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Celebrating the Preservation of Clear Lake
BY: RACHEL WUMKES It’s no secret the biggest asset in North Iowa is the beautiful, 3600-acre spring fed lake. Formed by glaciers thousands of years ago, who would have thought it would someday become a mecca of travel and family fun? With various advancement in technology pertaining to the agriculture industry as well as...
Summer Slowdown? Not at the Lake!
BY: RACHEL WUMKES As stores across the country begin to fill their shelves with notebooks and pencils, hanging rows of backpacks along the wall, it seems to be the time of year I like to call “the summer slowdown.” The time where we are caught in the middle of full speed ahead summer fun and preparing ourselves for the...
Channeling My Inner Friday Vibes
BY: RACHEL WUMKES Odd title, right? The reason I’m channeling my inner vibes this week is because I’m actually writing this on Thursday! Honestly, it feels like I’m cheating just a bit. I’ve written this piece on Friday morning for more than a year now, so to be doing it a day early feels super strange! I’m writing it...
I Did It All for the Cookie!
BY: RACHEL WUMKES It’s been a hot minute since I’ve scoured the depths of the National Holiday Calendar in search for intriguing topics to twist into something relevant. Some of them are so far out there in left field, it’s unreal. I mean, National Leave a Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch day? Who thought that was a...
Wait… it’s Friday again?
BY: RACHEL WUMKES How can it be Friday already? Wasn’t it just Monday, like, 2 minutes ago? What is happening? I feel like I’m in one of those sappy Lifetime movies where one minute the main character is young and vibrant and then “blink” she turns into a young mother chasing little kids and then “blink” she’s a...
What a Comeback!
BY: RACHEL WUMKES Well, folks, it’s almost been a month. I’m not sure if we’ve caught our breath yet after that magnificent 4th of July Celebration, but we’re on the road to recovery! Talk about a comeback! WOW! The term ‘record breaking’ has been thrown around the Chamber office quite a bit these past few weeks. Record...