2+ week, 4+ day ago   (317+ words) 87, of Sioux Center 97, of Rock Valley The Hawarden United Foundation is accepting applications for additional disaster relief funds for individuals and businesses that were affected by the flooding in Hawarden in 2024. The additional funding is intended to provide continued assistance…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (246+ words) Electric scooters and e-bikes can be a lot of fun or a terrible menace, depending on who you ask, and communities across Iowa are working to better regulate the speedy two-wheelers. Estherville City Administrator Penny Clayton says the city council…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (328+ words) 93, of Sioux Center, formerly of Sheldon 90, of Sioux Center PathOne Data Centers will host an informational meeting Monday evening in Orange City to discuss its plans for Sioux County and answer questions from area residents. According to information shared by…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) The city council in a northwest Iowa town with about 3300 residents has approved the final plat and an urban renewal plan for a housing development that’s expected to add over 120 lots in Milford when completed. Developer Doug Holzrichter said the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (257+ words) Democrat Rob Sand says if he’s elected governor, he’d consider approving an increase in the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Sand met with eight members of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network yesterday. The group supports…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (490+ words) 94, of Orange City 64, of Canton, South Dakota, formerly of Orange City 94, of Orange City, formerly of Hawarden The Sioux County Board of Supervisors has awarded a $6.03 million construction contract for a new secondary roads maintenance shop south of Boyden. Supervisors…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (215+ words) 94, of Orange City 64, of Canton, South Dakota, formerly of Orange City 94, of Orange City, formerly of Hawarden The City of Orange City has named Brian Tooker as its new code enforcement officer. Tooker was born and raised in Orange City…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (251+ words) The Department of Natural Resources is collecting information from several buoys placed in reservoirs around the central Iowa area. DNR fisheries biologist Seth Fopma says they affectionately call it the “Oxythermal Dynamics Project.” “What it’s really looking at is how…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (255+ words) Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig is urging the U.S. Senate to advance legislation that would over-rule longstanding EPA guidelines and let E15 be sold nationwide all year long. “Whether it goes in a Farm Bill, goes as a stand-alone or goes in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) An organization that lobbies for lower taxes is launching a campaign to encourage Iowa voters to pass a proposal that would make it more difficult to raise state income taxes in the future. The proposed amendment to Iowa’s Constitution would…...