Spencer News

Spencer Hospital has been named a 2009 Summit Award winner, marking the third straight year its emergency department has been recognized by Press Ganey Associates Inc.

Spencer Public Library representatives plan to capitalize on the popularity of the town's famous late cat at the start of the new year.

It's official. The Spencer Dream Center is now a go as the historic Hotel in downtown Spencer is now in the possession of the Dayspring Assembly of God Church.

The Spencer City Council meets in regular session this evening with plans to move forward, halt, and come to a conclusion on a number of projects.

Two cars hit a tractor pulling a farm implement Friday night east of Spencer on Highway 18.

Allen Dessel's brand of "entertainment" involves more than its fair share of risk and danger.

Ron Ricketts is battling the effects of cancer with his wife, Becky, by his side.

This year's Veterans Day program held at the Veteran's Day Memorial in Spencer was the most heavily attended in recent memory.

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corp. is sponsoring a series of luncheon seminars around the region in December titled 'How to Thrive in Any Economy.' The seminars are scheduled for Dec.

Maurer Manufacturing owners recently purchased property, including the former Shopper's Supply warehouse in Spencer's industrial park.

The annual Clay County Veterans Day Program will take place at the Veteran's Memorial Wednesday.

Lindell "Pete" and Jackie Petersen sit on the front steps of their rural Spencer farmhouse during a break from last year's harvest.

Six Spencer residents receive combined 70 plus years in federal prison "Drug dealers out there, we're coming to a town near you." This message provided courtesy of Clay County Sheriff Randy Krukow in the aftermath of sentencing that will result in over 2,000 months of combined jail time for 14 individuals associated with a drug trafficking ring in ...

A large Northwest Iowa meth trafficking network with ties to Mexico has been dismantled.

A local video dramatizing the dangers of drinking and driving has been named one of 13 top entries in a national contest.

Judge Patrick Carr has scheduled a Jan. 19 hearing to consider a guilty plea from a Spencer woman accused of arson 11 months ago.

University of Wisconsin Extension's Martin Havlovic, interpreter Yuriy Petetsky Oleksander Kulikov, Ryan Rusk, ISU's Northwest Iowa Research Farm manager, Volodymyr Ros and Yuriy Lysenko pose in a recently combined field at the research farm.

KICD News provided listeners with coverage of tonight's general election across the listening area.

Weather held out Monday, allowing crews to lay a concrete sidewalk on the west side of the old Spencer Middle School building.

As a precautionary measure, Spencer High School students and staff members were advised to stay in their classrooms for approximately an hour Thursday afternoon.