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Emmet County Fair begins

The 2024 Emmet County Agricultural Show starts today, marking its 156th year. Tuesday evening, the Fair Queen and Princess were crowned, and the fair board dedicated its memorial trees. The fair …

Sheridan provides FEMA update

At Tuesday morning’s county supervisors meeting, Emmet County Emergency Management Director Travis Sheridan said FEMA lists Emmet County as having six homeowners displaced from their homes. Due to …

Crowd Strike outage affected county tech

Emmet County information technology director Trevor Ducket joined Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Emmet County supervisors to discuss the planning and strategy he will undertake to prevent future …
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At the July 15 council meeting, council member David Hovinga said several community members had approached him about the plethora of mosquitoes and gnats that were diminishing the quality of outdoor …
At its Tuesday, July 16 meeting, the Emmet County Supervisors approved Christensen Construction as the Construction Manager at Risk for the county courthouse expansion project. Supervisors John Pluth …
barb Heenan underwent a number of tests so doctors at University of Iowa hospitals could see her current condition while they evaluate her for a double-lung transplant
For years, Barb Heenan and Randine Crouch have shared their Sclero-WHAT? Adventures on social media. It's a high-tech way for Heenan, who has carried on with scleroderma since she was 22 years old, …
After attending his first school board meeting Monday evening, new ELC superintendent Aiddy Phomvisay gave the program at the Estherville Noon Kiwanis meeting on Tuesday.
The Estherville Lincoln Central School Board welcomed new superintendent Aiddy Phomvisay to his first regular board meeting Monday with a lively discussion on the school district’s Good Conduct …
Addison Robinson
Three young women hope to become the 2024 Emmet County Fair Queen. Addison Robinson, Jo Oleson, and Addison Kruse are this year’s contestants. The 2024 Fair Queen Contest and clothing events will …

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Obituaries
Valerie Eaton
  Graveside services for Valerie Eaton, 74, of Estherville, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at East Side Memorial Cemetery, Estherville, with Pastor Tim Johnson …
Greg Nath
Greg Nath, age 55, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2024, at Zearing Health Care Center. He was formerly from Estherville, IA. A memorial gathering will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, July …
Richard “Opie” Kern
Rick “Opie” Kern, 60, of Dolliver, IA, passed away on Sunday, June 30th at his home after a brief battle with brain cancer. Rick was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia (King) Fokken of …
Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson, 88, formerly of Estherville, passed away on June 26, 2024 at his Iowa City residence. Don was born on June 16, 1936 in Estherville, Iowa to Ernest “EC” and Ethel (Minor) …

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Local Sports
ELC pitcher Rylee Yager and first baseman Kacie Brechwald celebrate after Brechwald turned a double play in the second inning.

Knights hang on to defeat Midgets

FORT DODGE — The Estherville Lincoln Central Softball Team nearly pulled off a comeback in Tuesday’s Class 3A State Quarterfinal game against Davenport Assumption. Trailing 6-4 entering the …
ELC alum Jordan Jensen poses with ELC coach Ryan Rezac after the bowl game last Saturday.

Jensen takes part in 2024 Iowa Shrine Bowl

2024 alum Jordan Jensen became the most recent Estherville Lincoln Central football player to experience the Iowa Shrine Bowl. Jensen, who is taking his skills to Iowa Central Community College …
Ainsley Ulrich

Warriors well represented on TOIC West softball teams

Since the inception of the Top of Iowa West Conference for the 2015-16 school year, North Union and Bishop Garrigan have dominated the league’s softball titles. North Union has finished atop the …
Caden Walders

Three North Union players earn conference honors

Three North Union baseball players earned postseason recognition for their play in the Top of Iowa West Conference for the 2024 season. Second team all-conference selections Talan Priester and …

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From the opinion pages

Reader upset over IUB decision in favor of Summit

To the Estherville News: June 25, 2024 was a very sad day for Iowans. The Iowa Utilities board granted a permit to Summit Carbon Solutions to build their CO2 pipeline across our state, allowing …

Thanking and praising community support of ELC Girls Basketball

To the Editor: The ELC Girls Basketball season has come to a close. The support of our team from the crowds in attendance from the ELC community and the ELC HS Midget Maniacs during the …

Power players in Iowa Senate are aiding and abetting

To the Editor: The Iowa legislature is considering a bill designed to combat “organized retail theft” of property from stores. Lawmakers supporting the measure said they wanted to deter …

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Michael Tidemann

Hatten biography recalls baseball glory days

With baseball season now in full swing, what could be a better read than the biography of a small-town boy who made it big in the major leagues. That’s the theme of Joe Hatten: Bancroft Major …

The Risk of Stroke Means We All Must BE FAST

You can save a life in just a few seconds, by being ready to respond if a stroke occurs. Nearly 800,000 Americans experience stroke each year. Strokes cause 140,000 deaths each year, and are a …

The Girl in the Thistles recounts 1862 Dakota War

While America was embroiled in the midst of a great civil war, yet another war was taking place in Minnesota. Aberdeen, S.D., native S.K. Sandvig writes of the 1862 US-Dakota War in The Girl in …

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