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 ...

The highly anticipated Live At The Lake 2025 Summer Free Concert Series is set to kick off this May with a lineup of tribute bands, award-winning artists and live performances. This summer, enjoy free ...

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 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 ...

Spirit Lake’s boys basketball team earned a home win over Dickinson County rival Okoboji on Thursday, Jan. 16. The Indians defeated the Pioneers 67-50 in Spirit Lake.

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.

Harris-Lake Park’s boys basketball team dropped a War Eagle Conference home game to Gehlen Catholic on Monday, Jan. 13. The Jays defeated the Wolves 65-42 in Lake Park.

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 ...

During the grand opening of Fareway's new Spirit Lake store, customers were asked to round up to the nearest dollar to benefit Spirit Lake Middle School Partners in Education (P.I.E.) work. The group ...

To communicate findings so far, the Iowa Cancer Registry and University of Iowa College of Public Health is hosting the “Cancer in Iowa: 99 Counties Project” In collaboration with: ...