Iowa Lakes Community College
{{Short description|Public college in Estherville, Iowa, US}}
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|established = 1967
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|type = Public community college
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|president = Scott Stokes
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|city = Estherville
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|colors = Laker Blue and Laker Gold
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|nickname = Lakers
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|sporting_affiliations = National Junior College Athletic Association, Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
|website = {{URL|https://www.iowalakes.edu}}
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Iowa Lakes Community College is a public community college based in Estherville, Iowa, U.S., with campuses also located in Algona, Emmetsburg, Spencer and Spirit Lake.{{cite web|url=http://www.iowalakes.edu/about_us/|title=About Us|work=Iowa Lakes Community College|access-date=2016-05-01|archive-date=2016-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430033701/http://www.iowalakes.edu/about_us/|url-status=dead}} It serves Iowa Community College District III, which encompasses an area roughly contiguous with Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FCT/20950.pdf|title=Iowa Community Colleges Districts|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|date=2010}} The predominantly rural district encompasses and area of approximately 2,900 square miles (7,500 square kilometers) and a population of just over 73,000.
Athletics
Iowa Lakes Community College's athletic teams are nicknamed the Lakers. Iowa Lakes is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. There are men's teams in baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, sports shooting, swimming and diving, and wrestling, and women's teams in basketball, competitive dance, golf, soccer, softball, sports shooting, swimming and diving, volleyball, and wrestling.{{cite web|url=http://www.iowalakes.edu/laker_athletics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810111315/http://iowalakes.edu/laker_athletics/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2011|title=Laker Athletics|work=Iowa Lakes Community College}} All Laker athletic teams are based out of the Estherville campus except for men's and women's soccer, which is based out of the Spencer campus and men's and women's sports shooting and swimming and diving, which are located on the Emmetsburg Campus.{{cite web|last1=Mitchell|first1=Russ|title=Iowa Lakes soccer coming to Spencer|url=http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1435059.html|website=Spencer Daily Reporter|accessdate=1 May 2016|date=7 June 2008|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605051219/http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1435059.html|url-status=dead}}
History
Iowa Lakes Community College was officially established on October 28, 1966 by the Iowa Department of Education under provision of Chapters 260C and 260D, Code of Iowa. {{cite web|url=http://www.iowalakes.edu/about_us/general_information/|title=General Information|work=Iowa Lakes Community College|access-date=2016-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904161237/http://www.iowalakes.edu/about_us/general_information/|archive-date=2012-09-04|url-status=dead}} In 1968 Iowa Lakes merged with Estherville Junior College, which was founded in 1924 and operated by Estherville Public Schools. In 1970 Iowa Lakes became a multi-campus institution when it merged with Emmetsburg Junior College which was founded in 1930 and operated by Emmetsburg Public Schools. Additional campus were opened in Spencer in the mid 1970s, in Spirit Lake in 1984, and in Algona in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.iowalakes.edu/about_us/general_information/|title=General Information|work=Iowa Lakes Community College|access-date=2023-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904161237/https://iowalakes.edu/about/history/|archive-date=2012-09-04}}
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.iowalakes.edu/}}
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Category:Education in Dickinson County, Iowa
Category:Education in Kossuth County, Iowa
Category:Community colleges in Iowa
Category:Education in Clay County, Iowa
Category:Education in Emmet County, Iowa
Category:Education in Palo Alto County, Iowa
Category:Aviation schools in the United States