ESTHERVILLE — Iowa Lakes Community College is offering two Laker Visit Days, the last ones in 2022, for prospective students on Nov. 10 at the Estherville campus, starting at 1 p.m., and on Nov. 11 at the Emmetsburg campus, starting at 10 a.m.
ESTHERVILLE — Hear ye! Hear ye! The music department at Iowa Lakes Community College announces the 23rd annual Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste. This year's festivities will be held at the Janice K. Lund Performing Arts Center in Estherville on Dec. 2-3, at 6 p.m. Ticket sales begin Nov. 4.
The Elizabeth Madrigal Feaste pays tribute to the Christmas Feaste, an annual celebration in early England, showcasing an extravagant display of rejoicing and toasting the 12 days of Christmas.
CMBA Architects, with offenses in Spencer, was recently recognized for three different projects in northwest Iowa educational systems.
Skyler Gorsett, social media and digital content coordinator for CMBA Architects, said, “Student involvement not only honed the design but created in them a sense of pride and ownership in the new school.
Eric Schable, commercial loan officer, successfully completed the 2022 Iowa Bankers Association’s Commercial Lending School held Oct. 3-7 in Ankeny. The school is an intense one-week program sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association.
The Spencer Chamber Ambassadors visited Edward Jones Tuesday morning to welcome Jen Irvine as a financial advisor at the branch. With the office now located at 112 W. Sixth St., Irvine will strive to learn the needs of each client and apply key strategies to help meet their goals. (Photo submitted)
Dozens of Spencer residents turned out at the Spencer Fire Department Sunday to witness the push-in and official blessing of the department’s new fire engine.
Spencer Rotary Club 30th Annual five-day Used Book Sale is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday at the Clay County Regional Events Center. First Choice Party is scheduled from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday from with light appetizers. Admission is $5 and $3 hard covers or $1 paperbacks that night. Thursday and Friday will offer $1 admission from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday will be free admission with special reduced book pricing. Hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with other Republican candidates up for election on Nov. 8, stopped at the Clay County Regional Events Center Saturday as part of her statewide bus tour heading into this year’s election.
For the second straight year, a member of a Spencer Kiwanis organization will occupy the seat of the district’s Julie Weaver, a member and former president of the Hy-Noon Kiwanis follows Spencer After 5 club member Kristi Franker.
(Above) As the spookiest season of the year drew to a close, the city of Spencer celebrated with several Halloween-themed events over the weekend. Residents took the opportunity to get creative with their costumes and decorations at each event. On Saturday afternoon, Spencer Main Street hosted its MASKerade on Main trick-or-treating stroll.
A Clay County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop Benjamin Schroeder, 40, in the 100 block of West Second Street at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday. Schroeder allegedly fled from the deputy and was located in 200 block of West Second Street. Once located, Schroeder reportedly refused to comply with officers and was placed under arrest. Upon searching Schroeder, marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were located.
The Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club will be hosting its annual fall Department of Natural Reources night at Oak Hill Outdoor located at the north edge of Milford (across the road to the north of Perkins) on Thursday, No. 10. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with pizza at 6 p.m., followed by the DNR presentations at 7 p.m.
How can an outdoor person get bored here in northwest Iowa? Right now we have hunting seasons going like crazy, the fall fishing is only getting better as the lake water temperatures fall! Oh, but that’s not all. Nope! Because the “pre-ice fishing craze” is just around the corner.
It always comes in November and into December across the Midwest … ice fishing shows such as the Dakota Angler Ice Institute in Sioux Falls (Nov. 11-13) and the St. Paul Ice Show (Dec. 2-4).
