Local News from Northwest Iowa Now
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Applications Available for 2026-2027 Okoboji YIP Initiative
The Okoboji Foundation is taking applications for the 2026-2027 Youth in Philanthropy Initiative.
20 minutes ago in Local
2026 U of O Homecoming Hits Record Representation
The Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce says it was a record for the 2026 University of Okoboji Homecoming.
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Palo Alto County Denies Permits For Two Hog Nurseries
The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors unanimously denied conditional use permits for two proposed livestock hog nurseries Tuesday.
20 minutes ago in Local
Ground Broken for Harvest Hills Housing Development in Milford
Members of the Milford community gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of the Harvest Hills residential development project Tuesday.
20 minutes ago in Local
Special Designated Days Return for 2026 Clay County Fair
The Special Designated Days are back this year at the Clay County Fair.
21 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Tennis Scores: 8/10/26
Scores from around the KICD 9-County Area
21 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
KICD 9-County Area Best Teams of the 2025-2026 Year: GTRA/ELC Girls Wrestling
Five Titan Wrestlers break into State Tournament
21 hours ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
KICD 9-County Area Best Teams of the 2025-2026 Year: Spencer Boys Swimming
Tiger Swimmers continue to topple records in 2025-2026
Entertainment
20 hours ago in Entertainment, Music
YouTube sensation Ms. Rachel announces debut album with Mr. Aron, ‘I’m So Happy’
Parents of toddlers everywhere, prepare yourselves. YouTube sensation and music teacher Ms. Rachel and her husband, Aron Accurso, will release their debut album, the 23-track "I'm So Happy," on Sept. 25.
20 hours ago in Entertainment, Music
Blues ‘enthusiast’ Morgan Freeman’s album covers 100 years of the genre
It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not.
2 days 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.
2 days 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.




