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17 hours ago in Local

Heavy Labor Day Wknd Rainfall Soaks Northwest Iowa

Over the Labor Day weekend, we had plenty of precipitation from slow-moving showers and thunderstorms, especially on Sunday.

19 hours ago in Local

Buy Season Tickets Now at Spencer Community Theatre

Spencer Community Theatre has kicked off its membership Drive for the Year.  Board member Connie Goecken says ticket sales cover…

19 hours ago in Local

No Injuries in Weekend Sailboat Mishap

Wahpeton, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — Just ahead of the first round of thunderstorms Sunday morning, a sail boat capsized on West…

4 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn takes 3rd Straight from Rival Wolverines

Big play aids Hawks to first win of the season

4 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports

Spencer Football Upsets 3A #6 Carroll in Thriller

Spencer comes back from two possessions down late in the 3rd quarter

4 days ago in Local, Sports

KICD 9-County Area Football Scoreboard: 9/4/26

8-Player (Non-District) Harris-Lake Park: 0 @ Northwood-Kensett: 53 Kingsley-Pierson: 36 @ West Bend-Mallard: 20 (District 1) St. Edmond (FD): 40…

4 days ago in Local

Heat Continues Across Northwest Iowa; Another Hot Day Ahead Saturday

Residents across northwest Iowa dealt with another round of late-season heat Friday as temperatures climbed into the lower 90s, with heat index values soaring into the triple digits during the afternoon.

5 days ago in Local

NWS Confirms No Tornado in Northwest Iowa Storm; Baseball-Sized Hail Reported

The Emergency Weather Coordinator with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has confirmed for KICD News the severe weather in Northwest Iowa earlier this week was NOT a tornado.

Entertainment

20 hours ago in Entertainment

An Elon Musk documentary and a Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem thriller premiere at Venice

A slew of high-profile films are debuting Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, including Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary, a psychological thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck.

5 days ago in Entertainment

Fall movie season has arrived. Here are 5 early Oscar predictions

It might be only just September, but the jockeying for next March's Academy Awards is well underway. Movies first started revving up their Oscar campaigns at the Cannes Film Festival in May. But now that the fall festivals, in Venice, Telluride and soon Toronto, are in full swing, so is the prognosticating about what's in the mix for awards.

5 days ago in Entertainment

Psychedelic ‘Furthur’ bus rolls back into San Francisco for new Grateful Dead exhibit

Ken Kesey's school bus — once painted in bright, swirly colors and driven across the country on a psychedelic journey — is back in San Francisco after 60 years as the centerpiece of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead, a band that rose from the city's famed hippie movement.

6 days ago in Entertainment

Dollywood theme park will add new features, including a waterfall, to honor Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton's theme park in east Tennessee will unveil new features for fans to honor the life of the "dreamer-in-chief," Dolly Parton, who died at the age of 80.