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RingTel to Expand Fiber Optic in Rural Swea City and Armstrong

Over the next few weeks rural residents in Swea City and parts of Armstrong will see fiber optic lines being buried. The project taking place now will be in the rural Swea City area South of Highway 9 and some customers in the Southeast corner of rural Armstrong. This is phase one of two phases.

Sarah is pictured with her grandmother, Wanita Hammond in front of the two garage doors that beautifully display the creativity and talent of Sarah.

Garage doors become beautiful display of talented artist’s work

Wanita Hammond of Ringsted has a really good reason for keeping her garage doors closed. Her granddaughter, Sarah (Strueker) Cheever has painted a beautiful rural sunset mural on the two garage doors of Wanita and Jim’s home on North 1st Street.

New taxiway to improve Estherville Airport efficiency

A new taxiway will greatly improve efficiency at Estherville Municipal Airport, thanks to a 100 percent grant from the Federal Aviation Administration and the CARES Act.

Dance studio to possibly open in Armstrong

By Kristin Grabinoski Marla Nicole Sturm (Nikki) has always had the love of dance in her heart because it was her sport of choice for most of her life. She is now hoping to share her love of dance with area children.

Supervisors give notice of leaving CSS

By Michael Tidemann Faced with a state mandate, the Emmet County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday, Oct. 6 meeting formally voted to leave the County Social Services mental-health and developmental-disabilities service region.

First Armstrong Public Library from 1945.

Armstrong Library Building Dedicated 50 Years Ago

On October 8, 2020 the Armstrong Public Library would have celebrated 50 years of business. The first public library was started in May of 1927. A group of citizens started the library and anyone who paid one dollar to enroll was entitle to check out books.

Spilled Ink

Tue, 09/15/2020 - 5:27pm admin

The St. Jude’s Car Show/Cruise was a great success in Armstrong last Sunday. Bob Rooney did a great job organizing the event just as he did last year.

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Council moves money around

Tue, 09/15/2020 - 5:22pm admin

The Armstrong City Council approved the transfer of $6,600 from the General Fund to the Revolving Loan Fund at their regular monthly meeting Monday night.