The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a woman suspected to be the driver of a vehicle that fled the scene of an injury accident early December 15 in the 3000 mile of Highway 18. According to the sheriff’s office, the hit and run accident occurred at 4:35 a.m. Wesley Lloyd, 30, of Spencer,...
Newly and re-elected city officials took oaths of office Monday at the Spencer City Council meeting. Mayor Kevin Robinson, who won re-election in November, was the first to take his oath of office. He was followed by re-elected Ward 2 Council Member Bill Orrison, newly elected Ward 4 Council Member Donavon Wunschel and newly elected...
The Spencer City Council approved residential tax abatements for 10 properties Monday night. The abatements are part of a program that allows property owners to apply for and potentially receive tax abatements for five years following remodeling or new construction of residential properties. Ward 5 Council member Ron Hanson wanted to make note of the...
Though the city hopes to update traffic signal timing systems on Grand Avenue in the next few years, a steep increase in the expected cost has led the city to take a closer look at its options. On Monday, the Spencer City Council voted 7-0 to have Bolton and Menk conduct a review of the...
Flood map updates affecting Spencer and the rest of Clay County are expected to enter an appeals process in about 45 days. That’s the expected time frame Spencer Planning Director Steve Hallgren said he has received from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The DNR and FEMA held local...
A rollover accident Thursday morning on US-71 sent a Milford man to a hospital with minor injuries. At 8:38 a.m. Thursday, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies responded to the 2700 mile of US-71. The sheriff’s office stated Christopher Coleman-Samuels, 28, had been driving a vehicle south when it lost control. The vehicle...
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Wednesday on a warrant for domestic assault. The sheriff’s office stated Wesley Lloyd, 30, was taken into custody at about 9 p.m. that night while at the Clay County Jail. Lloyd faces a charge of domestic assault causing bodily injury, which is a class D felony. According...
Authorities arrested a man for assault last Saturday following a confrontation with a male victim in a driveway on 130th Avenue in rural Clay County. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office stated Rickey Hickey, 61, was arrested at 6:35 p.m. that day following an investigation. The victim reported that he had pulled into the driveway at...
Five properties in town will receive funding for home repairs thanks to Spencer’s new Substandard Housing Rehabilitation Program. The Spencer City Council last week approved 5-0 a resolution authorizing the acceptance of bids from contractors for work on the five properties. The combined amount awarded for the five bids is $122,475. Under the program, the...
The Spencer City Council discussed the following topics at its meeting on November 4. Council approves funding for 4 Renaissance Initiative grant applicants The council approved funding for four Renaissance Initiative fall grant applications. The organizations that received funding are: Grand Avenue Community Outreach, for community kitchen – $2,500 awarded ($2,500 requested) NW Iowa Soccer,...