The Storm Lake Community blood drive collected 32 units of blood from 34 donors. Milestone donor was Bruce Milbrandt, nine gallons. All donors included: Pamela Mills, Cecilia Lopez, …

The Iowa Cancer Registry and University of Iowa College of Public Health, in collaboration with the Iowa Cancer Consortium, University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Iowa …

Farmers, producers, consumers, and anyone interested in learning more about organic row crop production are invited to join the Iowa Organic Association and the Nees family for a free field day on …

Bob and Marilyn Hantsbarger of Schaller will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary and 80th birthdays with their family over Popcorn Days. They were married May 15, 1966, in Cherokee and have …

Meg McKeon and Tim Yanga will determine the winner of the Admiral’s Award, the best entry in the 2025 Star Spangled Spectacular Big Parade. The Admirals Award, bestowed by the Storm Lake Times …

The charity Angels Touch has been all over presenting donations to worthy recipients.

Fifty years ago, in 1976, five young teachers backpacked through Europe for six weeks. We celebrated the 200th birthday of the USA across the pond. The teachers were Carolyn Wiemold Pudenz from …

Who says a love lost can’t be found again? That’s the theme of “A Forty Year Kiss” by Nickolas Butler. Butler is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of …

South Dakota State Peyton Meyer of Alta. Ava Graham of Aurelia. Leah Bean of Marathon. Caden Biede and Klay Grieme of Schaller. Andrew Goettsch, Lillie Hoffman, Karley Mills, Nora Peterson and …

University of Northern Iowa Mallorie Jacobson of Alta, master of arts, speech-language pathology. Abigail Wandrey of Schaller, bachelor of arts, elementary education. Samuel Dvergsten, …

After working many years at Citizens First National Bank, Deb Galvin of Aurelia is enjoying her retirement. “Our family keeps us busy,” Deb smiled. “We moved to Aurelia because we have two …

Storm Laker   and longtime Lakeshore Cafe waiter Boyd Zimmer has written and illustrated a new children’s book that will make its debut July 4 at the Caring Paws Rescue table at the Star …

As thousands gather to celebrate Independence Day during Storm Lake's annual Star-Spangled Spectacular, the Buena Vista County Pork Producers will provide attendees with delicious, locally produced …

Congratulations to Emily Sutton of DeWitt, crowned Miss Iowa’s Teen on June 12 at the Davenport Central Performing Arts Center in Davenport. She will compete for the title of Miss America’s Teen …

Buena Vista University's Undergraduate Rural Medicine Educational Development (URMED) program continues to provide students with valuable firsthand experience in rural healthcare. The competitive …

The Storm Lake Kiwanis Beavers early morning club donated $500 to the Star Spangled Spectacular. From left: Brad Strader, Rick Keith, Ron Bryan, Carl Turner, Dennis Gutz, Frank Alderton, Dave Archer, …

The Storm Lake Hy-Noon Kiwanis donated $300 to the Star Spangled Spectacular. Here Co-Commodore Matt Brostad and Commodore Tyler Aube accept the check from Kiwanian ? Mead.

For its 10th annual show, Schaller’s Countryside Fireworks Display is trying to put on the “biggest, baddest and noisiest show ever!” “I think there’s a lot of sadness in the world, a …

The 2026 Star Spangled Spectacular is still accepting donations as the fundraising committee enters its final week of their annual campaign. With a goal of $50,000, co-chairs Josh Newhouse and Matt …

Fire – man’s greatest discovery. Harnessing this element of the earth helped bring mankind into a new age and brought us to where we are today. But how did we get here exactly? What did that …