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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.

A Museum Could be Coming to Ringsted

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 2:48pm admin

By Clinton J. Davis

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Bancroft Area Rotary Club donates supplies to those affected by Derecho

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 2:46pm admin

On Monday, August 17, Tim, my husband, and I decided that we would make the trip with as many supplies as we could to help those affected by Derecho.

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159th career checkers make Looft leader in Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod wins

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 2:44pm admin

FAIRMONT, Minn. – What did it take for Matt Looft to race his way to the top of the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod career feature wins list?
A lot.

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Laue Purchases Home Improvement Center

Tue, 08/18/2020 - 2:10pm admin

Mitchell Laue, Armstrong-Ringsted Class of 2006, has purchased the Home Improvement business and building from Steve Underwood.

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Curb and Gutter Project Running Smoothly

Tue, 08/18/2020 - 2:00pm admin

On August 12th, 5 out of the 12 curb and gutters being done had been poured. Quinten Scott, Design Engineer at Bolten and Menk, said the project is running smoothly.