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Emergency Management Official: More Attention Needs To Be Paid To Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
March 27, 2025
(Spirit Lake)– Severe Weather Awareness Week continues this week in Iowa with today’s (Thurs.) topic being hail and wind safety. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Ehret says damaging wind events are more prevalent than tornadoes and can produce the same level of destruction in some circumstances… Ehret adds it’s important to stay away from […]
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Lakefield Police Department Releases Its Annual Report
March 26, 2025
(Lakefield, Mn.)– The Lakefield Police Department is out with its statistics for 2024. The report shows the department had 1,330 calls for service, up from 1,121 in 2023. Citations that were issued were nearly identical, with 58 in 2024 compared with 59 in 2023. Chief Roger Pohlman says the department has implemented new technology to […]
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Okoboji High School Jazz Band To Once Again Compete In State Championships
March 26, 2025
(Milford)– More accolades for the Okoboji High School Jazz Band. Instrumental Music Director James Kunz tells KUOO news the group placed 1st recently at the Northwest Iowa District Jazz Festival, automatically qualifying them for the State Jazz Championship April 8th in Ames. He says this will mark more than 30 years Okoboji has qualified for […]
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Grassfire Near Wallingford Threatens Farm Vehicles & Building
March 26, 2025
(Wallingford)– The Wallingford Fire Department had another close call with a grass fire Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the area of 2132 420th Avenue east of Wallingford. A post on the department’s Facebook page says they were able to quickly put out the fire before it could reach several farm vehicles and a building. […]
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