A pair of Thursday nigh rescues served as a reminder that no ice is guaranteed safe for travel ahead of the University of Okoboji Winter Games. Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire and Rescue received the first ...

What a strange winter this has been. I think this becomes the standard comment about our weather as we go through each season. Think back to the incredible flooding last June, and then the ensuing dry ...

An online dating company pitched us with their “Best 20 Mountain Towns in America” content and — to our disbelief — none of Iowa’s mountains made the list.

The Iowa Lakes Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ILUUF) presents Muhammad Talha at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Lakes Area Activity (Senior) Center located at 2101 Zenith Avenue in Spirit Lake.

Spirit Lake’s boys basketball team earned a Lakes Conference road win over rival Estherville Lincoln Central and extended its win streak to 10 games on Friday, Jan. 17. The Indians topped the Midgets ...

The fourth annual Boji Legends Golf Tournament will return June 27 at Okoboji View Golf Course. This year's event will once again bring together golf enthusiasts, sports fans, legendary athletes and ...

The Okoboji Middle School sixth grade band was honored to have nine students selected to participate in the Strong Foundations Honor Band in Sioux City. This year’s festival was held on Jan. 20. The ...

Okoboji’s girls basketball team suffered a nonconference road loss to Sioux Central on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The Rebels routed the Pioneers 75-41 in Sioux Rapids. “I thought our girls competed against a ...

The Tipsy House at Arnolds Park Amusement Park has brought in guests since the early 1900s. — and many of those guests likely passed underneath the Legend-themed archway dozens of times to get there.

Spirit Lake’s sixth-ranked (3A) girls basketball team — after starting the season 10-0 — dropped a second straight contest, this time to fifth-ranked (2A) Rock Valley. The Rockets topped the Indians ...

For the second year in a row, Citizens Community Credit Union was named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions for 2025.

State Sen. Mike Bousselot’s plan to shift Iowa’s northern border — by adding nine southern Minnesota counties — drew attention in the first week of the 2025 legislative session. The area’s ...