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North Star Nights Kiwanians at their monthly meeting heard how the Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assault are helping victims in Emmet County.
Carson Waddell, sexual assault advocate for Emmet, …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/1/26
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Scott Wallace, grandson of the Iowa-born vice-president and Secretary of Agriculture, says diesel and consolidation are crushing farms, and admits his own years on the board of Pioneer Seeds were …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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The Emmet County Planning & Zoning Commission in a Thursday, Sept. 24 work session in the Emmet County Courthouse boardroom hashed out details of a draft of an ordinance to address utility scale …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/1/26
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The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office released Sept. 24 information about the discovery of a deceased man at Ft. Defiance State Park. The discovery was made the morning of Sept. 11. Cole H. Lacko, 26, …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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State Senator Dave Rowley and Independent challenger Rachel Gravert are running against each other in Iowa Senate District 5. They spoke two weeks apart last month to two very different audiences, …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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On a Monday evening in mid-September, the Estherville Parks and Recreation Board spent about 15 minutes debating whether to pay lifeguards an extra dollar an hour. The guards had stuck with the pool …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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It won’t affect taxpayers, who will still be footing the bill, but Emmet County Courthouse departments could find themselves having to pick up part of the bill for some costs for the …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/1/26
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Estherville Rotary Club members didn’t just hear about the Emmet County Animal Shelter on Sept. 24. They stood in it, while cats wandered between their feet and a few dozed on a hallway bench. …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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September 25, or 9-2-5, carried something special on Friday with the recent death of country singer Dolly Parton a month earlier at the age of 80. In addition to her musical career, Dolly Parton …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/1/26
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The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees at their Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting heard how the college music program is making a big hit with students, and far beyond.
Vice President of …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/24/26
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The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees at their Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting heard how the college music program is making a big hit with students, and far beyond.
Vice President of …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/24/26
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In what was probably its shortest council meeting ever, the Armstrong City Council at a Wednesday, Sept. 16 special meeting approved a resolution to appoint a new council member to replace Tylor …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/24/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Sept. 22 meeting approved a resolution extending a moratorium on utility-scale solar projects in the county.
The moratorium, passed earlier, …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/24/26
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A statewide coalition launched a campaign this month linking Iowa’s water quality to its rising cancer rates, and new polling suggests the issue has more traction with Republican and Independent …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/24/26
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On Saturday mornings this fall, the Estherville Lincoln Central High School practice fields just south of the Regional Wellness Center fill with small athletes chasing a football. There are no …
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By Amy H. Peterson with information from Jenny Nitchals at the RWC
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9/24/26
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Riders of bicycles, electric scooters and e-bikes in Estherville now have a clear set of rules to follow, and police have the tools to enforce them.
The Estherville City Council on Monday, Sept. …
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9/24/26
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On the first morning of school this fall, while four-year-olds all over Estherville were arriving to Estherville Lincoln Central’s Demoney Elementary School in new shoes, Julie Bates was on the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/24/26
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Without citing a reason, Ringsted Mayor Dan Jorgensen tendered his resignation at the start of the Ringsted City Council meeting Monday, Sept. 14. Jorgensen simply stated in his one-sentence letter …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/17/26
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The window for requesting absentee ballots is open. Ballots mail Wednesday, Oct. 14
Oct. 14 is also the first day of in-person early voting at the Emmet County Auditor’s office
The return …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/17/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting agreed to meet with other area interested parties to discuss the realities and myths of data centers.
In supervisor reports, …
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By Michael Tidemann
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9/17/26
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Estherville’s new public safety facility will get a fresh stretch of concrete in the front before winter, after the Estherville city council approved an $80,376 change order to the 2026 storm sewer …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/17/26
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Estherville Lincoln Central administrators told the school board Wednesday, Sept. 9, that the 2026-27 school year is off to a positive start, while also pointing to challenges and new initiatives …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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9/17/26
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The apples didn’t cooperate this year, but a warm, sunny day drew crowds to Fall Festival on the Farm.
About 200 people spent Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Brugjeld-Peterson Historic Farmstead for …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/17/26
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Crews have cut new window openings into the block walls of Estherville’s old pool bathhouse as it becomes the Phillips Pavilion, a four-season shelter and venue. City Administrator Penny Clayton …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/17/26
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