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Teamwork makes RAGBRAI dream work

Estherville, population 6,000, is expecting a massive influx of visitors as the community prepares to serve as overnight host for RAGBRAI on July 21, 2025. At Monday evening’s parks & recreation …

Candidates interviewed for ELC post

By the time you read this, the Estherville Lincoln Central School Board will likely have selected a new superintendent. The board met Wednesday, Feb. 5 to review the applicants and selected two …

Beck Engineering presents ‘rough’ cost of school facilities improvements

The Estherville Lincoln Central School Board has some big decisions to make concerning facilities planning. One key decision is to upgrade the current high school or build a new school. At its …

Local News
Members of Galaxy pause a moment at the Armstrong home of Glenn Henriksen. From left, Skyler Osborn, Jeffrey Speltz, Mark Kurseth, Glenn Henriksen, and Jerry Behnkendorf.
In his book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” Douglas Adams said 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything. That concept is singing true for Galaxy, a band started in …
Matt Reineke
The Emmet County Nature Center Foundation and Emmet County Conservation Board planned their annual banquet when they met Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Emmet County Nature Center near Wallingford. The …
Sophia Schumacher, left, and Caden Hoffman perform CP I Love U for the ELC Speech Showcase last month. The ensemble acting duo earned all 1 ratings at state speech and were selected for the All-State Speech festival to be held in Ames.
The ensemble acting duo of Caden Hoffman and Sophia Schumacher will represent Estherville Lincoln Central High School at the All-State Speech Festival Feb. 22 for their piece, CP I Love U. Tickets …
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Feb. 11 meeting approved hiring Thomas Schultes, brother of Emmet County Sheriff Justin Schultes, on a part-time basis. Sheriff Schultes said …
Kris Grabinoski, Jay Grabinoski, Amy H. Peterson, and Taylor Nissen enjoyed lunch at the INA Convention in Des Moines last week.
David Swartz, longtime managing editor and sports editor of the Estherville News, brought home first place for his February 2024 sports photo of senior Asher Molacek celebrating with fans after his …

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Obituaries
Mass of Christian Burial for Lloyd C. Petersen, 90, of Graettinger will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Graettinger. Interment will be at St. …
Sharon Kathleen Joy
Sharon Kathleen Joy the daughter of Adrian and Josephine (Moneke) Joy was born June 5, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa. She died on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Avera Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit …
Dean Lee Christensen
Dean Lee Christensen of Rock Island, Illinois, passed away January 22, 2025, at his home. He had been undergoing treatments for cancer during the past months. Dean was born June 14,1944, to Harry …
Denise Johnson
Funeral services for Denise Johnson, 69, of Wallingford, will be held at 11 a.m., today, Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville with Pastor Joel Sadler officiating. …

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Local Sports
A Spirit Lake player tries to distract ELC’s Cara Schiltz on this 3-point attempt. The distraction didn’t work as the Midget senior made two treys to start last Friday’s game.

fourth straight Lakes crown

SPIRIT LAKE — The Estherville Lincoln Central girls wrapped up their fourth straight Lakes Conference basketball title with a 54-41 win over Spirit Lake last Friday. The Midgets, 7-1 in league …
GTRA/ELC freshman Terra Guinn picked up one win in her first-ever trip to the girls’ state wrestling tournament last week.

Harris earns fifth-place medal

CORALVILLE — Isabelle Harris led Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire/Estherville Lincoln Central’s state wrestling qualifying trio with a fifth-place finish last week in …
Jessie (Benson) Cofield, a softball player for Iowa Lakes from 1999-2001 was inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday.

2000 Men’s Basketball Team inducted into Laker Hall of Fame

Iowa Lakes Community College held inductions for two individuals and one former team at its annual Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony last Saturday morning. The 2000 Iowa Lakes Mens Basketball Team, …

ELC starts fast, but Spirit Lake takes over in second quarter

SPIRIT LAKE — The Estherville Lincoln Central boys couldn’t have asked for a better start against rival Spirit Lake in hoops action last Friday. The Midgets raced out to an 11-3 lead with …

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From the opinion pages

Champions in Education say thank you

Dear Estherville Community, New Year’s Eve was special this year as we were honored by the ELC School Foundation as Champions in Education. In 2025, the Foundation will have served ELC for 30 …

Relay for Life Committee says thanks

The Emmet County Relay for Life Committee would like to thank you for your generous support and contributions to our fundraising events throughout 2024. No one is untouched when it comes to cancer; …

What a firefighter knows

I think that you will find that almost every community, no matter the size, has a Fire Department. The really big cities will have Career Departments where the firefighters work at the station until …

Local columns

The Rowley Report

  The week started off on a somber note as we mourned the loss of Iowa Representative Martin Graber. He was a dedicated soldier, leader, community servant and a friend. Our thoughts and …

Highlights with Henry

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results released by the U.S. Department of Education show encouraging gains with Iowa in the top 10 of all states for eighth grade reading …

The Rowley Report

The third week brought the capital city a reprieve of the cold weather and we were lucky to have several days of 40 plus degrees and sunshine. Inside we continued to hold subcommittee and …

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