Emmetsburg News

The Farm Lab of Iowa Lakes Community College will host its annual Farm Field Day and Expo on Thursday, Sept.

The big question surrounding cellulosic ethanol is how we're going to harvest the feedstock.

Emmetsburg City Council is moving ahead with plans for the city golf course. Mayor John Schad, in his report to the council Monday, Aug.

Mark Reisinger, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa, and Congressman Tom Latham will be in Emmetsburg at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug.

"Our tax levies have been going down. We're well below the state average." John Joynt, Emmetsburg Community School Superintendent In a time when many school districts across Iowa are scrambling to make ends ...

TOP: Iowa State University researchers have been working on developing attachments for a combine that would allow it to harvest cellulosic material, as well as corn.

"The Petites" included, front row from left: Pati, Mary and Alice Pettit. Middle row: Claudia Prince.

A variety of items, related to the start of the 2008-2009 academic year, were on the agenda recently for the Emmetsburg Community Schools Board of Education.

" A T-bone crash at the intersection of two gravel roads claimed the life of a West Bend man early Saturday morning.

The 2008 edition of the Iowa Lakes Community College Palo Alto County Scholarship Golf Outing ended up raising nearly $10,000 for scholarships following play on Friday.

A weekend crash in Palo Alto County, Iowa killed one person and sent two others to the hospital.

An 18-year-old was killed and two 17-year-olds injured in an automobile collsion Friday near West Bend.

A 20-year-old Emmetsburg man is in critical condition this morning after a two-vehicle accident Wednesday night between Thompson and Buffalo Center at 440th Street and 60th Avenue.

Should there be a change in the speed limit on the road north of the golf course? Read/Post a comment A request to set speed limits on N40 to Rockport Subdivision met with mixed reaction on the county and city ...

Golfers who want to enjoy a day on the links and help out a good cause are invited to break out the golf clubs on Friday, August 15, for the 2008 edition of the Palo Alto County Scholarship Golf Outing.

TER -- The funeral for Robert Charles Hoffmann, 67, will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

The first major expansion of Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa's electronic health records system has been completed at three hospitals in the Mercy Network, officials of Mercy-North Iowa announced.

Cancer survivors will be honored at the annual Relay For Life this Saturday, Aug.

Another school year will soon be underway, and parents across Palo Alto County are in the process of preparing their children for the upcoming 2008-2009 school year.

With the Emmetsburg Lady E'Hawks making an appearance in the 2008 State Softball Tournament, post season honors were handed out to several members of the team.