by Dalton Johnson, Staff Writer As Iowa covid cases have spiked in the last few weeks, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has put in place new restrictions in an effort to curb covid 19 cases. Some of these new restrictions include having only two people per athlete to attend sporting events,  restaurants and bars closing no... Continue Reading →

Earlier this month Iowa's neighbor, Minnesota, closed down all sports activities for high school and under. A few days later Governor Kim Reynolds gave Iowa it's first mask mandate requiring everyone to wear masks in public. Kim Reynolds announcing the new mandate. As restrictions start rising again with the numbers of COVID-19, Northwind reached out... Continue Reading →

By Kendra Hill As the cases seem to keep going up in Iowa many college students are quarantined from exposer or tested positive. What do Students do in quarantine? How do they get their food? How do they do classes? Do they have to stay on campus or can they go home? "During the first... Continue Reading →

Morgan Larson, Writer For more Accounting programs or ILCC "Programs of Study", Click the image above It's plain and simple to see that Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC) has diverse enrollment options tailored to a vast employment region. ILCC considers every student's well-being, state of academic achievements and program recognition. The Accounting Specialist program at... Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving plans will be a lot different this year for my family because of the COVID-19 going around. For the first time ever, my family is not going to meet up for the Thanksgiving holiday.           It sure is going to be different not seeing any of my family over the thanksgiving holiday due to... Continue Reading →

by Makayla Secrist Staff Writer Being a single parent is a tough, often thankless, job. Throw clinical depression, college and then COVID-19 into the mix and your job gets 1000% more difficult. I love my children more than anything and know without a doubt how empty life would be without them, but DAMN motherhood is... Continue Reading →

By Mitchell Hagenson, Staff Writer As we all approach the end of the November, that can me only one thing, Thanksgiving. There are many great things to enjoy when celebrating this great holiday. Things like spending time with your loved ones, telling how thankful you are for the people in your life, or even just... Continue Reading →

By Kendra Hill Covid-19 is still the hot topic in every nights news along with a few breaking news from Governor Kim Reynolds. In the early months of finding out about the pandemic Governor Reynolds put a hold or a closures on certain businesses such as salons, spas, gyms, bars, and dine in restaurants. Certain... Continue Reading →

Morgan Larson, Writer "Camera 5 zoom in right of the flags." "Camera 6 give me a wide view of the stage."  These were new methods I learned a couple of weeks ago within my Multimedia Productions class. This class is a part of the Digital, Social, and Broadcast Productions program at Iowa Lakes Community College... Continue Reading →

         By Staff Writer, Dalton Johnson  When Twitter took down a “New York Post” article about current President Elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his shady dealings with foreign countries back in October, conservatives and the public alike were outraged. Many felt uncomfortable by the fact that Twitter was censoring creditable information about a Presidential candidate.... Continue Reading →