Area lawyers skeptical of city’s argument The City of Storm Lake thinks it has found a way around Judge Charles Borth’s order that curtailed the damages it could recover from Buena Vista …

Ethanol plant shut down, 41 employees laid off Attorney General Brenna Bird said her office’s consent decree with Quad County Corn Processors in its emissions lawsuit against the Galva ethanol …

Engineers interested in building the City of Storm Lake’s new water plant have until April 3 to bid for the water plant’s design.  The City of Storm Lake issued a request for …

A backyard flock in Buena Vista County was infected with avian influenza, the state’s sixth detection in 2026.  The Iowa …

The City of Storm Lake hired Tim Oswald of Piper Sandler as financial advisor for the city’s campaign to build a new water treatment plant and several wells.  Finance Manager Tyler …

An audit by Auditor Rob Sand recommended a series of corrections to the City of Early after finding a series of discrepancies.  An audit by Auditor Rob Sand found the City of Early had an …

Storm Lake police have moved an automated license plate reader from Lakeshore Drive to an undisclosed location.  As recently as December, a solar-powered camera stationed on a pole sat at …

Little Sioux Corn Processors netted $9.5 million in the winter quarter from “steady operations and seasonally strong ethanol demand,” according to a recent letter the company sent to …

The City of Storm Lake hired Tim Oswald of Piper Sandler as financial advisor for the city’s campaign to build a new water treatment plant and several wells.  Finance Manager Tyler …

Mike Frantz of Storm Lake is running for state senate.  The husband of Buena Vista University Digital Media Professor Andrea Frantz, Frantz is seeking to unseat Sen. Lynn Evans, an Aurelia …

The City of Storm Lake is submitting King’s Pointe’s quarterly profit and loss statements to the city council.  Attachments to the city’s consent agenda for its Feb. 2 meeting show …

Buena Vista County is expected to receive a fraction of the revenues it initially expected from the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy grant, but Engineer Bret …

Buena Vista County’s yearslong reappraisal process has reached a conclusion.  The assessor’s office sent out notices to every property owner in Buena Vista County of the reappraisal …

Declining enrollment and the Iowa Legislature starving public education are the primary reasons why the River Valley School Board implemented a four-day school week.  River Valley Supt. …

Despite weak fundraising, Dave Dawson believes he can pull miracle upset  Dave Dawson believes 2026 is the year a Democrat can finally unseat a Republican in the Fourth District.  …

The Storm Lake City Council purchased 89 acres just north of Storm Lake Early Elementary School for $2.45 million for a campus that’s planned to house the city’s new water plant.  The …

Conservation director ‘beside myself’ with FEMA’s lowball  The Federal Emergency Management Agency offered the Buena Vista County Conservation Board $4.5 million to restore the Linn …

The City of Storm Lake is undertaking an internal audit for “a potential employee overpayment.”  “The city council is expected to discuss the situation at an upcoming meeting,” …

LSCP CEO Nick Bowdish: explosion at ethanol plant under investigation Explosion originated in grain receiving, Bowdish says  At least one explosion thundered from Little Sioux Corn …

Buena Vista University Digital Media Professor Andrea Frantz worried that a bill that advanced in the Iowa House last month that’d allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees could “kill …