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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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A growing manufacturer is getting room to grow, and the city is helping clear the way. Workers will once again be manufacturing and moving product out of the former John Morrell site in Estherville. …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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Stan the Salamander was a climber.
Julie Bates knew this, so she put a screen over the top of his enclosure in her preschool classroom. One night, Stan got out anyway. Nobody saw him again until …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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A musician who grew up in Algona came to Estherville last week to give a clinic to Estherville Lincoln Central High School vocal music students. After three decades as front man of the acapella group …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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10/8/26
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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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