Over a year and a half ago, I wrote a column about the new locator buzz, the forward-facing sonar. To say it has been controversial is an understatement. Ask a group of anglers about the ...

Off-highway vehicle owners can now renew their registrations for all-terrain vehicles, off-road utility vehicles, off-road motorcycles and snowmobiles. The registration window opened Sept. 1 and ...

As the sun set upon the 2025 Clay County Fair, the shadow of a man with a great love for cattle and agriculture education faded from the cattle arena as well. Dennis DeWitt, retired Iowa State ...

From the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District, the trustees wasted little time making modifications to the ordinances, rules and policies that will make the public sewer system more flood resistant.

STORM LAKE — Buena Vista University celebrated the opening of its new 7,500-square-foot Athletic Performance Facility, Saturday, Sept. 13, marking the first major milestone of the university’s ...

Spencer’s Romanzo A. Coates Questers Club recently recognized and honored Sydney Sundall, a seventh grader at Spencer Middle School, with the 4-H Preservation and Restoration Award during the 2025 ...

The City of Spencer is 788 child care spaces short of meeting the demand from area families, and this shortage has become a big problem for economic development, according to a new study. Between 90% ...

Purchases of Spencer properties whose owners signed up to participate in a federally funded buyout program are likely to begin in November or December this year, a city official said on Monday, Sept.

Spencer High School is one of 10 schools in Iowa to achieve the status of Unified Champion School, recognized with ...

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Spencer Rotary members welcomed its two newest members, Nate Roos, with Warner Funeral Home (above), and Andrew Geelan, from Geelan Funeral Home (below). (Photo submitted) ...

Join Alice as she weaves her way through Wonderland, desperate to get home where a birthday party with friends and family awaits her. This fun-filled adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic story brings ...