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17 hours ago in Local

Governor Candidate Zach Lahn Meets With Clay County Supporters

Lahn held a meet-and-greet in Spencer on August 6.

19 hours ago in Local

Spencer Public Safety Stats for July

Spencer, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — Spencer Department heads had their monthly reports for the city council last week. Jesse Coulsen is…

20 hours ago in Local

Missing Estherville Man Found Safe in a Ravine

Estherville, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — A 67 year old Estherville man with dementia was located in a ravine after a four…

20 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Dropping the Curtain on the Lakes Conference

Former Lakes Conference Coaches; Gary Swensen, Bob O'Hara, Scott Koch, Clint Young, Don Martindale, and Steven Bomgaars join Northwest Iowa Now to look back on the Lakes Conference

21 hours ago in Local

Minor Damage in Milford Fire

Milford, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — The Milford Fire Department was dispatched to a working fire in a garage near the high…

4 days ago in Local

Lopez Foods Cuts Ribbon on New Production Line in Cherokee

Lopez Foods held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Cherokee processing facility Thursday to celebrate the completion of a major expansion project.

4 days ago in Local

GTRA Releases Findings of Independent Financial Review

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.

GTRA officials released the results of an independent review into financial discrepancies Thursday night during joint meetings held in both Graettinger and Ruthven.

5 days ago in Local

Announcement of Landmark Seven-Year Strategic Media Partnership

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) and Saga Communications, Inc. (Saga) today announced a new seven-year Joint Sales Agreement (JSA) and strategic partnership

Entertainment

14 hours ago in Entertainment

Ben Jones, good ol’ boy ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor and 2-term US House member, dies at 84

Ben Jones, who played the good ol' boy mechanic in "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died. He was 84.

14 hours ago in Entertainment

Blink-182’s Travis Barker almost died. A new documentary celebrates his life before and after

The inferno rages onscreen three minutes into " Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear." Dashcam footage lifted from a police car shows the blaze: It's 2008, and Barker has survived a plane crash in South Carolina. Four others did not.

20 hours ago in Entertainment

Amanda Knox defends her comedy show at Edinburgh festival as honoring her murdered former roommate

Amanda Knox, the American student convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate Meredith Kercher 19 years ago in Italy, is defending herself against accusations from Kercher's sister that her comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland trivializes violence against women.

21 hours ago in Entertainment

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ keeps record pace, ‘The Odyssey’ sets new high for Nolan

"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" continued its blistering pace in theaters, collecting $144.5 million domestically over its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" set a new high for the director.