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New leadership is coming to Storm Lake—and it’s someone who knows City Hall inside and out.  Councilperson Meg McKeon has won the city’s write-in mayoral race, according to unofficial results

A Storm Lake woman faces multiple charges after police say a domestic disturbance escalated into assaults on medical staff and officers early Saturday morning. Around 1 a.m. on Nov. 1,

A Storm Lake man is facing charges after allegedly threatening police during a traffic stop last month.  On Saturday afternoon, the Storm Lake Police Department located 28-year-old Juan Garcia Ortiz

Buena Vista County voters weighed in on city and school leadership yesterday, with unofficial results now in. In Storm Lake, Maggie Martinez and Richard Riner secured the two four-year city

The Storm Lake City Council devoted part of its regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting Monday evening to a worksession on vape and consumable products, with a focus on the misuse and

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Buena Vista County, with Storm Lake voters deciding key city council and school board races. In the city council

Nine local chefs will bring the heat this Saturday at Witter Gallery’s SOUPer CHILIn’ BOWLicious Cook-Off, held at the Storm Lake Municipal Golf Course Clubhouse. The event kicks off at

The City of Storm Lake is inviting all local volunteers to a special appreciation reception tomorrow at King’s Pointe Resort.  The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes a light

A Belmond woman originally charged in Sac County for arranging child prostitution now faces a far more serious accusation in central Iowa. Forty-one-year-old Amanda Jean Goff has been charged in

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors has approved spending up to $12,000 in opioid settlement funds to upgrade and maintain lifesaving AEDs across the county. The funds come from