LE MARS — Hotopp Jewelry and Gifts reopens under new ownership. Longtime employee Jessica Pottebaum and her husband, Jeff, of Remsen, bought the business from Robin and Dave Grosenheider. The ...

Aug 10, 2026 Aug 10, 2026 Updated Aug 13, 2026 PRIMGHAR—The O’Brien County Board of Supervisors revisited several topics, including road safety, possible speed limit changes and county property ...

Hawarden economic development director Carol Hoogestrat and O’Brien County economic development executive director Kiana Johnson talk to the crowd at the Northwest Iowa Development annual meeting, ...

What begins as a field of industrial hemp could eventually become pet bedding, garden mulch, building materials, or even components for furniture and other manufactured products. Those possibilities ...

Someone needs blood in the United States every two seconds, according to the American Red Cross. But the blood they need might not be there when that person needs it the most due to national trends.

LE MARS — Jury selection will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug, 18 in Plymouth County District Court in the first-degree murder trial of Omar Martinez Cruz of Sioux Center. Cruz is accused of the shooting ...

SIBLEY—Discussions for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship wetlands project flowed between ISG project manager Owen Oeltjenbruns and the Osceola County Board of Supervisors during ...

After selling $1 cotton candy during Hawarden’s One Crazy Night Block Party, Sunshine Foods store manager Jaci Metzler ...

The aroma of freshly roasted coffee is now drifting from both sides of Rock Valley’s Main Street at Rooted Plant + Coffee. Less than five years after opening its Rock Valley coffee shop in 2021, the ...

HAWARDEN—A 36-year-old Le Mars woman was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Hawarden for first-offense trespassing and ...

The city of Sheldon doesn’t have any ordinances on the books for electric bikes and scooters, but it could become a topic of discussion going forward for the city council. Council member Brad Hindt ...

LE MARS — A former Iowa nursing home administrator is accused of elder abuse in civil court filings alleging she improperly took more than $32,000 from a relative who resides at the home. No criminal ...