Local News from Northwest Iowa Now

3 hours ago in Local

City of Milford Approves Rosenboom Machine & Tool Expansion

The City of Milford has approved a resolution supporting a major manufacturing expansion by Rosenboom Machine & Tool.

20 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Newell-Fonda Hosts Co-Ed

Warriors win Girls, Jaguars take Boys Titles

21 hours ago in Local

Foot Health More Important Than We Think

Spencer, Iowa (NorthwestIowaNow.com) — On this weekend’s Clay County health Update, we chatted about foot health with Jordan Achterhoff, the…

21 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Rebel Girls, Spirit Lake Boys winners in Estherville

Short-handed Spirit Lake Boys still claim team title while Sioux Central edged out Golden Bears

21 hours ago in Flood Recovery, Local

FEMA Money On the Way to Spencer, Cherokee and BV County Conservation

FEMA has approved 5.8 million dollars in additional flood relief for the Corridor.

21 hours ago in Local

Likely Cause Identified in Destructive House Fire

The caller who reported the fire said it sounded as though there was an explosion at 57 Allen Avenue.

21 hours ago in Education, Local

Cherokee Finds New Superintendent

Just a month after Tom Ryherd resigned to take the Superintendent's job in Perry, the district has hired Indianola High School Principal Jeff Siebersma to take the helm.

Entertainment

15 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Michael Jackson streams skyrocket after ‘Michael’ biopic opening weekend, up 95% in the US

Michael Jackson once sang "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." For fans of the King of Pop's music, it's words to live by: Streams of his catalog jumped 95% in the U.S. over the weekend when compared with the same dates the previous weekend.

21 hours ago in Entertainment

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, dies

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, who sang the enduring hits "Be My Baby," "Baby I Love You" and "Walking in the Rain" alongside her cousins, has died. She was 80.

21 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Melanie C says she’s bringing joy to the club with ‘Sweat,’ an athletic album from the Spice Girl

Get your heart pumpin'. She'll make you "Sweat." Such is the promise sung by the artist known as Melanie C, or Mel C and Sporty Spice of the game-changing '90s girl group Spice Girls, in the lead single from her ninth album of the same name.

21 hours ago in Entertainment

Summer Movie Preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and ‘Toy Story’ light up the cinemas

The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: "Spider-Man," "Minions," "Star Wars" and "Toy Story." But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It's a 3,000-year-old epic poem.