A boat nearly sank near King’s Pointe on Saturday afternoon. Four adults and two children were rescued and brought to shore by an off-duty sheriff who was boating on Storm Lake just off of …

Cherokee Regional Medical Center CEO Gary Jordan warned Sen. Chuck Grassley of hiring freezes and layoffs in the next three years if the Big, Beautiful Bill’s cuts to Medicaid take effect.   Jordan asked Grassley, R-New Hartford, whether Congress would back off …

The Iowa Department of Transportation asked a judge to toss Casey’s General Stores’ lawsuit against the DOT, Cherokee County and the City of Marcus, alleging that an eminent domain …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a Fargo, N.D., law firm to represent the county in an unspecified “construction-related dispute.”  After an hourlong closed …

County Attorney Paul Allen: board of supervisors hiring North Dakota firm to ‘prevent some unnecessary expense to the taxpayer’ The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a …

Canadian wildfires raged in Northwest Canada.  And Northwest Iowa’s air quality worsened from increasing particulate matter.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources …

As wildfires rage in Northwest Canada, Northwest Iowa’s air quality is worsening from increasing particulate matter.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported …

Hope Haven: we support ‘critical health care workers’ A Storm Lake disability services provider and a former employee settled a lawsuit in which the employee claimed she was fired …

As the former Kentucky Fried Chicken building racks up city citations for dereliction, its owner is fighting a Sigourney bank’s lawsuit that aims to take the building away. 

A potent thunderstorm left Storm Lake, Cherokee and their surrounding areas with outages and damages in their wake late last night. 
Gusts in the Storm Lake area raged over 60 miles per hour at around 10:30 p.m., according to the National Weather Service’s Sioux Falls, S.D., bureau...

After selling dozens of cars and settling with more Holzhauer Motors shareholders, Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake alleged that it’s still owed over $2 million from the defunct General Motors dealership and …

An Alta woman’s lawsuit against Walmart for sexual harassment, employment discrimination and retaliation was dismissed from Buena Vista County District Court earlier this month because the lawsuit settled. ..

Carroll Refuse Service was cited last month for discharging liquid garbage in an alley between La Juanitas and City Hall...

Iowa’s farmland values held steady in the first six months of 2025...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is on the verge of shutting down fuel sales at the Storm Lake Airport after the airport’s underground fuel tanks failed an inspection last month.  …

The owners of an Odebolt nursing home who are facing a lawsuit from a Battle Creek woman who fell down a flight of concrete stairs last July have demanded the case be moved to arbitration in Des …

Casey’s General Stores sued the Iowa Department of Transportation, the City of Marcus and Cherokee County, alleging that an eminent proceeding that was held in connection with the Marcus roundabout project deprived it of over $200,000 from …

Another pair of former shareholders of the defunct Holzhauer Motors of Cherokee settled with Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake.  The Storm Lake bank dismissed its claims against …

Ashley WolfTornabane, a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom, is running in one of America’s reddest districts

No decision on audit of City of SL, BV in TIF spat. Auditor doubts what an audit could do.