News

Back to school -- but are they back too soon? (09/01/10)
School buses are replacing campers and backpacks are filled with textbooks instead of trail maps.

Local talent, international fame highlight 2011 PLAC concert lineup (09/01/10)
With a roster spanning local favorites and international touring talents, the Pearson Lakes Art Center unveiled the lineup for it's 2011 season during a press conference held Friday, Aug. 27

From textbooks to MacBooks (09/01/10)
Spirit Lake Superintendent Dave Smith says the deployment of over 900 computers to district students in grades 5-12 on Tuesday, Aug. 24, was something of a celebration. "We're estimating it was close to 3,000 people in our gym," Smith said. "It was an unbelievable event; it was really more or a celebration in a lot of ways than a deployment. We wanted to make sure we took time to thank everyone, our community, et cetera, that made this all possible, and yes, we deployed the laptops."...

Rust COO dies in accident (08/25/10)
Wally Lage, vice president and chief operating officer of Rust Communications, parent company of the Spencer Daily Reporter, Dickinson County News and Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, died Thursday night in Maine, after slipping off a wharf. He was 66.

Attempted murder case has Oct. 5 trial date (08/25/10)
Judge David Lester has set an Oct. 5 trial date for James Naujock, a Spirit Lake man who faces a series of charges, including attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping, on suspicion the 39-year-old used a knife and fireplace poker to detain and injure a woman at their home in the 1400 block of Gary Avenue.