The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation has hired Jenny Dykema as its new Office Coordinator. Dykema is a Spirit Lake High School graduate, and graduated from Iowa State University last
A portion of Highway 18 will soon be closed for railroad crossing repairs. According to the Iowa DOT, Highway 18 east of Ruthven will be closed beginning the morning of
Storm Lake Community Education Director Joe Kucera has been named Grand Marshal for this year’s Star Spangled Spectacular Big Parade on the 4th of July. A news release from the
According to a press release from the Sac County Sheriff’s Office, on the afternoon of June 4, 2025, a Sac County jailer and two deputy sheriffs were assaulted while preventing
Mikayla Oz is bringing her all-new Family Magic Shows to Kids’ Fest in Storm Lake this Sunday. Packed with fresh illusions, interactive moments, and laugh-out-loud comedy, Mikayla will perform two
A Cherokee man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in Sioux City Federal Court to Possession of Child Pornography. At the plea hearing, 33-year-old Lance
A cash reward is being offered for information about a fire at the POET Bioprocessing Plant in Emmetsburg that’s been determined to be arson. Authorities were called to the fire
The town of Varina is celebrating its 125th anniversary this weekend. Dick Farrell says they have over 50 entries for the parade that starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday), and
A motorcycle crash shortly before 11pm Wednesday on Highway 60 a mile south of Sheldon claimed a life. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Jeremy Korth of Sheldon was
