The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees accepted College President Valerie Newhouse’s decision to retire, effective June 30, 2022. Newhouse has served as President since 2009 and is … more

Nordein Peterson, 102, was laid to rest at Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery Sunday, Jan. 16. Tom and Lisa Hansen’s horse-drawn wagon led the processional. Nordein was born March 28, 1919 and died … more

Bret Mace took city council members on a tour of Estherville’s electric production facility at Monday evening’s council meeting. By the end of the tour, city council member Brandon Carlin said, … more

The Estherville United Methodist Church is launching Wesley’s Kitchen on Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the dining room of the church, and continuing the last week of each month as long as … more

The Emmet County Nature Center Foundation and Emmet County Conservation Board discussed the upcoming March 19 banquet and Nature Center building project at their Thursday, Jan. 6 meeting.Conservation … more

William Beardsley of Estherville was honored in the Keep Iowa Beautiful photography contest, earning first place in two of the five statewide categories. Keep Iowa Beautiful is a statewide, … more

The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees in its monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. 18 heard about wind damages to the beef barn at the college farm five miles west of the Emmetsburg … more

No stone was left unturned in a flurry of search warrants filed by Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens to find evidence to support a multi-year investigation that led to February 2021 charges against … more

At Monday’s Estherville city council meeting, the council set a public hearing to consider adjusting the city’s commercial structure code. The current code lists a number of prohibited materials … more

The Emmet County Board of Supervisors hacked through a long agenda of mainly boilerplate items to finish the first meeting of the year within an hour Monday, Jan. 3. The meeting was held the first … more