Emmet County News

It cost nearly $1.5 million to provide services to people with mental and developmental disabilities in fiscal 2009, the Emmet County Board of Supervisors heard Tuesday.

Do you remember the days when you walked two miles uphill to school through a foot of snow - and two miles back home again? Members of the Emmet County Historical Society, Inc., Thursday night at the Estherville VFW Canteen recalled those days in their 45th annual meeting.

Thanksgiving and Christmas will both be much brighter and happier this year thanks to the Estherville Area Ministerial Association and area parish members.

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

"The real heroes are the ones who are not here." "Anyone would have done the same thing had he been in the same circumstance." "I didn't do it for a medal.

Sometime next spring, World War II veterans from Emmet County and the surrounding area will take a honor flight to Washington, D.C., where they will visit memorials and buildings sacred to our nation's history.

Yeah, it seems like a hassle, but 14 percent of eligible Emmet County voters turned out to vote in Tuesday's elections.

Estherville voters elected long-time Mayor Lyle Hevern to another two-year term in Tuesday's 2009 city election.

Information from an O'Brien County accident that took place last Wednesday has been released.

Next spring, area World War II veterans will have the opportunity to take part in an honor flight to Washington D.C. to view the monument to that war and other war memorials.

Estherville area churches are now accepting gift donations for the 2009 Community Christmas Project.

Anita Helmich has been named executive director of Emmet County Kinship, effective early this month.

Emmet County supervisors got some gravel in their gizzards Tuesday. The issue, and a reoccurring one, was the amount of gravel the supervisors think should go on county roads - and how to pay for it.

We almost forgot about winter - and driving - but it's about this same time every year when Mother Nature reminds us.

Cover your mouth if you cough or sneeze. Stay home if you're sick. Sound like something you learned in kindergarten? Well, it still applies.

ECHO PLUS Inc. CEO Dan Youngblut set the tone at Tuesday night's annual meeting at the Estherville Elks Lodge.

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is hosting a regional job fair this Tuesday.

A multi jurisdictional investigation into burglaries in Armstrong, Ringsted, and Swea City lands two in the Emmet County jail.

An H1N1 immunization clinic will be offered to health-care workers with direct patient care, parents of children under six months and people who provide direct care for children under six months today at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville.

The Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District Board of Education Monday approved the purchase of the Tri-State Construction property on Seventh Avenue South and South 19th Street for $561,000. The property will be used for district vehicles and other storage.