As warmer weather arrives and winter turns to spring, the Iowa Insurance Division is reminding Iowans that now is the time to be thinking about flood insurance. --- Online Subscribers: Please click ...

Spencer Rotary members welcomed its two newest members, Nate Roos, with Warner Funeral Home (above), and Andrew Geelan, from Geelan Funeral Home (below). (Photo submitted) --- Online Subscribers: ...

Spencer Sacred Heart Catholic Daughters of the Americas announced the winners of its annual Education Contest. The writing event was open to fourth, fifth and sixth graders at Sacred Heart School.

Avenue of Flags, of Spencer, is currently accepting flags for dedication. Flags can be ordered for a family member or friend who served in the armed forces, and has passed away. Their flag will be ...

AMES ― Thursday and Friday, Spencer’s spring season officially got underway just as the boys and girls competed over two days at IATC 3A Indoor Championships in Leid Recreation Athletic Facility in ...

In last week’s column, we began looking at the results of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' 20 public town hall meetings where interested Iowans listened to presentations by DNR personnel on ...

The Spencer School District has taken steps to partner with the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates program, or iJAG, beginning next school year to give struggling students more opportunities to connect ...

The Spencer Community School District is proposing a modest property tax levy increase for the 2026 fiscal year, a move made necessary by the district’s multimillion-dollar flood repair bill.

This is a common scenario where we invite friends and family for a boat ride, but don’t know how many people we can take.

This is the 100th year commemorating the first pheasant season in Iowa, and the Iowa DNR is commemorating that season with several features on the history of the ringneck pheasant. Here is the first ...

A Spencer man is facing four felonies and one misdemeanor charge after police say he stole dozens of Iowa lottery scratch-off tickets from a local business over the course of several months.

Ralph Kluseman, president of the board of the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Association, said, “We are proud to present the 11th annual ‘Iowa Rocks Talent’ competition. This is a statewide competition for ...