Boys Town’s 14th Annual Blue Water Bash, held July 12 at the Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds Park, drew more than 200 attendees and outperformed previous fundraising records. Preliminary figures ...

Most Americans are left scratching their heads when they consume reporting on the actions taken in Washington, D.C. That’s because most Americans understand that our political parties are spending ...

Okoboji Summer Theatre invites the public to experience the edge-of-your-seat suspense of “Deathtrap,” running July 29 through Aug. 3. This Tony-nominated thriller by Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby, The ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her appointment of Jennifer Bennett Finn as a district associate judge in Judicial District 3A on Tuesday, July 15. Bennett Finn, of Estherville, is the managing attorney ...

Dickinson County supervisors are pulling the plug on a partnership with regional mental health provider Collaborative Intervention Community Services (CICS), stating that the new system was failing ...

An 11 a.m. funeral service for Beverly Buell, 92, Spirit Lake, will be held Friday, July 25, at Grace Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 5-7 p.m.

One 20-year effort is gaining momentum through a series of speakers visiting the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. This effort to designate the Little Sioux River as an official Iowa water trail hopes to ...

There weren't any decent roads leading to the building site of Spirit Lake United Methodist Church when it was first founded in 1874. However, that didn't stop its congregation from making their ...

Riders outnumbered residents 7-to-1 in Milford, but that didn’t stop volunteers from making RAGBRAI Day 1 memorable for about 20,000 cyclists on Sunday. Then, within a few hours Monday morning, they ...

Target practice is paused at a popular Dickinson County shooting range as of Monday, but Iowa Department of Natural Resources Shooting Sports & Range Development Coordinator Jonathan Jones thinks $400 ...

For Margy Wood, the Lake was never just a destination. It was the heartbeat of her childhood, the backdrop of her most treasured memories, and the place she hoped would reflect the full circle of a ...

The Dickinson County Fair has come a long way since November of 1871, when the pages of the Spirit Lake Beacon made mention of the “First Annual Fair of the Dickinson County Agricultural Society.” ...