facilities they toured that led to a lot of discussion was the Spencer field house.

Local
1 year ago
Early Voting is Brisk

Spirit Lake, IA (northwestiowanow.com) — Auditor’s offices across Iowa say they have been deluged […]

Local
1 year ago
Library Music Garden is Now Open

Go ahead and make some noise next time you are at the Spencer Public Library. Thanks to a grant worth over $23,000 from T-Mobile, the Dewey Music Garden is now open, and Library Director Sarah Beth Fuchsen says the music garden fits in with the library’s 5-year strategic plan, meeting at least 3 of their goals.

Local
1 year ago
Bond Issue Meeting Wednesday Night

With a community vote on a sixty-nine-million-dollar bond issue looming in two weeks, the Dickinson County Taxpayers Association is holding a informational meeting at the Milford Community Center Wednesday (October 23) from 6 to 7:30.

Local sports
1 year ago
Spencer Area Swim Team Wraps Up Regular Season on Senior Night

Gross and Sears pick up Individual Wins for Tigers

Local
1 year ago
Speed Limit Update 170th St in Estherville

At Monday night’s Estherville City Council meeting the City Council approved a speed limit change on 170th St. to alleviate confusion.

Local
1 year ago
Spencer Daycare Study

The Spencer Economic Development Corporation earmarked ten thousand dollars and recently secured a twenty-thousand-dollar rural empowerment grant from the state to research daycare options for the community.