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New faces, familiar excitement as Spencer prepares for school
39+ min ago (169+ words) As Spencer students prepare to return to the classroom, several new teachers are joining the Spencer Community School District for the 2026-27 school year. Emma Vande Brake and Allison Kounkel will join Fairview Elementary as first grade teachers. Kinsey Kogel will…...
Extension Outreach
59+ min ago (162+ words) The Worldu2019s Greatest County Fair is less than a month away, but it is not too late to get involved! Clay County Fair 4-H/FFA livestock entries opened on July 1 and were due by Aug. 1. Late entries are accepted Aug. 2-24 with…...
No more calls to make
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (165+ words) When I started my internship at the Spencer Reporter, I expected to learn how to be a better journalist. I expected to learn AP style, how to find a story, how to write a good lead, and how to make…...
Seaman earns Iowa School of Banking certificate
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (174+ words) Kristy Seaman, the vice president of loan operations at Farmers Trust & Savings Bank in Spencer, successfully completed the 2026 Iowa School of Banking held in June in West Des Moines. The one-week, two-year school through the Iowa Bankers Association offers a…...
Ike and Ivy Learning Touch-a-Truck
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (136+ words) Several families showed up for the Ike and Ivy Learning Touch-a-Truck event July 18. The event was held as a fundraiser for the new Guy Allen School opening this fall. Grant Hermin, 5, of Spirit Lake, climbed into a Spencer Fire Department…...
Interns share research ideas
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (168+ words) At the recent OPA annual meeting held on Friday, June 19, Mary Skopec, Iowa Lakeside Lab executive director, shared her excitement about 20 interns and AmeriCorps members and their projects for the summer. My wife and I were in attendance and had…...
Around Campus
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (35+ words) Clear Lake Mirror Reporter DES MOINES — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has announced its newest graduates. More than 430 new health professionals graduated during DMU's 126th commencement ceremony on May 29....
Ambassadors see Sacred Heart garden project
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (170+ words) Spencer Ambassadors visited Sacred Heart Catholic School on Tuesday, June 23, to learn about the school’s new garden project. Melissa Pick, enrollment and development director, shared that Sacred Heart received a USDA Farm to School Grant, which funded the installation of…...
Ambassadors visit new Oneota Environmental Learning Center
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (134+ words) The Spencer Chamber Ambassadors visited the new Oneota Environmental Learning Center on June 16 for its grand opening and ribbon-cutting. Clay County Conservation Board Director Will Horsley thanked all the donors and partners who helped bring this to life — it’s a…...
Ravens and Raptors arrive at the library
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (145+ words) The Summer Reading Program at the Sioux Rapids Memorial Library has begun. One of the programs taking place was presented by Katie Struss, Buena Vista County naturalist, and Cassie Wendl, a wildlife rehabilitator and educator. Struss gave information to the…...