by Joseph Schany The judge's panel faced a difficult decision in choosing this year's Irish Royalty after an afternoon of tough interviews and even tougher competition, but in the end, a 16-year-old junior from Spencer High School would be crowned 2021 Miss Shamrock. Lucy Hemann, the ...
It continues to be busy in Palo Alto County Public Health, with COVID vaccine efforts well underway. We are grateful that Hughes Pharmacy and Hy-Vee Pharmacy are seeing an increase in doses available in the county. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was approved, and the first shipment was ...
It’s that time of year again – property taxes are due. When you pay your property taxes, you are investing in a number of important projects and services including public schools, law enforcement, emergency services, street maintenance, public parks and recreation, and more. Every penny of ...
by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors will be conducting a public hearing on the proposed county budget for fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022) at the end of March. The public hearing allows any resident or taxpayer to present objections to, or arguments ...
by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors discussed the effects that thawing winter conditions will have on area roads during Tuesday morning's regular session meeting. Walther Davis-Oeth, Palo Alto County Engineer, presented a resolution for a weight embargo on specific ...
by Joseph Schany Most educators will tell you their primary goal is not to enable students to just do well in the classroom, but to help them succeed in the lives they lead well past graduation. Darca Saxton, Emmetsburg K-12 Extended Learning Coordinator and K-8 Extended Learning Teacher, as ...
As of Tuesday, March 9, Palo Alto County is at 4 percent positivity rate over the past seven days, with seven current cases of COVID-19. There have been 1,063 total county cases and 20 deaths. There have been 2.72K doses of vaccine administered in Palo Alto County, with 1,278 having started ...
IOWA CITY -- Two area graduates were among the more than 1,400 current University of Iowa students who participated recently in the 27th annual student-led Dance Marathon. Aidan Leuer of Mallard and Taylor Park of Graettinger both participated in the annual event, which raised more than $1.4 ...
by Jane Whitmore The 15th Annual Awards Celebration at Wild Rose Casino took on a different look last Friday, March 5.\ “It’s a little different with this whole pandemic,” said Brian Bormann, Chairman of Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation. “It’s a big adjustment and ...
It has been a busy week in Public health with COVID vaccine efforts well underway. This past week we held two clinics: a make up clinic from February for those 80 and older at Family Practice Clinic in Emmetsburg, and another for 65 and older at Family Practice Clinic in Graettinger. In all, ...
