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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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Fresh off of Thursday’s Heartland Honor Choir event, high school choir members donned their robes for a Sunday concert in the Estherville Lincoln Central High School Little Theater. Directed by Mr. …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/22/26
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Just under two years since he was disabled by surgery complications, former Ringsted Mayor Mike Rasmussen took office again Monday, Oct. 12, this time by council appointment.
Rasmussen originally …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/15/26
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Still on the fence about Saturday’s Iowa Lakes Community College Music & Performing Arts Uncorked Gala? If having “nothing to wear,” is the only thing holding you back, we have good news. …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/15/26
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JOHNSTON — With absentee ballots already landing in Emmet County mailboxes, Iowa’s two major-party candidates for U.S. Senate met Oct. 7 for their first debate. Part of the hour went to sparring …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/15/26
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DAVENPORT — Iowa’s two candidates for governor spent part of their first debate trading personal jabs. But when they stuck to policy, Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn laid out sharply …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/15/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Oct. 13 meeting approved a resolution authorizing an urban renewal area for the City of Estherville just west of the Estherville city …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/15/26
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Nothering makes a reader sleep with the lights on like a story set on the roads they drive every day. Just in time for Halloween, two authors with ties to the Estherville area have new books built …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/15/26
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A nine-hole mini golf course could be coming to Estherville’s Thoreson Park, if a group of local leaders has its way.
Members of the Lead the ‘Ville 2026-27 class presented their proposal to …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/15/26
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Demoney Elementary music teacher Katy Wilson leads participating third and fourth graders in singing the National Anthem prior to last Thursday’s volleyball match between Estherville Lincoln …
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10/15/26
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Tyler Sullivan, who authors the popular Facebook Page “Iowa Scenic Views By Foot”, will sign copies of his history of Emmet County at the Lil’ Danske Kirke Danish Museum in Ringsted 10 a.m. to …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/8/26
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State Senate candidate Rachel Gravert of Estherville responded to the Estherville News question addressed to her on the constitutional amendment that will be on Iowans ballots Nov. 3. We report it …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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The Estherville Elks Lodge has made a generous donation to the Emmet County Nature Center for youth programming.
Emmet County Conservation Board Director Matt Reineke made the announcement at the …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/8/26
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Music concerts, stage productions, and concert series events don’t happen without a cost. Hence the Iowa Lakes Community College Music and Performing Arts department is pulling out all of the corks …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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ALGONA — Iowa State Bank, Algona, Iowa and its holding company, Mid-Iowa Bancshares Co., have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Swea City Bancorporation, Inc. and its subsidiary bank, …
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10/8/26
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In an Aug. 25 filing, Billy Joe Long, individually and Billy Joe Long as father and next friend of A.J.L., a minor, dismissed any and all claims against North Union Community School District and …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/8/26
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SIOUX CITY — The two men who want to represent Emmet County in Congress disagreed Wednesday night on nearly every pocketbook issue facing rural Iowa. They agreed on how to disagree.
Republican …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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The Red Rock wind project plans to negotiate an additional right-of-way through a joint drainage district, the Emmet County Board of Supervisors learned at its Tuesday, Oct. 6 meeting.
Manashree …
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By Michael Tidemann
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10/8/26
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