Jane’s Closet opened in Swope Hall at Buena Vista University in 2021. Today the clothing source has a new home — all three stories of the stately home at 526 College Ave. Jane’s …

Open House Night at Newell-Fonda last Thursday was a chance for students and parents to meet the teachers, and this year, enjoy a light supper and a unique “Touch-a-truck” event. …

Last year, Nate Payne of Red Oak lost a friend to suicide and since then, he has made it a mission to educate people about mental health. Last fall, he made a commemorative bicycle ride from Spirit …

Also, two additional mosaics gifted to SL by Davis Zacatlan artists Mary Carmen Olvera and her son Oswaldo return to Storm Lake Sept. 8 to complete another mosaic mural in The City Beautiful. …

With the tag line “Something to squeal about,” Kosky Kountry Meats is building on a family tradition and offering shoppers another option for tasty, fresh pork. Audrey Kosky is …

The latest chapter in the life of Lake Avenue’s stately Brader Building is the renovation of the second floor into the sprawling Drishti Dance & Fitness LLC. Now undergoing finishing …

This growing business is building a following brick by brick throughout northwest Iowa. Tracy Huff and Mitch Loucks teamed up to form Elite Masonry in Cherokee in 2019. Both came with years of …

Security Trust & Savings Bank drive up bank in Storm Lake is being called a significant piece of architecture by Dave Baker, the Iowa historian who runs the popular blog, website and Facebook …

A speeding Dodge Durango driven by Juan Figueroa Vaca of Schaller lost control as it headed south on M43 last Thursday night, plowed through a cornfield, burst through a hedge, overturned, then …

Beth Howard is known in Iowa as an author and pie baker, but the former resident of the American Gothic House in Eldon has taken on a new role: filmmaker. She produced and directed "PIEOWA: A PIECE …

Mick Polich, Storm Lake guitarist, bassist and music educator, will be inducted into the Iowa Rock ’n Roll Music Association’s Hall of Fame Class of 2025 as part of his former band, Sons …

St. Mary’s Catholic School held a special Bus Blessing ceremony at the Panther Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at noon, to celebrate the arrival of a brand new school bus. This addition to the …

A 50th anniversary cruise for Storm Lakers Norlin and Becky Gutz has evolved into a glad-I’m-from-a-small-town story. The couple left for an 11-day Princess Cruise to Alaska, but when they …

A subject of conversation last Saturday at Newell Watermelon Days was the generous donations of lilies from the Nieland sisters. The daughters of Crystal and Aron of Newell got the idea they …

“As teenagers, we’re not the knights, we’re the DARK knights,” said Dan Dorr over the phone. “He’s coming from New Mexico for the Alta High School Class of …

Don’t miss the 54th annual Albert City Threshermen & Collectors Show, which   officially begins with opening ceremonies at 9 a.m. this Friday, and runs through Sunday. With the …

“I never thought anything like this would happen to me,” said Larry Wells of Storm Lake last Saturday at Power Solutions in Alta. Wells was selected as the recipient for the 2025 …

Most of the 100 block on the west side of Newell’s main street is cordoned off after a building began to collapse Tuesday morning displacing the two residents who lived in an upstairs apartment …

Down trees, ripped roofs dot the area A derecho windstorm left Storm Lake, and the surrounding area with outages and damages in their wake late Monday night.  Gusts in the Storm Lake …

As Sioux Rapids gears up for its annual Tall Corn Days this weekend, the town moves boldly forward from the historic flood that struck on June 22, 2024...