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Estherville’s parks crews have been in full spring startup mode — opening bathrooms at Spurgin, Sanborn and Lincoln parks, putting out garbage cans and ball field bases, thatching grass at four …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/16/26
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There is a particular kind of courage required to start over in a place that already knows you. Not the courage of the blank slate — the fresh city, the anonymous apartment, the reinvention nobody …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/16/26
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As donations continue to pour in for the Estherville Lincoln Central stadium project, work on the new entrance starts this week.
Per action from the school board’s Wednesday, April 8 meeting, …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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4/16/26
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The Emmet County Nature Center Foundation and Emmet County Conservation Board at their Thursday, April 2 meeting reviewed the successful 19th annual banquet at the Estherville Elks Lodge March …
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By Michael Tidemann
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4/9/26
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On Wednesday evening, April 1, more than a roomful of Emmet County residents gathered at the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center at Iowa Lakes Community College for a frank, at times sobering, …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/9/26
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Monday night, the Estherville City Council approved a plan to move the police department into shared space with the fire department at 3303 Murray Road. The decision was practical, unanimous, and …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/9/26
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Editor’s Note: Staff Writer and Photographer Amy H. Peterson is pairing neighbor with neighbor for this storytelling project: My Neighbor’s Story.
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/9/26
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The Armstrong City Council held two back-to-back special meetings Wednesday, April 1.
The first meeting was a state-mandated public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2027 tax levy. City Clerk Amy …
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By Michael Tidemann
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4/9/26
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An Estherville man convicted of delivering more than five grams of methamphetamine was sentenced Monday to an indeterminate 25-year prison term, but Judge Adam Miller declined to impose the full …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/2/26
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After a successful soup and dessert supper Thursday, March 26 at United Methodist Church in Estherville, the Friends of Fort Defiance at their Tuesday, April 31 meeting discussed plans for Fort …
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By Michael Tidemann
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4/2/26
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Round 2 of the 100-Day Raffle fundraiser by the Emmet County Fair Board has begun with ticket sales and the deadline is fast approaching to get yours.
Deadline for ticket sales is Wednesday, April …
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4/2/26
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On a cold Saturday morning, March 28, Dwayne Hoss walked a small group through the Iowa Lakes Community College aviation facility at the Estherville Municipal Airport and showed them what rural Iowa …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/2/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors held a state-mandated public hearing on the fiscal 2026-27 tax levy before its regular meeting Tuesday, March 31.
Emmet County Auditor Heidi Goebel said there …
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By Michael Tidemann
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4/2/26
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When Jim and Lisa Boyer pull up to Upper Des Moines Opportunity with a load of pork, they’re not just dropping off groceries. They’re filling a gap that food pantries across Iowa know well: meat …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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4/2/26
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The Ringsted City Council held a proposed property tax levy hearing Monday night.
City regular residential rates on a property with an actual valuation of $110,000 and assessed valuation of …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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With the doors of their regular meeting place shuttered, the Ringsted Community Improvement Association met Sunday, March 22 in the United Lutheran Church basement to discuss Danish Days and other …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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Iowa Lakers aren’t just sitting still. They’re hitting the open road, and for the long haul.
The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees heard about the college’s CDL (commercial …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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Board members of the Northwest Iowa Regional Housing Trust Fund, Inc., at their quarterly meeting Thursday, March 19 learned that three years of funding remain for home rehabilitation for …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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There are no answers yet about the cause of Bailey Anderson’s November 11, 2025, death at age 18. However, her cheerful presence is still felt among her friends and family who celebrated what would …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/26/26
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, March 24 meeting voted to extend the current moratoriums on new wind and solar energy projects.
Due to publication requirements, the …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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Melanie Summers Bauler has been Emmet County Attorney since January 2019, when she took office following her 2018 election. Before that, she spent years as an assistant county attorney in neighboring …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/26/26
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Elementary physical education instructor Tyler Westhoff talked about the program.
“The Kids Heart Challenge is a program we’ve done for the past few years here at Demoney,” he said. “It …
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3/26/26
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Father Paul Kelly enthralled a full house at the Armstrong Public Library Thursday, March 12 with a marvelous slide show of his visit to the state of Kerala, India.
Father Kelly, former parish …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/26/26
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On the eve of a late-winter blizzard, guests turned out for the annual Emmet County Nature Center Foundation banquet at the Elks Lodge last Saturday, with lots of prizes available for everyone.
It …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/19/26
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On the eve of a late-winter blizzard, guests turned out for the annual Emmet County Nature Center Foundation banquet at the Elks Lodge last Saturday, with lots of prizes available for everyone.
It …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/19/26
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