Pocahontas officials issued a boil water order after a water main break on the northwest side of town. On Oct. 6, at about 2:00 a.m., an alarm went off alerting city employees that water level …

A handful of Laurens residents asked the Laurens City Council about a proposed bitcoin project at the Oct. 5 meeting. City officials were clear that the project isn’t theirs — it’s a …

The Newell Waterpark committee will be applying for a big grant soon. Keisha Boevers, who serves on the committee, brought the proposal to the Newell City Council Oct. 5. She said the waterpark …

Kari DeMoss has a long history of connections with the Newell Public Library. “Libraries are such an asset to their communities, and perhaps even more so in small rural communities like …

Austin Walsh and some of his friends and co-workers knew his dad was joking about turning a former Fonda funeral home into a haunted house. Until they decided it wasn’t a joke. Earlier …

Rhianna Erickson is used to helping people make big transformations with their hairstyles. This year, Erickson had the chance to make a different kind of transformation, and a big one at that. …

The Herman and Isabelle DeWall farm is one of several Pocahontas County farms to receive the 2026 Century Farm designation. Located outside of Gilmore City, the land has been in the family since …

Joni Click doesn’t really like opossums much. But Click, a retired teacher and children’s librarian, took the time to learn more about the messy looking mammal before writing her latest …

If our foremothers had a task, they probably had an apron to go with it. Sheila Craig demonstrated just some of the different types of aprons and ways women used them through history at a …

The Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors will not put together a compensation board this year. Board members voted 4-1 to ditch the compensation board. Supervisor Kyle Smith cast the sole …

Want to find the best attended library programs in Iowa? Come to Pocahontas County. How about the number of hours open and number of full-time equivalent library staff members per 1,000 …

A Laurens man is facing drug charges after a traffic stop. Christopher Meyer, 41, was charged Sept. 27 with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana. It is a first-time offense and a …

A Gilmore City man will go on trial in November for charges that came out of a June chase in Humboldt and Pocahontas counties. Clayton Nielsen, 41, was charged in June following the chase, which …

Mike Finarty had a question for PAC Elementary School sixth-grade students Friday morning. “How did you use corn today,” he asked the group. No one had a quick answer. That’s OK, said …

A judge has agreed to dismiss theft charges against an Estherville man who had been charged with stealing from Pro Cooperative. River Rasmussen, 20, was charged April 22 with third-degree theft, …

Pocahontas County is not likely to seat a Compensation Board this year. For years, Iowa has asked counties to select regular citizens to meet once, usually in December, to talk with elected …

Iowans have heard plenty of ads for statewide candidates in some hotly contested races. Don’t forget those down ballots races, though. In Pocahontas County, there are just five countywide …

Buena Vista County Supervisor Paul Merten is facing a challenger in the November general election. Tom Grau, the Newell native and former Pocahontas County Economic Development Director, is …

Laurens Municipal Power and Communications’ board didn’t take any action on whether to lease land to a company that wants to build a server farm to mine bitcoin outside of Laurens last week. …