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 ...

Northwest Iowa Corridor Habitat for Humanity dedicated a new home in Spencer on Aug. 25 for Dwayne and Linda Miller, who were displaced from their Clay County family farm by the 2024 flood. The ...

Northwest Iowa’s first-ever lighted cross country meet came to Cherokee on Saturday, Sept. 19, as the Spencer girls won their first meet of the season and the boys took sixth in the dark. Runners wore ...

Spencer football rounded out their nondistrict slate with a 55-27 loss at undefeated Sioux Center on Friday, Sept. 18, for their second loss of the early season. The host Warriors tore off for a 20-0 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Has anyone ever asked you what local government service you’d be happy to live without? Would you be fine with laying off two or three police officers, a couple of sheriff’s deputies, and maybe a 911 ...

Q: What’s driving lower crime rates across the country? A: In the first two years of the second Trump administration, promising new data show a historic decline in violent crime, particularly in urban ...

State revenue remains firmly on the positive side of the ledger through the first two months of fiscal year 2027. According to the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, net receipts have increased ...

Ruth Marie Jones, 87, of Spencer, and formerly of Milford and Sioux Rapids, passed away Sept. 11, 2026. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Warner Funeral Home of Spencer is in charge ...

Enter your e-mail address below to join our mailing list and receive our weekly newsletter directly in your inbox!