Tegan Robertson is the first Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state champ in Ridge View High School history after a perfect 50-0 girls wrestling season. In honor of her win, we sat down …

The Alta-Aurelia school board decided to hold off on making their decision as to what their $2.5M excess SAVE funds will be spent on after seeing the prices of what it could cost to update the …

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 …

Winds gusting over 50 miles per hour blew a semi truck on its side Wednesday about 11 a.m. a half mile south of Storm Lake, closing Hwy. 71 for two hours. The driver of the truck from Cedar Rapids …

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 …

It’s no secret that Iowa is home to large geological formations that are rich in hydrogen-producing rocks, but the question in recent years has turned to whether or not that hydrogen can be extracted in meaningful quantities.  If the answer is yes, it’s likely Iowa would have a new natural resource commodity that could be […]

Storm Lake, Iowa  (February 16, 2026) – The following four faculty members have been named finalists for the 2026 George Wythe Award for Excellence in Teaching at Buena Vista …

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 …

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.  …

An appreciative crowd nearly filled Schaller Memorial Chapel at Buena Vista University last Thursday evening to hear the Canadian Brass. The concert was free of charge to the public and was made …

The board of Santa’s Castle had planned three consecutive days last week to sell the almost 300 teddy bears that had been on display for the past two seasons. Instead, every one of the furry …

Buena Vista County Conservation is hosting a Hunter's Safety Education Field Day on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 9 a.m.-noon at Buena Vista County Conservation Park South Shelter. This is a field day …

AMES — To support continued cover crop adoption across the Midwest, Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Iowa Soybean Association are now accepting applications for the Cover Crop Business Accelerator …

Iowa National Guard soldiers returned from their deployment in the Middle East Wednesday, including Storm Lake High School grads in this photo shared by SLHS Wrestling. Two current wrestlers welcomed …

A Pastoral Letter to the Faithful of the Diocese   My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Grace and peace be with you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. In recent months, …

Ice anglers put out their lines off Sunrise Park Saturday evening as the sun was setting.

The vehicle is on the lake, this year closer to Chautauqua Park than King's Pointe, in Storm Lake Rotary's annual Car Plunge fundraiser. Swing into Puff's, buy a ticket for a time this car sinks and …

One of my earliest childhood memories is riding the elevators at Mayo Clinic when I was three years old, visiting my mom in the cancer ward. My mom, Jaclyn Eike, was 31 years old when she was …

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 …