Local News from Northwest Iowa Now

19 hours ago in Local

Traffic Stop West of Estherville Leads to Drug Charge

A traffic stop late Thursday night west of Estherville led to drug charges against an Estherville woman.

20 hours ago in Local

300 Families Participate in Down Syndrome Buddy Walk

The Northwest Iowa Down Syndrome Society held its 20th annual Buddy Walk Sunday at Arnolds Park.

21 hours ago in Local

North Bike Trail Closed During Construction

The paving project on 4th Avenue West in Spencer begins today.

23 hours ago in Local

Ocheyedan Man Charged for Allegedly Ramming Another Vehicle with His Own

The O'Brien County Sheriff's Department has charged an Ocheyedan man for allegedly ramming his vehicle into another vehicle on purpose.

23 hours ago in Local

Firearm Charges in Everly

The Clay County Sheriff's Department was called to a disturbance in Everly early Friday morning (August 14) .

23 hours ago in Local

Lawsuit Seeks Back Rent from Company Operating Nursing Homes in Spirit Lake and Milford

The Iowa Capital Dispatch website is reporting the former owners of six Iowa nursing home facilities is suing the operator - Accura - for 2.1 million dollars in back rent.

4 days ago in Local

Exterior Work on Milford Elementary School is Complete

The shell of the new elementary school in Milford is complete with work shifting to the interior.

4 days ago in Local

Palo Alto County Severs Economic Development Agreement with Kossuth County

Palo Alto and Kossuth Counties no longer share an economic development director.

Entertainment

21 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

All eyez on Tupac: Long-awaited trial begins in rapper’s 1996 killing

Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, kicking off weeks of testimony that will revisit what happened on a Las Vegas street nearly 30 years ago.

21 hours ago in Entertainment

Andrew Garfield finds wonder in everyday life in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’

Andrew Garfield wants audiences to look up from their phones and remember that there is still plenty of magic in the world around them. That idea drew the two-time Oscar nominee to "The Magic Faraway Tree," a family adventure about Tim, a stay-at-home father whose family is forced to reconsider life after his wife, Polly, quits her job.

21 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Hayden Panettiere, who starred in the television series ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36

Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including "Heroes" and "Nashville," died Sunday at an apartment complex in South Carolina where she was found unresponsive, police said. She was 36.

5 days ago in Entertainment

Film academy to honor Colman Domingo, Charlize Theron and John Carpenter at museum gala

Actors Colman Domingo, Charlize Theron and filmmaker John Carpenter are set to be honored at the Academy Museum Gala this fall. The red carpet for the annual fundraising event, now in its sixth year, has become a reliably starry and glamorous affair — a West Coast rival to New York's Met Gala. This year's edition will take place on the evening of Oct. 17 in Los Angeles.