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Weather Story on Demand (Friday 7/10/2026)

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This Afternoon and Tonight: Clouds will continue to move across much of the area this Friday afternoon, which could keep…

1 day ago in Local

Spencer Family Aquatic Center Closes for Maintenance

The Spencer Family Aquatic Center will be closed for the next two to three days while maintenance work is completed, according to the City of Spencer Parks and Recreation Department.

1 day ago in Local

Residents Seek Answers on School Finance Concerns

Front entrance of a modern school building with decorative glass doors featuring a large 'Titan Nation' graphic and a blue wall with the Graettinger–Terril Middle School & High School sign to the right.

Residents in the Graettinger-Terril and Ruthven-Ayrshire School Districts are growing frustrated as questions remain about financial discrepancies first disclosed in June.

1 day ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Tiger Softball Scores Early and Often in Regional Quarterfinal Against Le Mars

Group of girls in purple Spencer softball jerseys posing on gym bleachers.

Spencer scores all 15 runs in first two innings

1 day ago in Local

KICD News on Demand (Friday 7/10/26)

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2 days ago in Local

Weather Story on Demand (Thursday 7/9/2026)

KICD radio banner with host Patrick Hazelett and the show title Weather On Demand! on a blue gradient background.

Friday: Another round of scattered showers or thunderstorms could develop by late afternoon or evening, mainly closer to southwest Minnesota and areas…

2 days ago in Local

Sioux Falls NWS Nears Record Number of Severe Weather Warnings

Has this year seemed like a busier severe weather season?

2 days ago in Local

FEMA Approves Funding for Spencer, Rock Rapids Infrastructure Projects

FEMA has approved more than $11.2 million in disaster recovery and mitigation funding across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

Entertainment

1 day ago in Entertainment

New ‘Little House’ series explores complicated history but keeps heart, community at the center

It's a story with covered wagons and one room schoolhouses, but showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine says the "Little House on the Prairie" remake for Netflix still speaks to today's American dream.

1 day ago in Entertainment

Behind Christopher Nolan’s 6-country epic undertaking to bring ‘The Odyssey’ to the big screen

Christopher Nolan has never been afraid to dream a little bigger. It's almost a calling. With every film, he's pushed himself and the medium further — playing with form, storytelling, visuals and audience expectations to create lasting cinematic spectacles.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Music

Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.

3 days ago in Entertainment

‘The Pitt’ leads with 25 Emmy nominations and ‘Hacks’ breaks record for comedies with 24

"The Pitt" led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while "Hacks" got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in its final season as Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday.