The 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and newly published author of “Gay Poems for Red States” performed and discussed his work to around 15 guests at the Storm Lake Public Library last …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t come to Storm Lake, but the town is anxious. Following a confirmed ICE raid at an Omaha, Neb. meat production plant Tuesday mornings, rumors of …

AgState mum on allegations Storm Lake City Councilwoman Maria Ramos is suing her former employer, AgState, and three individual employees on claims of racial discrimination, harassment and …

Sac County jailers had to subdue and transfer an inmate from Lake View who allegedly escaped his cell through a door slat meant for food delivery, then assaulted and charged a jailer downstairs while …

Storm Lake police searched Lake Animal Hospital and arrested the clinic’s manager for allegedly forging a man’s signature in an attempt to make the police department pay to impound four …

Two weeks out from losing its director, local nonprofit Ready Set Grow Learning Center is nowhere closer to ensuring its own survival.  Conner Ellinghuysen, RSG board member and …

Guilty of shoplifting in her home state of Nebraska, the top public defender in Buena Vista County was suspended for six months.  The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board suspended …

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, believes that under President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and immigration bill, Iowa will lead the country into a conservative revival. Feenstra called himself a …

The estate of an Alta woman who died in December 2023 is suing an oxygen equipment worker and Rotech’s Storm Lake branch for allegedly contributing to the woman’s death.  …

A week after Iowa reported its first adult case of measles since 2019, Buena Vista County is facing strikingly low vaccination rates that could lead to an outbreak.  Only 84% of …

Storm Lake Councilwoman Meg McKeon complained about a growing pothole at the corner of Northwestern Avenue and West Fifth Street that the city promised to fix.  City Manager Keri Navratil …

“Be an American worth fighting for.”  Veteran Jerry Weiland’s concluding words echoed across the Buena Vista County Courthouse lawn Monday morning. 

A Newell man who has been under suspicion for felony sex crimes for over 10 years was arrested and charged with felony sexual abuse against a minor for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with a …

ACLU on SLPD Facebook: Pick on someone your own size

McKeon: ‘I think this says that there would be a problem’ The Storm Lake City Council rescinded a permit they approved earlier this month for a Cherokee resident planning to host …

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is seeking to commit Ron Taylor to the Cherokee Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders, claiming Taylor’s criminal history and psychological disorders …

High court rules LULAC doesn’t have standing. Lacks standing to sue

Turbine manufacturer anticipates higher price of renewable energy. Blade recycling uncertain.

BV Emergency Management details storm siren criteria. Aimee Barritt: ‘It was over about as quick as it began’

Despite serving as the only Democrat elected to a statewide political office, Rob Sand isn’t running for governor on party lines.  The 42-year-old state auditor formally announced his …