Stories from Saturday, September 4, 2010

Grand Avenue road construction will continue into next week but will be out of the way before the beginning of the Clay County Fair next Saturday. According to Spencer Public Works Director Mark White, state road work will begin in the heart of downtown on Tuesday and will reduce travel to one lane from Park to Seventh streets on Grand Avenue...

I've spent the better part of the summer attending either one or two movies a week in order to provide reviews for the entertainment page. I thank the good folks at Southpark 7 for allowing me the opportunity to come in on a weekly basis to review the hot new releases on the big screen...

John Rahn, of Spencer, was hired by the Iowa Lakes Community College Foundation (ILCCF) 10 years ago to help coordinate activities surrounding renewal of the northwest Iowa community college's plant fund levy campaign. When the election was held in 2000, 68 percent of voters who cast ballots deemed it a successful public measure, or one they could vote for...