The Office of Consumer Advocate is asking the Iowa Utilities Commission to require additional information and a hearing for an Iowa gas peaker plant planned for Cerro Gordo County.  …

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to collaborate on research with other federal agencies as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency evaluates the human health risks of the …

Newell has formed its Hometown Pride committee. As part of the Keep Iowa Beautiful Hometown Pride program, this group of volunteers will identify opportunities, share ideas and bring community …

The Central Iowa Model A Club made a stop in Albert City Monday as part of a five-day tour. About 20 Model As arrived, with about 50 people visiting the Albert City historical museum complex, which …

The City of Alta and Alta-Aurelia School Board are working towards changing and extending their long-standing cooperation agreement regarding athletic facilities, but are butting heads over who pays …

The Aurelia Development Corporation and local community celebrated the grand opening of their new sports complex at Aurelia Park on Sunday with a ribbon cutting. Two new regulation pickleball courts …

The city of Alta is, once again, putting the squeeze on code violations within Westview Trailer Court. The city has issued several formal cleanup requests, including a citation against Westview …

Sioux Central Community School District is set to finish its auditorium complex by Christmastime, according to Superintendent Kevin Wood.  The addition was set to open at the end of …

Storm Lake High Schoolers gathered in the gym Friday afternoon to kick off homecoming week

Tanner Hoops, Storm Lake High School Class of 2014, will serve as emcee and speaker at the 2026 Minneapolis Adult Congenital Heart Association “Walk for 1 in 100” event happening this Saturday, …

Hy-Noon Kiwanis recently donated $10,000 to Storm Lake's Field of Dreams for upgrades and maintenance around the concession stand area. The club was instrumental in the original development of the …

The Alta-Aurelia School Board hired an Ankeny asbestos removal company to remove and dispose of the old Alta administration building’s asbestos on West Fifth Street.  Controlled Asbestos …

The Storm Lake Fire Department will mark Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10 with informative efforts including a community Open House at the fire station on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 1-4 p.m.     …

Buena Vista County has barely glimpsed the sun over the past two weeks as wet weather engulfs the state. And relief is not in sight, says Iowa State Climatologist Justin Glisan. “The outlooks …

NWCC says ‘political’ climate statement outside of mission Not a single professor from any of the post-secondary institutions with a physical footprint in Buena Vista or Cherokee counties …

The Alta-Aurelia School Board hired an Ankeny Asbestos removal company to remove and dispose of the old Alta administration building’s asbestos on West Fifth Street.  Controlled Asbestos …

Landlord, property manager deny civil charges, ask for trial Tracy Dean Coombs, 48, of Cherokee, died last August while boring fiber optic cable to a Sergeant Bluff duplex.  His estate …

Storm Lake police are investigating why something was damaged – presumably a Flock camera – near the Buena Vista University Facilities Management building.  Dana Larsen, a spokesman for …

As agricultural land prices have increased drastically over the past two decades and young, want-to-be farmers have an increasingly difficult time starting their operations, politicians nationally, …

A man was found dead just north of Prairie Heritage Center Saturday, Sept. 12 after a report of a missing person received by the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office. The O’Brien County …