Monty Lee Damman, 62, of Spencer, passed away Sept. 21, 2026, at the Spencer Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center in Spencer. Services are Monday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m ...

Here we are, on the precipice of another general election, and too many people are at one another’s throats over issues of all kinds — real and manufactured. In a bit of irony, one of the most ...

Spencer volleyball traveled to Class 3A No. 2 Western Christian as the two new Siouxland Conference members clashed for the first time in five years on Thursday, Sept. 17, as the Wolfpack defeated the ...

The Sioux Central eighth grade volleyball team includes, front row, left to right: Isabella De La Torre, Kensley Vazquez. Second row: Livia Wendel, Lyla Sorenson, Lauren Patten, Chloe Bergen, Krissy ...

Sioux Central volleyball spent time inside GTRA’s gym this past week with a Twin Lakes conference match and a tournament in Graettinger on Thursday and Saturday, The Rebels fell to GTRA in four sets ...

It has become so relentlessly disturbing that it might appear normal these days: our country is divided. Friendships and families have been broken apart. Anxiety is in the air. But I contend that this ...

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During a late-morning visit to the Clay County Fair, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird discussed her office’s lawsuits against social media companies and its investigations into artificial ...

Services for Joyce Trojan, 84, of Spencer, are Monday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m., at Grace United Methodist Church of Spencer. Visitation is prior to the service from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church.

Every once in a blue moon, I learn something from the computer. Not often, of course, because they change the rules on how to use it about three times a day, and I never was that fast. But I love that ...

The photography department at the Clay County Fair displayed several photos taken by Sioux Rapids photographers. Deb Barglof, with her photo of a peony, and Rish Brauhn, with her baseball team photo, ...

Twenty-five years ago, Iowa State University rolled out the Iowa Environmental Mesonet website. Since then, it has become the central hub for all things weather-related in Iowa with a reach far beyond ...