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Contract negotiations for the 2026-27 school year between the Estherville Lincoln Central School District and the ELC Education Association (teachers’ union) were completed quickly this …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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3/19/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at itsTuesday, March 17 meeting on second reading approved an amendment to the 2013 zoning ordinance regulating wind energy in the county.
The revised …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/19/26
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A blizzard warning began at 7 a.m. Sunday and extended to 10 a.m. Monday, March 16. Total snow accumulations between four and seven inches with ice accumulations were predicted, with possible wind …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/19/26
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The Estherville Lincoln Central stadium fundraising campaign continues to bring in the dough. At the regular school board meeting on Wednesday, March 11, ELC superintendent Andy Armstead reported …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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3/19/26
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The Estherville City Council took two significant steps Monday toward long-discussed community improvements, approving the purchase of a new fire station site and setting a public hearing and bid …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/19/26
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After spending much of 2025 operating four officers short, the Estherville Police Department ended the year with three new hires, a surge in drug arrests, and its biggest public safety challenge in …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/19/26
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COUNCIL BLUFFS — Keyahna Phillips made history for the Iowa Lakes Community College women’s wrestling team this past weekend.
The sophomore from Chicago captured the 180-pound title at the …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/12/26
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When Helen Lavender decided she wanted to share her love of rocketry with younger kids, she didn’t just sign up to help; she wrote a grant. Working with Katelyn Herzberg, Emmet County Youth …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/12/26
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When Helen Lavender decided she wanted to share her love of rocketry with younger kids, she didn’t just sign up to help; she wrote a grant. Working with Katelyn Herzberg, Emmet County Youth …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/12/26
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WALLINGFORD – The Emmet County Nature Center Foundation and Emmet County Conservation Board at their Thursday, March 5 meeting finalized plans for their annual Nature Center banquet Saturday, March …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/12/26
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Editor’s note: This is part 1 of an ongoing series on water quality in Emmet County.
by Amy H. Peterson
apeterson@ esthervillenews.net
The water coming out of your tap in Estherville meets …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/12/26
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Twenty-five trees are slated for removal at Thoreson Park as the city works to get ahead of a significant emerald ash borer infestation, City Administrator Penny Clayton told the parks board at its …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/12/26
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The Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team will return to competition this week, continuing its regular season schedule beginning Friday, March 13 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis against …
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3/12/26
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“I feel like my old self again – and I missed that.” Ali DeVary paused as she said it, Oakley the Sheepdoodle waiting in his kennel inside DeVary’s Estherville home, a place the two had …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/12/26
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Iowa House File 2580, renamed from HF 692, has been approved by House Committee and is continuing through the Iowa Legislature.
Key provisions are:
• No eminent domain will be …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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Plans for a series of rock check dams on Drainage District 44 are on hold after the Army Corps of Engineers turned down the proposal, the Emmet County Board of Supervisors learned at their Tuesday, …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, March 3 meeting tabled acting on Emmet County Compensation Board recommendations for a 5 percent across-the-board wage hike for elected …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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Civil trials have been set for this November and December for North Union Community School Superintendent Travis Schueller and the district over a May 3, 2023, accident between and North Union school …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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Civil trials have been set for this November and December for North Union Community School Superintendent Travis Schueller and the district over a May 3, 2023, accident between and North Union school …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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Saturday’s District Individual Speech competition at Newell-Fonda High School was a day of wins for the Estherville Lincoln Central High School speech students. Students earning Division I ratings …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/5/26
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National Guard members who train at the Estherville Armory have been deployed for about 10 months. Some will return home this month, others will stay longer. Nothing is certain with the escalation of …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/5/26
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In a somewhat anticlimactic moment, the Emmet County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, March 3 approved first reading of a wind energy conversion device ordinance amended by Emmet County Planning and …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/5/26
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Estherville Home Delivered Meals sends nutritious meals to people in their homes. The nutrition and connection are vital to recipients, and the act of delivering a meal and a friendly greeting or …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/5/26
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The Estherville City Council wrapped up a full agenda Monday evening, approving a new electric rate schedule, awarding a storm sewer improvement contract, and taking steps toward a long-awaited …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/5/26
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Music listeners can usually identify their favorite artists. Uplifting the power of that music is a host of sound engineers and technology that takes what might be a pretty good song to a world class …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/5/26
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