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May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City working to allow outdoor service of alcohol; ordinance clears first filing
Spencer city officials want to make it easier for more restaurants to serve alcohol outside. The Spencer City Council on...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City council notes: May 20
Drivers traveling north on Grand Avenue will eventually see new street signs and light poles thanks to private fundraising by...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City partnering with county to collect delinquent parking ticket fines
People late to pay fines from parking tickets from the Spencer Police Department may have to pay up before they...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City council approves two road work contracts, reviews manhole rehab bid
It’s that time of year again – construction and road work season. On Monday, the Spencer City Council approved contracts...
May 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Motorcycle accident sends rider to hospital
A Spirit Lake man riding a motorcycle in the 1000 mile of Highway 18 late Thursday afternoon was transported to...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Sidwalk cafés approved; Weasy’s receives first retail kickstarter funds
Spencer restaurants along public sidewalks will now be able to operate sidewalk cafés. Establishments where at least 50% of revenue...
May 14, 2019May 15, 2019
City awards major paving project to DeLoss Construction for $664K
The Spencer City Council last week awarded work for a major paving project on portions of 10th Avenue East and...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Spencer City Council notes: May 6
Flood plain map update discussions ongoing Discussions continue on flood plain map updates that could affect parts of Spencer. Planning...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Woman arrested for domestic abuse assault
A woman was arrested Monday morning in Dickens for domestic abuse assault following an investigation by the Clay County Sheriff’s...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Disturbance call leads to arrest
A Spencer man was arrested Monday night after he reportedly disobeyed Clay County Sheriff’s deputies’ orders to return to his...
May 13, 2019May 14, 2019
Driver cited after two-pickup accident on Highway 18
A Spencer man was cited for failing to stop safely after an accident May 10 that involved two pickup trucks...
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
New billing system for Spencer Municipal Utilities customers
Spencer Municipal Utilities has made the first change in the transition to a new billing software provider for their utility...
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Police & Fire
May 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Motorcycle accident sends rider to hospital
A Spirit Lake man riding a motorcycle in the 1000 mile of Highway 18 late Thursday afternoon was transported to...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Woman arrested for domestic abuse assault
A woman was arrested Monday morning in Dickens for domestic abuse assault following an investigation by the Clay County Sheriff’s...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Disturbance call leads to arrest
A Spencer man was arrested Monday night after he reportedly disobeyed Clay County Sheriff’s deputies’ orders to return to his...
May 13, 2019May 14, 2019
Driver cited after two-pickup accident on Highway 18
A Spencer man was cited for failing to stop safely after an accident May 10 that involved two pickup trucks...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Man injures Clay County deputies, jail staff during OWI arrest
A man injured deputies and Clay County Jail staff early May 4 while he was being booked for OWI and...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Estherville man arrested for 3rd OWI offense
An Estherville man was arrested May 1 for operating while intoxicated and other charges after he was found unresponsive in...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Washington man arrested for OWI following accident
A Washington, Iowa, man was arrested for operating while intoxicated last week after he lost control of the vehicle he...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Muddy road sends CCE school bus into ditch
A Clay Central-Everly Schools bus slid into a ditch in the 1200 block of 280th Street Wednesday afternoon, resulting in...
April 29, 2019April 29, 2019
Two dead Friday after Clay County crash
Two men died late Friday after the car they were in left the road, wrapped around an electrical pole and...
April 18, 2019April 18, 2019
Deputies find drugs at rural residence during search for stolen property; 2 arrested
Clay County sheriff’s deputies searching for stolen property arrested two men April 9 on numerous drug charges following a search...
Business
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Sidwalk cafés approved; Weasy’s receives first retail kickstarter funds
Spencer restaurants along public sidewalks will now be able to operate sidewalk cafés. Establishments where at least 50% of revenue...
May 14, 2019May 15, 2019
City awards major paving project to DeLoss Construction for $664K
The Spencer City Council last week awarded work for a major paving project on portions of 10th Avenue East and...
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Iowa Lakes Corridor announces diversity training
The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation, in partnership with presenting sponsors Demco Products LLC, the government of Clay County and...
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Spencer Hospital mammography services earn national accreditation
Spencer Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
CMBA Architects wins Iowa AIA award for Spencer HS Fine Arts Center addition
DES MOINES – The American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (AIA Iowa) is pleased to announce the winners of the...
May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
Spencer Hospital shares measles, vaccination info
In the year 2000, measles was considered eliminated in the United States. Yet in the first four months of 2019,...
April 19, 2019April 19, 2019
3 Spencer Hospital nurses honored among Iowa’s 100 Great Nurses of 2019
Spencer Hospital nurses Melissa Brent, Colleen Hart and Jolie Threlkeld have been selected as three of Iowa’s 100 Great Nurses...
April 19, 2019April 19, 2019
New outpatient physical therapy services at Spencer Hospital
In a continuing effort to make healthcare services more convenient and affordable, Spencer Hospital has opened Rehab @ the Clinic,...
April 18, 2019April 18, 2019
Retail Kickstarter Program draws interest
Just two weeks after launching, Spencer’s new Retail Kickstarter Program is already generating interest. Through the program, Spencer businesses that...
April 17, 2019April 18, 2019
Midwest Woodworks shows word-of-mouth still works
When people think of high-quality custom cabinets, Jeff Bendlin wants Midwest Woodworks to come to mind. Bendlin started his residential...
Sponsored by Signal Partners
Mill Creek Machining sees no limit for potential growth in Spencer
Mill Creek Machining is riding a “fantastic” economy and looking to grow in Spencer. That’s the word plant manager Lane...
Local Government
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City working to allow outdoor service of alcohol; ordinance clears first filing
Spencer city officials want to make it easier for more restaurants to serve alcohol outside. The Spencer City Council on...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City council notes: May 20
Drivers traveling north on Grand Avenue will eventually see new street signs and light poles thanks to private fundraising by...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City partnering with county to collect delinquent parking ticket fines
People late to pay fines from parking tickets from the Spencer Police Department may have to pay up before they...
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
City council approves two road work contracts, reviews manhole rehab bid
It’s that time of year again – construction and road work season. On Monday, the Spencer City Council approved contracts...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Sidwalk cafés approved; Weasy’s receives first retail kickstarter funds
Spencer restaurants along public sidewalks will now be able to operate sidewalk cafés. Establishments where at least 50% of revenue...
May 14, 2019May 15, 2019
City awards major paving project to DeLoss Construction for $664K
The Spencer City Council last week awarded work for a major paving project on portions of 10th Avenue East and...
May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Spencer City Council notes: May 6
Flood plain map update discussions ongoing Discussions continue on flood plain map updates that could affect parts of Spencer. Planning...
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
New billing system for Spencer Municipal Utilities customers
Spencer Municipal Utilities has made the first change in the transition to a new billing software provider for their utility...
May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
City begins tall grass, weed enforcement
The City of Spencer this week began surveying properties for grass and weeds more than eight inches tall, the maximum...
April 26, 2019April 26, 2019
Homeowner facing demolition speaks out
Steve Knittel wants two things. “One is to be left alone and the other is justice,” he said as he...
Education
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Iowa Lakes music department to hold Reggie Schive Jazz Camp
ESTHERVILLE – Iowa Lakes Community College will once again hold the Reggie Schive Jazz Camp on the Estherville campus from...
May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Iowa Lakes to offer drone test prep course
ESTHERVILLE – Iowa Lakes Community College will host a “Drone Test Preparation” course on May 29 and May 30, 2019,...
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
CMBA Architects wins Iowa AIA award for Spencer HS Fine Arts Center addition
DES MOINES – The American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (AIA Iowa) is pleased to announce the winners of the...
April 19, 2019April 19, 2019
U.S. Olympic medalist, cancer survivor to speak at Lakes Health Conference
EMMETSBURG, Iowa – Shannon Miller, U.S. Olympic medalist and cancer survivor, will be one of the many featured speakers at...
March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
Iowa Lakes Community College motorcycle riding course in Spencer next month
All motorcycle riders, regardless of experience, are encouraged to attend the motorcycle riding course at Iowa Lakes Community College to...
March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
Engineering tech program featured at Iowa Lakes Board of Trustees meeting
ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees held its monthly meeting March 19 at the SERT Facility...
March 11, 2019March 11, 2019
‘Beep beep boop’: Spencer STEM instructor builds life-size R2-D2
Torrey Proctor has brought a small feature of a galaxy far, far away right here to Spencer. Up until February,...
February 26, 2019February 27, 2019
Here’s how Spencer schools will make up snow days
Spencer schools will be in session until May 31 to make up for lost classroom hours – and that’s assuming...
February 26, 2019February 28, 2019
School board approves 2019-2020 calendar, sets budget public hearing, talks staff and facilities needs
The Spencer School Board was busy Tuesday night. At its monthly regular meeting, the board approved next school year’s calendar,...
February 23, 2019February 23, 2019
Iowa Lakes Community College to host Health Care Exploration Day
Iowa Lakes Community College will host a Health Care Exploration Day at 9 a.m. Friday, March 9, on the Emmetsburg...