Armstrong News

The Armstrong-Ringsted Consolidated School District is seeking a board member to replace Don Looft who passed away late last year.

The Emmet County Izaak Walton League will hold its 21st annual gun show this Saturday and Sunday at the Armstrong Community Building on Main Street in Armstrong.

FOOTBALL: Jake Peterson and Beau Kildow of Morningside College have been named to the College Fanz Sports Network's all-America first team.

Armstrong Mayor Marv Dailey Tuesday asked the Emmet County Board of Supervisors to help - if it can - in making up a budget shortfall for the city's sales tax.

We thought everyone would be tired of hearing editorials about winter driving hazards by now.

An expanding Fort Dodge motorcycle shop is on track to get a property tax break as a result of City Council action Monday.

When Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens answered an emergency call for stranded motorists on Highway 9 Thursday afternoon, he found that conditions were far worse than he had expected.

The new 6,000 sq ft two-story site will be the center of an intensive new effort to bring together nonprofit partners that work side-by-side, utilizing technological resources second to none, to more rapidly translate the latest genetic and molecular discoveries about cancer into effective new treatments that benefit cancer patients.

The Emmet County Board of Supervisors in its first meeting of the new year Monday voted to put Ron Smith in the chairman's seat for the coming year.

Not quite a year ago, Armstrong city officials wondered how the community could continue after it lost five businesses within a few months.

While the nation struggled with two wars and a declining economy toward the end of the decade, Emmet County saw continued improvements, both in the public and public sectors.

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Were you bored last weekend? Well then you must have been somewhere other than Emmet County where things were hopping all weekend long.

The Armstrong City Council at its Monday meeting approved a revolving loan to Jason and Allison Russell for purchase of the 9-15 Coffee House in Armstrong.

Armstrong and area residents Sunday had the opportunity to see one of the premier retirement communities in the region at Spring Creek independent and assisted living in Armstrong.

The Fire & Ice Festival is Saturday. The 3rd and 4th Avenue Parking Ramps will be free and open to the public as well as handicapped accessible parking available in the City of Cedar Rapids Parking Lot #24 . -ALL DAY: Downtown businesses are encouraged to decorate their store front window and participate in voting for best display! Holiday patrons ...

In one month, Armstrong-Ringsted and Graettinger-Terril school districts will sit down at the table and talk about whole-grade sharing and/or consolidation.

Architect Matthew Basye of FEH Associates of Sioux City presented a breakdown of the Phase II additions and renovations in a facilities tour before the Armstrong-Ringsted Board meeting.

The Relay For Life of Emmet County, under the guidance of their fundraising committee, is now releasing their limited edition lithography collector prints.

It was good to see people turn out in both Armstrong and Estherville on Wednesday, Veterans Day, to honor the veterans who have served our country.