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Today, September 10, is Suicide Prevention Day, part of the eponymous week and month of September.
In 2023, suicide was the eleventh leading cause of death overall in the U.S., claiming the lives …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/10/26
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Today, September 10, is Suicide Prevention Day, part of the eponymous week and month of September.
In 2023, suicide was the eleventh leading cause of death overall in the U.S., claiming the lives …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/10/26
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It’s not paint by number, but this year’s Fall Festival on the Farm at Brugjeld Peterson Historic Farmstead in rural Wallingford will feature an art teacher to lead aspiring artists through the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/10/26
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Three fiscal years after storm damage sent Emmet County looking for federal disaster help, the county is still waiting on the last piece of it. On Tuesday, the supervisors decided to stop waiting to …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/10/26
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2026 Miss Graettinger Addison Hansen was crowned Saturday and then rode in the parade on Monday during the town’s annual Labor Day Parade. Riding with Hansen are crownbearers Hank Jensen and Maggie …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/10/26
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Almost no one in Emmet County earns $7.25 per hour. We asked various employers and found out that they pay far above it. From Tiny Treasures Child Care to Homestead to the manufacturing plants to the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/3/26
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The period for requesting absentee ballots for the November midterm elections has begun. Almost every mail ballot Iowans returned in 2024 was counted – 99.5% of them, according to the U.S. Election …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/3/26
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It’s been a year since Nature Explorers Preschool started. On the eve of the preschool’s second-first day, staff, board, volunteers, and administrators of the preschool and Tiny Treasures Child …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/3/26
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Emmet County supervisors allocated another $175,000 in local option sales and services tax funds toward the courthouse addition at their Sept. 1 meeting, after County Auditor Heidi Goebel told the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/3/26
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A shallow natural lake in Emmet County could see clearer water and stronger wildlife habitat under a state project that would temporarily lower the lake by nearly three feet.
Lucas Straw of the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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9/3/26
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The Estherville Lincoln Central homecoming court leaps for joy at the thought of homecoming week (Sept. 7-11) From left are Arianna Beekman, Blake Arends, Carson Quastad, Myla Fisher, Kacie …
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9/3/26
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Days before students returned to campus, Iowa Lakes Community College trustees heard from a director of a research collaboration with two other community colleges.
Paula Nissen leads the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/27/26
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In late April when the Estherville News reported on the new fertilizer plant in Superior as a construction project, this site was concrete columns and stacked lumber, a two-story steel-framed shell …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/27/26
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A new entrance sign now welcomes visitors to Oak Hill Cemetery, the result of a community effort involving the City of Estherville, David Shonkwiler and local donors.
According to Estherville …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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8/27/26
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Emmet County will not consider a data center application for at least a year.
Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt Resolution 2625, establishing a temporary moratorium on county staff …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/27/26
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As Estherville Lincoln Central begins the 2026-27 school year, students will see plenty of new faces throughout the school district.
Among them are 13 new teachers, who are introduced in the …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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8/27/26
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Estherville Lincoln Central mascot Mighty Max along with middle school success coordinator Matt Gruhlke and middle school principal Brad Nelson, right, welcomed students to the first day of school …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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8/27/26
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The Armstrong City Council at its Wednesday, Aug.. 12 meeting discussed E-bikes and electric scooters and how the device handlers are putting themselves and the public in harm’s …
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By Michael Tidemann
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8/20/26
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The Estherville Lincoln Central School Board approved a $1.34 million bid for the second phase of improvements to the stadium complex at its regular meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12.
The board accepted …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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8/20/26
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The courtroom fight over the Red Rock Wind project came down to a single question Friday morning, and Judge Andrew Smith of Iowa’s Third Judicial District put it on the table in the hearing’s …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/20/26
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Josh Turek, the Council Bluffs Democrat seeking Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, told Emmet County Democrats at the Estherville VFW Wednesday that rural healthcare, the farm economy, and the state’s …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/20/26
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Five years ago, Iowa Lakes Community College vocal music professor Brett Fuelberth and Luke Miller wanted to provide a free camp for vocal music students at area high schools to take a deep dive into …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/20/26
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Wednesday night’s Emmet County Planning & Zoning meeting began with recognition of two board members who are going off the board. Far more than ordinary board members, Rich McKean and Curt Larson …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/20/26
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Sunday morning, Amber Hall, Title One Reading Teacher at Estherville Lincoln Central, attended church at Estherville United Methodist Church with her grandmother Donna Brobst. Hall was there to …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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8/20/26
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By Aubree Koop
Estherville News intern
Megan Lausen and Marcus Finn are young entrepreneurs. Several weeks ago they began to sell their baked creations at Downtown Market in Estherville. …
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By Aubree Koop - Estherville Intern
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8/20/26
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