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Dickinson County voters gave their incumbent Congressman another strong foothold in the western part of his district Tuesday night. The Kiron Republican carried the Iowa Great Lakes with 4,645 votes for 53.2 percent support. Sioux City freelance paralegal J.D. Scholten was bidding to become the first Democrat to serve northwest Iowa in Congress since Berkley Bedell's last election win in 1984. He received 3,915 votes for 44.8 percent support...

The Republican Party has a very vocal reverence for the United States Constitution — or at least the first 10 amendments. District 1 State Representative John Wills devoted multiple columns of his legislative update to explaining the Bill of Rights earlier this year. But when it comes to Amendments 11-27, that reverence apparently ends...

GOP incumbents John Wills and Megan Jones carried Dickinson County and were in position for a return to the Iowa House in January. Wills received 4,390 votes for 65.8 percent support to hold off his Democratic challenger Karen A. Larson in Dickinson County. District 1 also includes Lyon and Osceola County in far northwest Iowa. Larson received 2,279 votes for 34.2 percent support in the northern half of Dickinson County. Both candidates are from Spirit Lake...

A primary election rematch on the general election ballot produced the same result for Steve Clark, who came out ahead of Dave Kohlhaase. Clark received 1,062 votes for 60.65 percent of the vote, while Kohlhaase garnered 683 votes for 39.01 percent at the polls. Clark will succeed outgoing Supervisor Mardi Allen, who will step down in December, after four terms on the board...

The nation will pause Sunday to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Great War's end at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Unfortunately, the peace which followed wasn't quite soon enough for one Arnolds Park family. Walter "Wave" Miguel was killed while serving in the U.S. Army just a day before the armistice was signed...

Dickinson County remained reliable GOP territory for appointed Gov. Kim Reynolds, who went into Tuesday's election seeking her first four-year term. She carried the Iowa Great Lakes with 5,528 votes for 62.9 percent support. Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell received 3,121 votes for 35.5 percent support in Dickinson County...

School funding is up, and there’s no disputing it. In fact, it's up over 30 percent the past eight years, a number House Republicans have been sharing since the beginning of the year. School aid is up from $2.444 billion in FY11 to $3.212 billion in FY19, a $767 million or 30.4 percent increase...

Plans are coming together for the annual Holiday Fantasy Weekend celebration in Milford, and a new event hopes to capture the spirit of the season. A total of 19 spots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis for the inaugural Holiday Snowman Village decorating contest. For an entry fee of $15, individuals, families or groups receive a sturdy, 6-foot-tall plywood snowman shape to decorate...

After constant rains held harvest at bay for a matter of weeks, area producers were glad to get back out in the field and make up for lost time as the month transitioned. The latest Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report shows farmers harvested nearly a quarter of the state's expected corn crop in the past week...

Hammers, drills and eventually a forklift could be heard Friday morning at Memorial Park in Milford. Despite gloomy conditions and a sprinkling of rain, nine volunteers from the local Safco manufacturing facility joined city staff in removing two backstops from the baseball diamonds...