Emmetsburg News

Milo "Bomber" Reinders, 80, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Lakeside Lutheran Home in Emmetsburg.

Johnson, who resides in Portland, Oregon, just happened to be visiting her sister, Emerald Oaks resident Betty Miller in Emmetsburg, and joined her aboard the Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Safety Passenger Train on Tuesday afternoon.

A patch of ground near Interstate 35 east of Dows has emerged as the latest potential location for an Iowa casino.

"If I could make a living, I'd play music all the time," says Dan O'Leary, a native of Emmetsburg, who is steadily making a name for himself and his band the Beller'd Yellers.

The sound of racing engines, go-kart style, filled the air on the Palo Alto County Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon.

With bids for fuel supplies for the coming year in hand, Palo Alto County Engineer Joel Fantz broached a subject for discussion that has occupied the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors for the past two weeks.

POET has figured out what the rest of the corn-based ethanol industry has failed to grasp:A relying on price-volatile fossil fuels to power its plants is bad for business.

Big US ethanol producer Poet remains on track to start its cellulosic ethanol plant in 2011, while the federal "blend wall" stands in the way of other projects meeting US cellulosic biofuel targets in 2010, Poet CEO Jeff Broin said during a conference call with reporters Wednesday.

Sioux Falls-based Poet will power its planned cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa with corn cobs, the same biomass they'll squeeze to extract ethanol.

Interest in the old Emmetsburg Middle School property was addressed during the regular meeting of the Emmetsburg Community Schools Board of Education on June 15, in the high school/middle school library.

A memorial service for Jimmy Bendixen, 72, of Emmetsburg will be 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 17, at the Joyce Funeral Home in Emmetsburg.

Music sets the scene for summer fun. On Thursdays at 8 p.m., area residents gather at the Palo Alto County Courthouse Square to enjoy the Emmetsburg Municipal Band Concerts.

The Emmetsburg Retail Association will be hosting their next community-wide event this Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13.

The rain and temperature may have fell on Saturday, but spirits were buoyant for the 13th Annual Palo Alto County Relay For Life.

The sound of racing engines will soon be heard at the Palo Alto County Fairgrounds as a new family-oriented sporting opportunity begins later this month.

The physicians and staff at Palo Alto County Health System welcome Julie Beehler, ARNP, to the Family Practice Clinic in Emmetsburg.

A joint criminal investigation between the Emmetsburg Police Department and the Clay County Sheriffa s Office resulted in the execution of a search warrant in Emmetsburg early Friday, June 5. As a result of the investigation and search warrant, six individuals were arrested and taken into custody by officers of the Multi Agency Response Team .

Two criminal investigations conducted by the Emmetsburg Police Department resulted in the arrest of eight individuals on June 4. In a press release issued Monday by Emmetsburg Police Chief Eric Hanson, two Emmetsburg residents are facing multiple charges following a joint criminal investigation involving Emmetsburg Police, the Emmet County ...

Barb Besch has been issued an employment offer from the Spencer school district to serve as its new director of school improvement.

Emmetsburg's Wild Rose Casino & Resort has been busy insuring that residents of Emmetsburg and the surrounding area have a fun-filled summer.