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Seasoned runner, poet and author Tyler Sullivan signed his history of Emmet County before a full house Friday, Oct. 30 at the Lil’ Danske Kirke Danish Museum in Ringsted.
The book is one of five …
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By Michael Tidemann
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11/5/26
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The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees in a special session Tuesday, Oct. 27 reviewed the draft stage of a fiscal 2023 audit with an Illinois company the college has retained.
Sara …
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By Michael Tidemann
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11/5/26
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The rebuild of Highway 9 through Estherville will take four construction seasons, from 2028 through 2031. Crews will work in stages so that drivers, businesses and residents always have a way through …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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Estherville’s Planning & Zoning Commission finished its line-by-line review of the proposed data center ordinance Thursday, Oct. 29. The Commission then voted 5-0 to recommend the ordinance to city …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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An early-morning kitchen fire damaged an Estherville residence at 920 North 13th St Tuesday, with firefighters rescuing two family dogs but three pet birds dying in the fire.
The Estherville Fire …
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11/5/26
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The Emmet County Water Trails board has two big projects nearly across the finish line:. The hardest item on its 2027 list is one no grant has solved yet: clearing the log jams, sandbars, and downed …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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The council’s question Monday night was not whether a data center would be loud. It was whether it might hum in a way no decibel meter catches.
The Estherville city council voted to hold a …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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Iowa elected a Democratic governor and a Democratic U.S. senator Tuesday, and Democrats won three of the state’s four U.S. House seats. Emmet County voters went the other way in nearly every …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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Last week, Chickie Donohue came in to Estherville for a visit about “the best beer run ever,” which the Estherville News covered in the October 19 edition of the newspaper. Ticketed guests …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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11/5/26
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Estherville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3388 was once again recognized for outstanding community service. The post recently received an award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars national office. …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/29/26
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Ringsted Community Improvement Organization members at their Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting discussed an upcoming author visit 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
Tyler Sullivan will sign his Emmet County …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/29/26
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Radon – colorless, odorless and as close as your downstairs basement.
That was the message several Armstrong residents had when they attended a radon informational meeting Monday, Oct. 26 at the …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/29/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors after its weekly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27 dedicated the $1.6-million west Courthouse addition.
The addition took 18 months to complete and was funded with …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/29/26
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Estherville is weighing whether it wants a data center. It already has a factory that depends on them. PDU Cables builds the custom power cables that carry electricity to the server racks inside data …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/29/26
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For the past eight weeks, the Estherville News has gone to the picnics and cookouts, the debates, the trainings and checked in with the county auditor and secretary of state so you could walk to the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/29/26
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Estherville’s Planning & Zoning Commission began drafting data center rules last Thursday night. The early direction is cautious: small facilities only, and only in a designated area away from …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/29/26
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Editors note: Information for this article provided by ELC band director Laura Giebler.
The Estherville Lincoln Central Marching Band celebrated a successful 2026 marching band season filled with …
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10/29/26
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The Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center stage became a ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 17, when Iowa Lake Community College held Uncorked, its first-ever social and fundraising event in support of the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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Thursday, Oct. 15, over 200 high school choir students gathered at Iowa Lakes Community College to take part in the Heartland Honor Choir. Students prepared four songs to sing at an evening concert …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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Austin DeJong was sworn in as the newest member of the Armstrong City Council at the council’s Wednesday, Sept. 14 meeting, replacing Councilmember Tylor Evans who resigned for personal …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/22/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Oct. 20 meeting heard a request for $6,000 in funding from Family Crisis Centers which assists victims of domestic violence and other violent …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/22/26
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Two weeks before the 2024 election, Iowa officials told county auditors to challenge the ballots of 2,176 voters who might not be U.S. Citizens. Many had simply become citizens after getting their …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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In 1964, a young New Yorker named John “Chickie” Donohue drove across Iowa on his way to San Francisco. More than 60 years later, he remembers how the landscape struck him.
“No hills, no …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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With completion of the new stadium complex expected next spring, including a new western entrance, home-side bleachers and a field events area, the Estherville Lincoln Central School Board took a …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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10/22/26
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A Minnesota-based developer told the Estherville City Council Monday that a data center could come to Estherville. The company says it would be small, quiet and water-light, and would pay its full …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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