Downtown Spencer was packed with foot track Monday night as Spencer Main Street hosted its 37th Grand Meander.

Effective Monday, Dec. 11, the Spencer Reporter will operate at a new location, 22 E. Fourth St., in downtown Spencer.

Clay County has jumped on board a $3 million plan to renovate and update the Southpark 7 movie theater in Spencer.

Brenda Kirschbaum, Spencer preschool teacher, brought in ingredients for stone soup after reading the book, “Stone Soup.” Each student shared their ingredient with the class and added it to the soup.

Individuals and groups who adopted a family for Christmas through the Spencer Reporter's Holiday Family Adoption Program can drop off gifts the next two Saturdays, Dec. 9 and 16, from 9 a.m.

Gentry Sorenson, regional field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, indicated that for the most part, harvest wrapped up

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation welcomed two new board members for 2024 — Brenda Tiefenthaler, CEO at Spencer Hospital, and Drew Hage, loan portfolio manager at Northwest Bank.

Each of Dickinson County's four newspapers had already gone to print by the time the roar of Japanese bombers was heard in the sky over Pearl Harbor naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii — the now infamous attack occurred