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State promotes awareness as winter creeps in (11/14/09)
Rake while you can, because shovel season is on its way. The National Weather Service is getting ready for the next season, and used Thursday as "Winter Awareness Day" in Iowa. "This time of year we start looking at winter precipitation becoming an issue," said Ben Moyer, senior meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Des Moines. ...

Blizzard conditions possible for Spencer area (04/04/09)
The good news: The National Weather Service canceled a winter storm watch for the region at 4 p.m. Friday. The bad news: They put a blizzard watch in its place. The watch will become a warning barring changes late Friday. A mix of rain and snow were expected to develop late Saturday morning, then become all snow by Saturday evening. Snowfall amounts of 12 to 15 inches were possible, according to projections for Spencer at 6:15 p.m. Friday...

National Weather Service eyes floods, snow (03/24/09)
Monday brought high winds and heavy rain. But the end of the week, the region could be dealing with an entirely different sort of animal. Rainfall through Tuesday was expected to lead to minor flooding across many area rivers, including the Little Sioux River near Spencer according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, S.D...

ONE LAST SNOWMAN? (03/11/09)
Cheyenne Manwarren, 7, Spencer, holds the shovel Sunday afternoon as Brionna Sinback, 5, and Tanya Manwarren, 9, try to gather enough snow for a snowman near Fareway on East Eighth Street. Forecasters thought the girls would have enough material to work with earlier in the weekend. The city received only a dusting instead of the four inches expected Saturday night and Sunday...

Streak of no snow may come to end (02/26/09)
Hopefully you took one last look at the dry streets and brown landscape Wednesday. Winter is expected to make a curtain call Thursday, but Spencer may have caught a break as forecasters shifted the heart of a winter storm north. Earlier Wednesday, Spencer was under a winter storm watch; snow totals of about 4 inches were expected...

Spencer man claims $22,222 in scratch game (02/21/09)
A Spencer man won $22,222 on the "Snow Birds" scratch game. Seth Skalicky claimed his prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Storm Lake. He bought his winning ticket at Casey's on West 18th Street in Spencer. Snow Birds is a $2 scratch game that has four different scenes. ...

Snow melt causes minor flood problems (02/12/09)
The warm temperatures that brought thunderstorms to the state earlier in the week left a reminder behind. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, S.D., issued a flood warning for the Little Sioux and Ocheyedan rivers near Spencer. The area saw unusually heavy snowfalls in December and unusually warm weather within the past week. It prompted the agency to issue flood warnings for:...

Tricky weather causes new hazards (01/24/09)
The treacherous roads and sub-zero wind chills are back. Arctic high pressure brought much colder air in for the weekend as temperatures fell into the single digits and teens below zero in the overnight hours leading into Saturday. Strong winds carried some snow across Clay County roads Friday afternoon and contributed to a single-car accident at 2:23 p.m. on county road B24, about halfway between Spencer and Dickens...

City completes EPA, billboard negotiations (01/20/09)
The city of Spencer cleared a major hurdle in negotiations to separate its storm water from the sewer system as part of Monday's Spencer City Council meeting. The vote to approve an Environmental Protection Agency administrative order to eliminate combined sewer overflows capped negotiations that began in late 2007...

Wednesday's temp may set recent low mark (01/15/09)
According to records kept by the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday night's projected low in Spencer could tie the lowest mark in town since 1996. On Dec. 2, 1996, the temperature dropped to 27 degree below zero low to set the mark for the lowest recorded total in Spencer in the past 13 years; the same number which was forecast as Wednesday's low...

Blizzard conditions add to tough winter (01/13/09)
Monday morning was a trick. The temperatures were mild, the wind was calm and residents were moving about the city scooping snow. But, meteorologists and school superintendents knew better. The calm conditions that spilled over into the noon hour disappeared quickly and matched the predictions of Greg Harmon, the Meteorologist-in-Charge at the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, S.D...

Let it snow… and snow… and snow… (12/19/08)
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, S.D.: ---- Travel, especially to the north, will not be advised this weekend as northwest Iowa's on-again, off-again winter storm pattern continues...

Don't put the shovels away (12/17/08)
Those of you dreaming of a white Christmas: Feel free to wake up any time now. We're good. Tuesday started with little flakes, but the area got the full snow globe effect as classes dismissed early in the afternoon. Spencer was expected to get up to 5 inches as the system made its way north and east. It was enough for the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, S.D., to issue a winter weather advisory for much of northwest Iowa...

Four inches expected Monday night (12/09/08)
The National Weather Service forecast had area residents bracing for a significant snowfall Monday night. Meteorologists expected about four inches of snow to greet Spencer commuters Tuesday morning. The area was under a winter weather advisory until noon Tuesday...

'Being obedient' brings new pastor to Spencer (11/20/08)
Rev. Kevin Grimes readily admits he doesn't care much for Iowa's cold weather or snow. But he's being obedient and attempting to "get used to it." The 43-year-old native of Hawaii and longtime California resident is the new pastor at DaySpring Assembly of God Church...

Many weather snow to honor veterans (11/12/08)
With inclement weather stretched across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, many scheduled Veterans Day ceremonies were cancelled. But with snow falling all around him, Brigadier General Allen J. Smith, retired Commander of the Iowa Air National Guard reminded those gathered at the Clay County Veterans Memorial, just north of Spencer Municipal Utilities on Grand Avenue, that those that were being honored Tuesday had endured far worse...

Spencer set for first snowfall (11/07/08)
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued its first snow-related advisory for the 2008-09 winter season. Spencer was included in a portion of northwest Iowa placed under a winter weather advisory, for snow and blowing snow, from midnight to noon on Friday...

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