Last Saturday, downtown Spencer transformed as ghosts, goblins, superheroes and princesses took over as Spencer businesses welcomed costumed trick-or-treaters for Main Street Maskerade. Families made ...

The Iowa Lakes Community College softball program is excited to host its annual Softball Academies. The program will host a four-week academy that will serve kindergarten through 12th grade students.

The upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 4, city and school statewide elections are scheduled from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. at seven polling locations throughout the county based on city and township designations.

Vivian June was born Oct. 25, 2025, at Spencer Hospital, to Greg and Ally Vellema, of Harris. The baby girl weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Sorry! An active online subscription is required to ...

The term Saint is used in the New Testament 55 times to represent a believer who lives a sanctified life for Christ. In the vernacular, it may refer to any person of exceptional consecration or set ...

Hull, officially launched his campaign for governor of Iowa. Feenstra said, “I’m excited to officially launch our campaign to take Iowa to new heights. Born and raised in the small community of Hull, ...

I’d started my opening day pheasant hunt in a funk I just couldn’t shake. For starters, I’d gotten an intolerably late start, due to circumstances beyond my control. So it was well after 1 p.m. before ...

Unless there’s a political breakthrough in Washington, D.C., soon, citizens in Spencer, Clay County and throughout the nation will begin to lose access to critical food assistance. Funding for the ...

Both the Rebels girls and boys teams qualified for state for a second year in a row and wound up with five individual qualifiers, Lucos Wernimont, Jack Christian, Landon Driver, Sage Weber and Marley ...

I am so proud of the Sioux Central runners,” said Kelsey Miller, Sioux Central’s coach. “They had a fantastic night at Emmetsburg at the 1A state qualifier.” Both the Rebels girls and boys teams ...

Spencer senior football players and cheerleaders made the traditional goal line-to-goal line walk, hand-in-hand Friday, at Dale Norton Field, following their regular season finale at home. Sergeant ...

It’s during the fall season when I often remember the words of a fishing friend. Many years ago I told that friend that I was going fishing for walleyes that night and asked if he would like to go ...