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The Trustees of Iowa Lakes Community College approved 10 early retirement applications at its latest regular meeting on Jan. 18. Trustees President Jan Lund said, “We’re going to miss their …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/26/23
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst visited Estherville on an icy afternoon last Wednesday to tour the National Guard Armory and Regional Wellness Center with invited guests from the Guard and the local …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/26/23
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Following are synopses of five carbon dioxide pipeline regulation bills introduced by Sen. Jeff Taylor this session.
Senate File 100 – Requires that pipelines seeking eminent domain include in …
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By Michael Tidemann
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1/26/23
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The Estherville Lincoln Central School Board set the public hearing on the 2023-24 Academic Calendar for its next meeting.
At its regular meeting Monday, the board reviewed a calendar that has …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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1/26/23
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With its many miles of unpaved roads, the Emmet County secondary roads department is tasked with the challenge of not only maintaining, but upgrading, those roads.
For several years, the county …
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By Michael Tidemann
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1/26/23
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There is an abundance of great musicians who live in or come from or contributed to the music industry in Iowa. There are even so many people in Iowa music who could be considered legends, that the …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/26/23
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The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation (Corridor) recently welcomed four new board members for 2023: Matt Beaver, Owner at KILR Radio; Mike Koenecke, Owner/Farm Manager at Cotton Grave Farm …
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1/19/23
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Lee Samuel Christensen is back in court after filing an application for post-conviction relief on the last possible date, July 14, 2022. The matter is scheduled for trial on April 11, 2023.
In …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/19/23
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In …
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By David Swartz - Managing Editor
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1/19/23
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The Emmet County Board of Supervisors had a short agenda Tuesday morning ahead of budget meetings and other time-consuming events happening in the coming days. The supervisors reviewed the Emmet …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/19/23
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At Monday evening’s city council meeting, city administrator Penny Clayton addressed the process of snow removal throughout the city.
“By the time they finish the complete process: cul de …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/19/23
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About 40 people gathered at Wallingford Community Center on Saturday night to celebrate the successes of Christmas at the Farm, which was held Dec. 10 at Brugjeld-Peterson Historic Farmstead near …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/19/23
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Wednesday, Jan. 11, the board of the Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Gene Haukoos for his years of service.
The proclamation for the honor states, “...this is a very sad day for the VFW board, …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/19/23
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WAVERLY —Claudia Hall of Graettinger was named to the Wartburg College Fall Term Dean’s List.
The college recognized 474 students for Fall Term.
The list honors students who …
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1/12/23
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CROOKSTON, Minn. — The Office of the Registrar at the University of Minnesota Crookston recently announced its list of summer semester 2022 graduates. Students completed their degree …
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1/12/23
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SIOUX CITY — Morningside University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Chris Spicer announced the 471 students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2022-23 …
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1/12/23
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AMES — Nearly 1,800 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University in December. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 16-17 at Hilton Coliseum.
Beate …
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1/12/23
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The Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School released its second quarter honor roll for the 2022-23 school year. Students who earned a 4.0 grade point average are indicated by an asterisk.
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1/12/23
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Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville has completed an upgrade and remodel of the Day Surgery/Outpatient Department. The remodel was started this past October and completed in December.
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1/12/23
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At their Thursday, Jan. 5 meeting, the Emmet County Conservation Board and Emmet County Nature Center Foundation discussed improvements for both the Nature Center and county parks.
Conservation …
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By Michael Tidemann
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1/12/23
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Kari Batman of Emmet County Public Health said, “It’s still not too late to get your flu vaccine.” Batman said information from the Iowa Dept. of Health & Human Services states …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/12/23
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Jessica Amendt of Discovery House visited the Emmet County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday morning meeting. Amendt took the executive director position at Discovery House Oct. 1, 2021 and …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/12/23
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Representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions handed out an update as of Jan. 4, 2023 that included an anticipated construction start date of August 2023. However, the outcome of a Dec. 13 hearing …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/12/23
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The Estherville Parks & Recreation Board and City Council and staff have spent months in the hiring process for a city parks & rec director. After not rehiring for the part-time parks & …
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By Amy H. Peterson - Staff Writer
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1/12/23
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A $1,000 Beef Production SAE grant has been awarded to River Rasmussen of Estherville FFA by Crystal Farms Dairy Company.
SAE grants are designed to help FFA members create or expand Supervised …
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1/5/23
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