The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, March 21 meeting decided to hold the line on employee health insurance costs with a zero percent increase for 2023-34. Denise Ballard and … more

Grace Lutat, a graduating senior at Estherville Lincoln Central High School, has been named one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were … more

At Monday evening’s Estherville city council meeting, the council waived the second and third readings of the zoning reclassification for the area at 1620 7th Ave. South, which is the site of the … more

It might not seem timely with a foot of snow on the ground, but Emmet County will participate in Iowa Severe Weather Awareness Week March 27-31. The week will focus on awareness of severe … more

Monday morning, Judge Nancy Whittenburg presided over a virtual hearing relating to Ben Scheevel’s request for evidence the State of Iowa is using in its case against him. Scheevel was arrested … more

The Estherville Lincoln Central School Board on Monday gave its approval to a two-year agreement with the teachers’ union—the ELC Education Association. In year one (2023-24) of the two-year … more

Since it’s been around almost six decades, most people know the Head Start program is a federally-funded preschool program. In November of 2018, the Emmet County program moved into the former … more

The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, March 14 meeting took a step toward organizing the county employee wage structure by approving a wage matrix for employees in the auditor, … more

An Ames author has published The Observer, a book based on the writings of Bernt Olaf Wolden that appeared in the Estherville Daily News from 1930 to 1968. It was Wolden’s family who donated a farm … more

The Estherville Parks & Recreation Board met Monday evening to review the strategic plan analysis reports from previous periods and set goals for the near future as well as the long term. City … more