Flood waters stranded a Clay County mom and her five kids in their rural home with no heat or water for hours Wednesday and into Thursday until her daughter and another man were able to bring food, supplies and an electric heater. Darcy Teepe said water began pouring into her basement Wednesday evening and it...
A Webb woman was cited for having an open alcoholic beverage container following an accident at M54 and 500th Street, just over 1.5 miles south of Webb, in which the car she was driving collided with a semi-tractor late Friday morning. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office reported that at about 11:35 a.m. Susan Dobyns was...
Rain on top of snow that had nowhere to go caused flooding and sewer issues in Spencer Wednesday night into Thursday. Spencer Public Works Director Mark White said there were several severe issues with standing water in the southern part of town. “We had a lot of drainage issues in south Spencer, particularly south of...
District 1 State Senator Zach Whiting has had a busy session up to this point of his first term. Whiting (R-Spirit Lake) sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and other pieces of legislation. Several of those survived last week’s legislative funnel that requires measures be reported out of committee if they are to be voted on...
After giving birth a month ago to her third child, Rep. Megan Jones is back in Des Moines. She returned just in time for the first legislative deadline, known as the funnel, which requires all bills be reported out of committee if they are to be discussed on the House floor. Jones (R-Clay County) spoke...
Four thirsty Spencer moms had such a blast organizing a spontaneous holiday bar crawl in December that they are at it again just in time to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. at the Silver Hammer, Thirsty Mom Events is leading The Grand Green Charity Bar Crawl. There will be a...
Torrey Proctor has brought a small feature of a galaxy far, far away right here to Spencer. Up until February, Proctor had spent 11 months building a life-size, remote-controlled R2-D2, one of the famous characters from the Star Wars franchise. Proctor’s R2-D2 made its public debut at Family Fest earlier this month. Last week, he...
Three people were arrested Wednesday evening for various drug charges after Spencer police and Clay County sheriff’s deputies found marijuana, THC vape cartridges and drug paraphernalia in an apartment. The Spencer Police Department reported a search warrant was executed at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at 415 Fourth Avenue West Unit 1. Authorities found over a pound...
Thurston Manufacturing Company announced this week that it is closing Simonsen Iron Works in Spencer. The Thurston, Nebraska, company had been providing contract manufacturing services and producing its ChuckWagon Mobile Grilling Systems products at its Spencer facility under the Simonsen Iron Works brand name. According to a press release, the company will merge its Spencer...
The Spencer City Council on Monday approved the city’s fiscal year 2019-2020 budget, which maintains the same levy rate as the last four budgets – $11.9999 per $1,000 of valuation. “I would like to thank the department heads and city staff on a great job of preparing the budget, keeping us apprised,” Ward 3 Councilman...
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