Volunteers from all around the community joined for the City of Storm Lake’s Volunteer Appreciation Reception at King's Pointe Resort last Thursday. The event featured students from the Storm Lake …

Storm Lake was the site of the 2026 Iowa Questers Fall Fling on Oct. 9-10. Questers is an international organization dedicated to keeping history alive through preservation, education and the funding …

“A Place to Call Home,” a film series, will take place three upcoming weeks at Storm Lake Public Library. This series consists of films that tell both inspiring and heartrending stories of …

St. Peter Lutheran Church of Newell LWML (ladies group) partnered with Fareway to provide a truckload of pork loins, potatoes, canned veggies and fruits for the Newell Food Pantry on Oct. 20. From …

Thank you to Joni Boese for sending this weird vegetable picture. Readers, we welcome your submissions.

Thanks to Ray Flohr, Albert City-Truesdale graduate now living in Indiana, who provided these photos of the wedding of Connie Naughton and Mike Mahoney taken by his parents. Shots at the …

Buena Vista University graduate Jessica Tuttle of Cherokee enjoys teaching high school ag at St. Mary’s High School and working as FFA (Future Farmers of America) advisor. A 2022 graduate of …

The Storm Lake High School marching band was joined by seventh and eight graders to become 170 students strong for the annual mass band night Oct. 2. The next day, the Tornado marching band competed …

Caring Paws Rescue is selling Jolley Time Koated Kernels as a fundraiser this month. There are nine fabulous flavors to choose from. The snack bag is seven cups and family bag is 20 cups... and …

Lakeside Presbyterian Church has initiated a program called Homework Help held Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. in the church’s dining room. Volunteers help students ages K-12 with homework in an …

Congratulations to Ridge View High School Homecoming queen Clara Todd and king Broc Wilken and the Ridge View Homecoming court Chloe Murphy, Savannah Cudaback, Regan Ruble, Gillian Chance, Jonathan …

Congratulations to Sioux Central Homecoming court, from left: Kennedy Goodchild, Madison Wittmaack, Alexa Peterson, Taylor Cavanaugh, Ryleigh Heinsohn, Genesis Partida, Queen Ava McCarthy, King Chase …

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored Iowa farm families with Century and Heritage Farm designations at the 2026 Iowa State Fair. The …

He drives the combine, she drives the grain cart, except when they harvest corn and she drives the combine. Dean and Deb Drey are finishing one field after another. It’s the latest chapter in the …

Congratulations to the new members of the Newell-Fonda Chapter of National Honor Society. Front row from left: McKayla Hanson, Ellie Sievers, Vienna Wingert Back: Jack Olsen, Ian Harrer, Will Voyles, …

Storm Lake I.O.O.F Lodge #221 made a generous donation to the Silver Creek United Methodist Church for their mission project – back packs for the schools. The donation from the lodge was …

Storm Lake FFA members and the Agriculture Leadership class planned and hosted Feed the Farmer on   Oct. 2, at Platinum Crush in Alta. Members and students practiced the FFA motto "Living …

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 250 hospitals in the nation to receive a five-star rating for patient experience. BVRMC was one of nine …

This photo of a couple acorn squash was contributed by Beverly Sangwin. Keep the weird vegetables coming. Email to dcullen@stormlake.com

Bryson Fredericksen of Aurelia has been crowned Buena Vista University homecoming king. Here he is with queen Hope Vanderlinden.