Local News from Northwest Iowa Now
2 hours ago in Local
Charter Bus Carrying Iowa Lakes Baseball Team Crashes on Highway 4; One Death Confirmed
Several members of the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team were injured in a charter bus crash and rollover in Calhoun County early Wednesday morning.
Second Car Jacking Suspect Now in Dickinson County Jail
A judge has scheduled his arraignment and a bond review hearing for February 17th.
6 hours ago in Education, Local
Spirit Lake Welcomes New Middle School Principal
Current Assistant Principal Brady Dicks will become the new Middle School Principal.
6 hours ago in Education, Local
Spencer’s Johnson Elementary School Open House February 23
Transportation, YMCA partnership and other changes coming in the new school year, according to Johnson Principal Brook Schueller.
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2 hours ago in Local
Charter Bus Carrying Iowa Lakes Baseball Team Crashes on Highway 4; One Death Confirmed
Several members of the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team were injured in a charter bus crash and rollover in Calhoun County early Wednesday morning.
Second Car Jacking Suspect Now in Dickinson County Jail
A judge has scheduled his arraignment and a bond review hearing for February 17th.
6 hours ago in Education, Local
Spirit Lake Welcomes New Middle School Principal
Current Assistant Principal Brady Dicks will become the new Middle School Principal.
6 hours ago in Education, Local
Spencer’s Johnson Elementary School Open House February 23
Transportation, YMCA partnership and other changes coming in the new school year, according to Johnson Principal Brook Schueller.
Storm Lake Police Chief Chris Cole Reviews 2025 Report
The 2025 Storm Lake Police Department Annual Report is available to the public on the Storm Lake city website.
6 hours ago in Education, Local, Outdoors
No School Friday? Join Nature Reads at Oneota Park
Spencer Reads, Spencer Public Library and Clay County Conservation team up for a fun morning this Friday.
1 day ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
Tiger Swimmers Advance 8 Events to State Meet
Tigers take 5th of 8 teams
1 day ago in Local, Local sports, Sports
High School Basketball Scores: 2/9/26
Scores from around the KICD 9-County Area
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24 hours ago in Olympics, Sports, Trending
Winter Olympics recap: Shiffrin out of the medals again, Klaebo wins another gold
Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on Tuesday.
2 days ago in Sports, Trending
Seahawks ride their ‘Dark Side’ defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13
The "Dark Side" defense carried Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks to a Lombardi Trophy. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald's ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise's second Super Bowl.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Trending
Bad Bunny brings Gaga, Martin and Puerto Rican pride to Super Bowl as Green Day, Puth play pregame
Stars were front-and-center at Super Bowl 60, with Chris Pratt and Jon Bon Jovi introducing the teams, a series of soaring pre-game performances and Bad Bunny's much-anticipated halftime show featuring a tour of Puerto Rican culture and a real-life marriage.
2 days ago in Olympics, Sports, Trending
Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in downhill crash at Winter Olympics, in stable condition at hospital
Lindsey Vonn's defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the second time in nine days.
5 days ago in Olympics, Sports, Trending
The Milan Cortina Olympics will start with a four-site and two-cauldron opening ceremony
An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture — plus American pop diva Mariah Carey — was scheduled to officially start the Milan Cortina Games on Friday as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago.
