Dave and Melissa Iehl are excited to announce the highly anticipated 2025 St. Mary's Ball and Charity Auction, scheduled for Saturday, March 8. The event unfolds at Siebens Forum at Buena Vista …

St. Mary’s Homecoming week kicks off with the theme “Wrangle the Raiders” referencing the Panthers’ game against the East Sac County Raiders on Friday evening. …

The ninth annual Storm Lake School Foundation Trivia Night fundraising event will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Buena Vista University Forum.  Doors open at 6 p.m. with the trivia contest …

Storm Lake Elementary has added some new components to its counseling services thanks to a $500 donation from local nonprofit An Angel’s Touch.  These new resources have transformed the counseling area into a …

Alta-Aurelia High School has established a Key Club chapter, and the charter ceremony Friday evening drew regional leaders, inductees and supportive family members. Thirty-nine students, …

Decorating Christmas cookies together has become a tradition for this family, a tradition that becomes sweeter by the year. “I don’t know how long I’ll be making …

Remember playing Bingo at the KC Hall? Or going to wedding dances? Or attending fish fries? The building at 1507 E. Lakeshore Drive served as the KC Hall (or later, Columbus Club) for 50 years. …

Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!” is what that overconfident fairy tale character cries as he dashes away from various people, a wolf and a dog. Kimberly Oropeza Fierro imagines the gingerbread man jumping on a horse for an even speedier escape. She has won the 34th annual Christmas Greetings Contest for …

Jymme Risvold still has mud-crusted Christmas decorations lying in her garage, untouched since the flood submerged them in June. “I just said I’m not going to touch them yet,” she …

by dolores cullen The first-grade Vegetable Derby was a smashing success. STEM students paired off to design miniature vehicles out of potatoes, carrots and yams. In class, students learned about …

When he was a child growing up in Chicago, Alejandro Gonzalez of Storm Lake remembers his parents’ firm belief in the Virgin of Guadalupe. “Back in the day they went to her if there was …

Storm Lake’s newest business is BV Nutrition, which opened last Friday at 100 E. Milwaukee Ave., the former home of Exact Eye Care. BV NU, the abbreviated name the shop goes by, sells …

“It’s the missing piece of the puzzle,” said Cobblestone co-owner Natalie Schumann Monday evening after finding the marquee that once hung above the main doorway of the Lakeside …

With all the publicity about The Senders, that legendary band that played for the grand reopening of the Cobblestone Ballroom, we heard from Dan Peterson of Athens, Ga., played with the group from …

Upper Des Moines Opportunity’s Adopt-A-Family program is well underway, with over half of the families and all of the seniors already adopted. The program matches generous individuals, …

Alta-Aurelia Shooting Sports started out with five members. Now 14 years later, there are 47 on the team, in grades 4-12. And it takes money to pay for everyone’s ammunition and their entry …

Thanks to your generosity, the Mr. Goodfellow drive is doing very well in this 100th year of its existence. So far individuals have stepped up with $7,045. Our hope is to surpass last year’s …

Daily Apple, at 526 Lake Ave. will close unless someone steps forward to take over the business, announced owner Amanda Walljasper-Tate Sunday, Dec. 1. Since then, Walljasper-Tate has had a few …

New additions to the train room at Santa’s Castle will delight visitors this season, and thanks to train man Kyle Bartz and his son John, everything was on track for opening day last Thursday. Bartz is in his third year at …

Get ready to brave the cold Thursday evening. The 2024 Miracle on Lake Avenue lighted parade will have more entries than ever, says Storm Lake United Executive Director Laura Hanks. …