Local News from Northwest Iowa Now
12 hours ago in Local
Iowa DOT Pauses North Y Construction During Clay County Fair
Traffic disruptions near Spencer's North Y intersection will be paused during the Clay County Fair.
21 hours ago in Local
Roadwork Begins on Two Busy Highways
Cherokee, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — A couple of DOT projects will impact major highways leading to Spencer during the Clay County…
24 hours ago in Local
Public Access Dock Rule Changes Fail to Advance in Okoboji
A proposed overhaul of Okoboji's regulations for lake access died Tuesday night after heavy discussion among city council members.
24 hours ago in Local
Arnold’s Park Amusement Park Reports Steady Year
Arnolds Park Amusement Park CEO Jon Pausley says the 2026 was pretty typical.
2 days ago in Local
Northwest Iowa Educator Charged with Grooming Student
PRIMGHAR, IA (Northwestiowanow) – A South O’Brien School District teacher has been charged following an investigation into alleged sexual communications…
2 days ago in Local
Dickinson Nature Center to Host Annual Butterfly Festival This Friday
The Dickinson County Nature Center is hosting its annual Dee's Bee and Butterfly Festival this Friday.
Local Sports
2 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Many Area Teams in Action at Sibley-Ocheyedan XC Invitational
Pioneer and Orab Boys in top 3 team scores
2 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Volleyball Scores: 9/9/26
Scores from around the KICD 9-County Area
6 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn takes 3rd Straight from Rival Wolverines
Big play aids Hawks to first win of the season
6 days ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Spencer Football Upsets 3A #6 Carroll in Thriller
Spencer comes back from two possessions down late in the 3rd quarter
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20 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending
Girl Scouts’ first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January
Man's best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January.
20 hours ago in Sports, Trending
Seahawks pick off Drake Maye 3 times to beat Patriots 13-10 in Super Bowl rematch
Sam Darnold left the game injured, the offense was stagnant and sloppy mistakes put Seattle in a hole through three quarters. Then the Dark Side defense took over, Drew Lock made a few big plays and the Seahawks capped a Super Bowl banner-raising night with another win against the New England Patriots.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development
An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.