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There were 27 instances this summer when a single sample test for E. coli at a state beach came back above the state standard, but state regulators did not issue a swim advisory for the beach. …
Though Iowa Republicans suffered serious losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, the party appears to have kept control of both chambers at the Iowa Legislature. However, these Republican …
DUBUQUE — President Donald Trump urged Iowans to vote for Republicans in the midterms during a Dubuque rally Sunday, telling voters Democratic majorities would reverse work done by his …
Rob Sand, Democratic candidate for Iowa governor, said Sunday night that whatever his supporters have going on over the next 48 hours leading up to Election Day, it’s “probably less important” …
A Newell man was arrested for a string of incidents of domestic misconduct over the last two years, ranging from the burglary of a North Fulton Street residence, pointing a handgun to his wife’s …
A jury trial involving a Storm Lake woman who allegedly struck a Newell motorcyclist while intoxicated in July 2024 is set for Nov. 17. Judge Carl Petersen set Tracy Carlson’s trial at …
Trial in Clausen medical malpractice lawsuit set for January A judge ruled against Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit over an ER doctor’s alleged …
Republicans swept Buena Vista County on Election Night. Incumbents Lynn Evans and Paul Merten won their races against their Democratic challengers, Mike Frantz of Storm Lake and Tom Grau of …
Second-year head coach Jeff Horner will have a strong nucleus of last year’s roster back that finished 14-12 overall (7-9 ARC) and was defeated on the road at the University of Dubuque in the first …
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As year three begins under head coach Kylee Boettcher, the expectations for this year’s Buena Vista women’s basketball team are as high as they have been in several years. The Beavers are …
Now in its fourth season of competition, the Buena Vista women’s wrestling team continues to strengthen the overall quality it puts out on the mat, and a lot of that work has come outside of the …
Nobody likes to lose, least of all Chris Jones. He thought he could beat incumbent Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, a Republican. Jones lost by six points. The former Simpson College baller left …
Steve Lange, who farms south of Storm Lake, made a special effort to give a combine ride to his uncle Bob Lange who is in hospice at Methodist Manor. The deed was done carefully with a little …
Angie Ehsa and Laurie Wilcox show some of the over 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes already packed by the Storm Lake United Methodist and Micronesian services. Storm Lake United Methodist Church …
When I arrived in Storm Lake in 1976 there were a number of mostly small drug stores downtown. Over time, these all disappeared and now downtown has only Walgreen’s, which came in 2008. In making a …
