Four Iowa bishops, including newly appointed Bishop John Keehner, of Sioux City — charged with serving the churches in this region — released a joint-statement reflecting on immigration and human ...

Spencer City Manager Kevin Robinson announced during the Sept. 2 regular City Council meeting that the city received its first reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for costs ...

SPENCER — “I believe the flood of 2024 in Spencer will someday prove as historically impactful as the Spencer fire of 1931. The flood has forever altered our community; this book serves to remind ...

A memorial gathering for Kristi Rutherford, 62, of Milford, formerly of Estherville and Spencer, will be conducted from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer. Burial will ...

“The Ghost Chasers of Spencer” is Susan Morgan’s first real book — after penning a family cookbook. The book is about the history of the Ghost Chasers Motorcycle Club from their local start in 1938 to ...

A South Dakota man has been accused of first-degree murder, after police say he beat a man to death in Spencer late on Aug. 26. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Spencer Police Department ...

LifeServe Blood Center is partnering with the Clay County Fair to host a blood drive on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the north parking lot by the Events Center at the Clay County ...

The high school football season gets rolling this Friday with season openers, but last Friday night, most schools around the state began with organized scrimmages. Spencer hosted Spirit Lake, and both ...

Hundreds of people from all over northwest Iowa gathered at Okoboji Classic Cars on Aug. 23 for the 10th annual Shayla Bee Fund Black Tie/Black Leather Affair. This year’s theme was diamonds and denim ...

Tags for the 2025-26 deer season went on sale Aug. 15, and new this year is a disabled veterans deer tag, which was signed into law during the last legislative session. To qualify for the new tag, ...

A Spencer man has pleaded not guilty to a vehicular homicide charge in Kossuth County. Kai-Remington Raymond Pearce, 18, had been formally charged with homicide by vehicle — reckless driving on July ...

The Spencer girls tennis team lost just seven games on the way to slamming Storm Lake, 9-9, in a match at Storm Lake last Thursday, Aug. 21. Five matches ended in a shutout. Kennedy Graettinger at No.