Preparing for a celebration

RINGSTED — The Ringsted Community Improvement Association and Quasquicentennial Committee met Sunday, April 21 at Smoke “N Firehouse No. 20 to iron out community improvement and plans for the …

Voices raised together

Many Voices added many more voices to a combined concert last Friday night. The concert was held in the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center on the campus of Iowa Lakes Community College. The Many …

Supervisors discuss open forum issues

At the beginning of every Emmet County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board discusses a range of topics, from meetings supervisors attended to comments from Courthouse staff or the public. The …
Local News
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, April 23 meeting heard an update on the Red Rock Wind Farm project. Joseph Crowley, Invenergy senior developer, and Al Blum, who initiated the …
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday, April 23 meeting approved the appointment of Jarrod Fischer as county medical examiner. Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens made the request, …
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, April 23 meeting heard an update on drainage legislation coming before the 2024 Iowa Legislature. John Torbert, Iowa Drainage District …
Supervisors from both Emmet and Palo Alto counties gathered at River Valley Telecommunications in Graettinger Tuesday morning for their annual meeting. Those present from Emmet County were …
Former Estherville and Estherville Lincoln Central teacher Bill Maas has helped with the Estherville Relays, now called the Dick Barrett Relays in some form since 1971. The retired teacher was up in …
Obituaries
Funeral services for Mervin Johnson, 88, of Armstrong, will be held at 3 p.m.,Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Swea City Community Church, Swea City. Interment will be at Harrison Township Cemetery, Swea …
Funeral services for Billy Lee Mastbergen, 79, of Estherville, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. Interment will be at St. Jacob’s …
  Merle A. Petersen, 89, formerly of Graettinger, passed away on March 30, 2024, in Apache Junction, Arizona. A memorial visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at the …
  A memorial service for Joan  Dawson, 96, of Wallingford, will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville with Pastor Fred …
Local Sports

Iowa Lakes dancers hardware at Nationals

The Iowa Lakes Community College Dance Team made history at its first National competition, Dance Team Union’s 2024 College Classic National Championships, held at the Orange County Convention …
ELC junior Hillary Ruschy can be counted on to provide points in both the discus (above) and shot put for the Midgets this season. She will be competing in the girls’ high school shot put today at the Drake Relays.

ELC runs to fourth at Wildcat Relays

HUMBOLDT — After having its relays canceled last Friday, the Estherville Lincoln Central Girls Track Team was back in action Monday as the Midgets earned a fourth-place finish at Humboldt with 96 …
ELC’s Preston Crees chips on to the green at Hole No. 2 at the Estherville Golf Course on Monday.

Algona defeats ELC on Midgets’ home course

The Estherville Lincoln Central Boys Golf Team needed to pick up a couple strokes to beat visiting Algona on Monday. The Bulldogs won the night with a 166 followed by ELC with a 171 while Spirit Lake …

ELC girls fall to E’Hawks

EMMETSBURG — The Estherville Lincoln Central Girls Golf Team picked up a meet against non-conference rival Emmetsburg on Monday and fell to the E’Hawks 203 to 211. “We just didn’t have it …
From the opinion pages

Thanking and praising community support of ELC Girls Basketball

To the Editor: The ELC Girls Basketball season has come to a close. The support of our team from the crowds in attendance from the ELC community and the ELC HS Midget Maniacs during the …

Power players in Iowa Senate are aiding and abetting

To the Editor: The Iowa legislature is considering a bill designed to combat “organized retail theft” of property from stores. Lawmakers supporting the measure said they wanted to deter …

Huge Thanks

To the Editor: We had a first hand chance to observe the tremendous efforts of the Wallingford and Estherville Emergency Responders a couple weeks ago. The professionalism and urgency of these men …

Local columns

The Rowley Report

Technically this was the last full week while next week the 100 days of this 2024 session concludes on Tuesday the 16th. In reality we still have budgets to work on through the Appropriations …

90 General Assembly nearing a close at Iowa Statehouse

The final days of this year’s session, as well as the 90th General Assembly, are upon us. We are ramping up debate on the budget pieces that signal the end of each session. Many of the budget …

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