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Early Morning Clay County House Fire Causes Damage, No Injuries

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There were no injuries in a rural Clay County house fire this (Wednesday) morning.

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Sprinkles Overnight Followed by High Winds Thursday Night

Wednesday afternoon may bring a little lighter rain or snow—snow is more likely north of I‑90 and rain more likely south—though any snow will melt quickly as highs reach the 40s.

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Annual Estherville Easter Egg Hunt Returns April 4

Estherville Parks and Recreation will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4.

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Spencer Police Discover Body of Missing Man Following Search Effort

KICD News has now received official word about the search for a missing man that began Monday morning.

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66th Annual Irish Celebration Kicks Off in Emmetsburg

Dust off your green gear and get ready to celebrate...

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Trial Date for Cherokee Man Accused of Murder Has Been Pushed Back

A judge has pushed back the trial date for Richard Allen Hammond He is accused of intentionally running over a Sutherland man last year.

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Iowa Lakes Baseball Team to Resume 2025 Season

The Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team will resume their season Friday.

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2026 Miss Shamrock Winners

There were 17 young ladies who competed in four different categories of the Miss Shamrock pageant

Entertainment

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‘Dancing with the Stars’ pro Mark Ballas leaps back to Broadway in ‘Chicago’

Mark Ballas is returning to Broadway in "Chicago" and the "Dancing with the Stars" pro will be reuniting with an old friend. Ballas, playing slippery lawyer Billy Flynn starting April 6, will share the stage with his Roxie, Whitney Leavitt, the "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star who was his dancing partner on "Dancing with the Stars" last year.

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Multiple gunshots fired near Rihanna’s LA home and a woman is taken into custody

Los Angeles police took a woman into custody after she fired gunshots outside Rihanna 's gated home, according to authorities and news reports on Monday.

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Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ bounds to No. 1 as Warner Bros.’ ‘The Bride!’ is on life support

Disney and Pixar's environmental adventure "Hoppers" topped the North American box office this weekend with $46 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

"Country" Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday. He was 84.