Emmetsburg News Archives

After trying to negotiate either whole-grade sharing or consolidation with North Kossuth and Sentral school districts for over three years, Armstrong-Ringsted Consolidated School District is looking in a different direction.

Residents of Emmetsburg will elect three people to serve on Emmetsburg City Council next Tuesday, Nov.

Despite the onset of H1N1 in area schools, superintendents throughout Dickinson County are heeding the Iowa Department of Health's advice to keep their doors open.

An update by the Five Island Recreational Trail Committee for the Palo Alto County Bord of Supervisors on Oct.

Two face numerous charges following a traffic stop by Emmetsburg Police Friday night.

Who says hard work doesn't have its rewards. The Iowa Lakes Community College Board of Trustees Tuesday voted to name the Spirit Lake campus building after Jack Tatman, a founding member of the board whose term ended with the beginning of Tuesday's meeting.

An Honor Flight fundraiser will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, at Wild Rose Casino & Resort in Emmetsburg.

Emmetsburg City Council discussed a request for a speed limit for an alley at their meeting last week.

Funeral service for Agnes Ina Weishaar of Ayrshire was Saturday, Oct. 10, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ayrshire.

" Area farmers will see new and pre-commercial equipment in action harvesting corn cobs for cellulosic ethanol next month at Project LIBERTY Field Day in Emmetsburg.

Thomas A. Hanson, who grew up in Emmetsburg, has been invited to Tel Aviv, Israel, to receive the prestigious Lord Kelvin Award.

With the recent declaration by Iowa Governor Chet Culver of a suspension of regular weight restrictions on roadways for the harvest season, Palo Alto County Supervisors are thinking about embargoes on local roadways once again.

The Palo Alto County Sheriffa TMs Office arrested an Emmetsburg man on a sexual abuse warrant on Friday, Oct.

Iowa workers losing jobs at Skyjack and Montezuma Manufacturing will qualify for expanded employment benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.

Even though skies were overcast and drizzle fell at times, the Homecoming spirit wasn't dampened at Emmetsburg High School over the past week.

Ingenus President and CEO Ken Mimmack announced Simonson & Associates as the architects to design Ottumwa's proposed casino.

H1N1: Vaccine Concerns Small Town, Big Help After being dropped from his insurance in April, Gary Rioridan has been struggling to pay for medications to keep him stable as he waits for a liver transplant.

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has officially proclaimed Oct. 4-10, 2009, as 4-H Week in Iowa.

Football in the Fall and Tailgating are synonymous with good times and great food.

With people standing along the walls of the auditorium at Iowa Lakes Community College, over 170 area residents asked questions and had the proposed Five Island Recreational Trail explained on Thursday night, Sept.

A hugely successful youth program will celebrate its third season this Saturday night in Emmetsburg.