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

John Rudd of the Outlet Store recently showed the Estherville Rotary club the store’s addition of the photo printing kiosk. The device allows the Outlet Store to print 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 photos … more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Emmet County natives were honored at the 2022 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla, this past weekend.Brothers Mike Jensen and Randy Jensen were named honorary captains for the … more

In Emmet County, 2021 was a year of coming back to a new normal. While the first half of the year saw continued event cancelations and restrictions due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, once the … more

Despite a relatively short agenda, it was a fairly long meeting for the Emmet County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Dec. 28 when they wrangled on how to address Emmet County Compensation Board … more

Traditionally in North Riverside Park, the Estherville ice rink has moved to a new home this year at the South 14th Street Park. City parks crews had the new location up and running early this week. … more