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Like Most Other Employment Sectors, Many Local Healthcare Providers Continue To Struggle To Find Workers
June 6, 2024
(Spencer)– Like most other employment sectors, the healthcare industry is also facing challenges in filling open positions. Brenda Tiefenthaler, CEO at Spencer Hospital, they’re making progress but still have a long way to go get staffing back to pre-covid levels… Tiefenthaler says the majority of the openings they still have are the most challenging to […]
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Boaters Urged To Use Extra Caution Even As Lake Levels Start To Fall
June 6, 2024
(Orleans)– Water levels of the Iowa Great Lakes appear to be slowly receding now. Big Spirit Lake was at 15.47 feet this (Thurs.) morning, after being as high as 15.52 feet on Wednesday. The Okoboji’s were at 5.66 feet, after peaking at 5.69 feet on Wednesday. Mike Hawkins of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources […]
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Curly Leaf Pondweed Starting To Pile Up On Some Lakeshores
June 6, 2024
(Orleans)– Some property owners along portions of Big Spirit Lake have been reporting relatively large amounts of vegetation washing up on the shoreline. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says most of that is curly leaf pondweed, which typically dies off about this time of the year… Hawkins says […]
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Bird Flu Detected In O’Brien County Dairy Herd
June 5, 2024
(Primghar)– Iowa now has its first detected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cows. Officials with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Health Inspection Service say it was detected in a herd in O’Brien county. They add that additional response measures will be […]
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