The Spencer Chamber Ambassadors joined Upper Des Moines Opportunity and Spencer Rotary Club on Thursday for a check presentation.The Spencer Rotarians applied for a grant from Rotary International's ...

Members of the Spencer-based Knights of Columbus presented to Sheriffa Jones with the Spencer Chamber Foundation for Flood Recovery. (Photo submitted) --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log ...

The Spencer City Council took a look at what it could take to elevate interim city manager Kevin Robinson to the full-time job during a Tuesday, Nov. 12, Committee of the Whole meeting.

Pheasant hunting is such a great sport. Every day seems to bring something different. Just when you think you have things figured out, something different pops up. No matter what, though, trust the ...

My friends and I got together again a few days ago. It seems like when a person becomes a “certain age,” aka “retired,” they spend more time getting together with friends or acquaintances who have ...

Like many, the summer of 2024 will be a year to remember for the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District. The summer brought on several challenges for the public sewer system around the Iowa Great Lakes.

The Iowa DNR received these funds from the USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA Iowa Tree Planting Grant provides reimbursable grants to purchase trees, mulch, tree staking/protection ...

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation announced last week the launch of an entrepreneurial challenge called the Big Idea which supports innovative development of businesses through ...

Late fall to winter is a great time to prune trees. Insect and pathogens are in dormant stages with colder weather. When trees start to grow next spring they will start to produce wound tissue to ...

On Thursday, no injuries, despite approximately $35,000 in damages, were reported following a van and semi collision near the intersection of 11th Street SW and the parking entry west of Walmart.

Amanda Elaine Young, DO, a family physician in Spencer, has achieved the Degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the national medical association representing nearly 127,600 ...

The Clay County Long Term Recovery Group announced the hiring of three key staff members who will lead and support the county's ongoing disaster recovery initiatives following the June 22 flood.