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 …

Mohr: city, county should settle TIF lawsuit before racking up more lawyer fees The Storm Lake City Council voted Monday to suspend all outside agency funding next budget year, including $15,000 …

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 …

More Republican county attorneys in Buena Vista and surrounding counties have endorsed Democrat Rob Sand for governor than have endorsed his Republican opponent, Zach Lahn. Ben Smith, a Sac City …

Not a single vendor submitted a proposal to run the Storm Lake Marina.  Conservation Director Greg Johnson told the board of supervisors on Tuesday that no vendor submitted a proposal to …

A Dickens woman died and others were injured from a collision on Highway 110’s curve near the Storm Lake Airport two days ago. A statement Sheriff Kory Elston issued on Wednesday morning …

The Cherokee City Council declared the Cardsmart building at 203 and 205 West Main Street a nuisance, citing a failing roof and crumbling structure after two decades of wear. City Manager …

The Estate of a deceased Marcus farmer requested a hearing to show whether UnityPoint Health and Cherokee Regional Medical Center …

The City of Storm Lake is refusing to answer whether it will renegotiate its rates with a law firm that billed county taxpayers at rates a district court judge found unreasonably high—by as much as …

With two weeks until mid-term elections, Lahn confident Iowa will stay red Zach Lahn told Buena Vista County Republicans to pay no heed to polls showing Iowa Republicans lagging behind Democrats …

Lawsuits, liens pile up over derelict school building Earlier this month, Shawn Foutch said the redevelopment of the Cherokee Wilson School into apartments is “dead.”  Foutch told …

The City of Storm Lake and the Iowa Department of Transportation inked an agreement for the receipt of up to $1 million federal aid swap funds to rebuild Oneida Street from East Third Street to East …

As TIF lawsuit fees balloon, city council mulls property tax hike, cuts in services A judge ruled that the City of Storm Lake’s lawyers charged unreasonably high rates to the taxpayers and …

The City of Storm Lake and the Iowa Department of Transportation inked an agreement for the receipt of up to $1 million federal aid swap funds to rebuild Oneida Street from East Third Street to East …

The City of Storm Lake is negotiating with a new operator for its beleaguered miniature golf course.  The operator of the 18-hole miniature golf course sold to Severson Properties, an …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors rebuffed a request to install traffic monitoring software that’d assist Sheriff Kory Elston and Engineer Bret Wilkinson.  The supervisors …

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is renovating Spring Lake’s fishery in Cherokee, which was clouded with turbidity and infested with rough fish as a result of the 2024 floods.  Fisheries Biologist …

Project hit with architect lawsuit, saber-rattling with city Shawn Foutch says the redevelopment of the Wilson School in Cherokee is “dead.”  Foutch claims the City of Cherokee …

Councilman Don Piercy: city ‘backed into a corner’ as condo work grinds to halt The Storm Lake City Council rebuffed Shawn Foutch’s request to renegotiate the completion deadline for phase …

Held without bond for being ‘unauthorized alien’ Four teens – one of them an adult undocumented immigrant – were arrested in connection with a string of car burglaries around Storm …