A service for Joyce Prior, age 76, of Wahpeton, was held Wednesday, March 12, at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Interment was at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery.

Summit pipeline sees setback in S.D., draws discussion in Dickinson County A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions ...

The Milford City Council has more information as it considers asking the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) whether or not to reduce Highway 71 from four lanes to three through the community.

A come and go visitation to celebrate Idella Lorain Hesby’s life will be held from 12-3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at the Harbor of Joy Lutheran Church in Milford. In lieu of flowers, designate ...

Spirit Lake man’s murder case still lingers in court five years later A judge has once again granted a Spirit Lake man more time to spell out why the court should reconsider his second-degree murder ...

A fearless advocate for both the Iowa community college system and his party, longtime Iowa Sen. Jack Kibbie died Tuesday, March 4, at 95.

As we enter the season of Lent, in preparation for Easter, I reflected on the fact that God uses anything and anyone to grab our attention. My mind kept on wondering back to a skit we did at my ...

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The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation (Corridor) has announced the top five Big IDEAs moving on to the live pitch competition on April 1. After two weeks of public voting on entrepreneurial ...

A blizzard warning shut down travel starting Tuesday, March 4 and continuing through the daylight hours of Ash Wednesday, March 5. By Thursday, March 6, U.S. Highway 71 was free of ice and snow. An ...

Dreier will share priceless artifacts from the museum’s Abbie Gardner Collection as she tells of Abbie’s life beyond the massacre. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to read this ...

Spirit Lake will join the Siouxland Conference no later than the 2026-27 school year — but one of the Siouxland’s current members will likely not be there when the Indians arrive. Sibley-Ocheyedan — a ...