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Lakes Regional Healthcare Announces New Electronic Health Record System

Officials say the transition begins May 30.

4 hours ago in Local

Palo Alto County Opens Disaster Assistance Center After Severe Storms

Logo for Palo Alto County Emergency Management: white bold text 'EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT' with olive green 'PALO ALTO COUNTY' on a black background, featuring a curved arc of stars and a crescent shape.

The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program offers up to $7,000 per qualifying household to cover storm-related expenses.

5 hours ago in Local

Join Taps Across America Effort this Memorial Day

Local musicians and anyone willing should step outside at 3:00 pm Monday, May 25th and play Taps in remembrance of veterans.

5 hours ago in Crime, Local

Click it or Ticket Campaign Raises Seat Belt Safety Awareness

Iowa State Patrol Trooper Kevin Krull says law enforcement is stepping up seat-belt enforcement May 18th through the 31st.

5 hours ago in Local

O’ Brien County Supervisors Press Pause in New Construction

O'Brien County leaders plan to use this pause to research and create an official safety and environmental rules before any new construction begins.

1 day ago in Local

Tornado Breakdown from Sunday Evening

Map of a rural Iowa region with blue and green route segments near Mallard, showing Ruthven and Emmetsburg along with roads and a red vertical highway line

Wednesday afternoon at roughly 2 p.m., the National Weather Service in Des Moines finalized most of its damage surveys from Sunday night’s severe weather event.

1 day ago in Local

Revised Plans Approved for Estherville Pavilion Project

City Administrator Penny Clayton says the revisions became necessary after construction bids came in higher than the city anticipated.

1 day ago in Entertainment, Local

Arnolds Park Amusement Park Now Open and Full of Surprises

In addition to the four new rides at Arnolds Park Amusement Park this summer, CEO Jon Pausley says the midway games will be an entirely new experience.

Entertainment

4 hours ago in Entertainment

The game’s afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes Day

From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day on Friday.

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Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to ‘The Late Show’ in ambitious final show

Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a raucous performance of "Hello, Goodbye" on the final broadcast of CBS' "The Late Show" on Thursday night, a bittersweet farewell for a canceled show that still had a few barbs left for the network that ended its 33-year run.

1 day ago in Entertainment

Rami Malek explores art, love and death in Ira Sachs’ Cannes entry ‘The Man I Love’

In Ira Sachs' 1980s-set drama "The Man I Love," Rami Malek finds the most well-tailored role since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody."

2 days ago in Entertainment

As ‘The Boys’ ends, actors reveal their craziest stunts and what’s next for Vought

After five seasons of death, depravity and digs at the capitalistic superhero-industrial complex, "The Boys" dropped its series finale Wednesday.