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The Estherville Area Growth Partnership has a new Executive Director, Lexie Ruter, following the retirement of Lyle Hevern. Ruter is a longtime board member of the Partnership, and is the Executive …
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3/2/23
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WALLINGFORD — The 1927 Wallingford Lutheran Church was a most appropriate venue when Stacie Berg-Nelson updated Emmet County Historical Society members on the Peterson Point Historic Homestead at …
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By Michael Tidemann
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3/2/23
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The board of the Brugjeld-Peterson Historic Farmstead is planning a celebration of Norwegian independence on May 13. Known as Syttende Mai, for the actual date of independence of May 17, the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/2/23
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Joan Eveleth of Estherville represented the core group of four women who have made Emmet County’s Quilts of Valor sustain through the challenges of the last several years. Launched in 2018, the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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3/2/23
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3/2/23
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When Tyler Rogers, PT, DPT was a teenager in Mediapolis, Iowa, he accompanied his grandmother to a few outpatient physical therapy appointments. Grandmother was depressed after her …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/23/23
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At Monday evening’s city council meeting, council members discussed snow removal during a public forum. Council member Roy Gage said he noticed the amount of snow removed along North 17th Street …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/23/23
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Editor’s Note: A number of landowners whose land is affected by the proposed CO2 pipelines have asked the Estherville News to help readers understand the money behind the companies seeking to …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/23/23
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In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, a famous line is often quoted: “Build it and he will come.” Toward the end of the movie, actor James Earl Jones (Terrence Mann) says to Kevin Costner (Ray …
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By Steve Weisman
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2/23/23
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Lyle Hevern celebrated his retirement from work as Estherville and Emmet County Economic Development Director last Thursday. Friday was his last day of work, and also his birthday. This week is the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/23/23
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Tuesday morning, agricultural economic experts released a new study that found Iowa ethanol production is at a crossroads, and access to carbon capture and sequestration is the way …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/16/23
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Iowa Lakes Community College has measured its enrollment growth for the 2022-2023 academic year. The number is moving closer to pre-pandemic figures.
“We are very excited about Iowa Lakes …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/16/23
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Carbon dioxide pipeline issues continued to preoccupy the Emmet County Board of Supervisors when they met Tuesday, Feb. 14.
In the public forum, Supervisor Jeff Quastad said he and Supervisor John …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/16/23
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After considerable discussion, the Emmet County Planning and Zoning Commission in a public hearing Wednesday, Feb. 8 passed the first reading of a pipeline ordinance regulating permitting, …
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By Michael Tidemann
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2/16/23
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The last vendors of Estherville Co-op are on their way out. The vendor co-op model hasn’t worked out the way owner Chacha Kora envisioned in August when he first came to Estherville to start his …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/16/23
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ARMSTRONG — Saturday, Feb. 11 marked two years since five current and former City of Armstrong employees were arrested and charged with felony and serious misdemeanor charges regarding city …
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By Michael Tidemann
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2/16/23
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The Iowa Donor Network recently announced its donor numbers for 2022. The Estherville News talked to two Emmet County heart recipients, who said there’s more to receiving a new heart than most …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/16/23
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The Emmet County Nature Center Foundation and Emmet County Conservation Board discussed possible alternatives to the National Archery in the Schools Program in which the Nature Center has …
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By Michael Tidemann
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2/9/23
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The Union of Operating Engineers, Local 234 and the Emmet County Board of Supervisors exchanged proposals for secondary roads hourly employees Tuesday, Feb. 7. A significant amount of light remains …
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By Michael Tidemann
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2/9/23
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There was a gallery of over a dozen local residents at Monday evening’s city council meeting. Brad Freisner, who gave the electric distribution and generation annual report, joked that he thought …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/9/23
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The rising cost of eggs is no yolk. While the cause of the rising prices has been attributed to inflation or avian flu, the organization Farm Action has asked the Federal Trade Commission to …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/9/23
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LE MARS — Seven of Estherville Lincoln Central’s nine large group speech performances earned ‘I’ ratings at the state large group speech contest in Le Mars last Saturday, Feb. 4.
Two of …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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2/9/23
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The Iowa Newspaper Foundation held its annual awards ceremony last Thursday evening in Des Moines. Taylor Nissen and Amy H. Peterson represented the Estherville News at the banquet and ceremony, and …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/9/23
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A release from the Dickinson County Sheriff indicated that a third vehicle in as many weeks crashed through the ice under the Highway 71 bridge in Okoboji. Saturday, Cody Chester of Estherville was …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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2/9/23
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Al and Shelly Irmiter of Spencer have purchased Armstrong Locker from Tom and Marolyn Johnstone, effective Jan. 12.
Al, an area native, graduated from Armstrong-Ringsted High School while Shelly …
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By Michael Tidemann
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2/2/23
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