State Climatologist Justin Glisan says a tornado outbreak is unlikely this month because Iowa is in a severe weather drought. “When you don’t have thunderstorms to drive rainfall, you don’t get a lot of severe weather and you get into pervasive drought,” Glisan says. So far this year in Iowa there have been 63 confirmed […]
The Storm Lake Police Department assisted federal and county authorities Wednesday in the arrest of a fugitive wanted on a felony
Jeffrey Allan Gaskill, age 59, of Pomeroy, Iowa (formerly of Knox, Indiana) passed away suddenly on February 18, 2026, at Buena
Barbara J. Waggie, age 92, of Rochester, Minnesota and formerly of Newell, Iowa died April 8, 2026 in Rochester. Funeral services
Norma Jean Gerke, age 84, of Newell, Iowa died April 14, 2026 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral
The Storm Lake Police Department assisted federal and county authorities Wednesday in the arrest of a fugitive wanted on a felony
