$152 million awarded across rural Iowa communities Linn Grove and Sioux Rapids will receive over $800,000 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to …

City on the hook for $325,000 for phase one of dredge spoil site transformation The City of Storm Lake is pushing forward plans to convert the dredge spoil site east of town into a nature …

UnityPoint Health will open same-day clinic services at the Family Health Center in Storm Lake beginning this fall.  A dedicated nurse practitioner, in addition to support staff, will focus on …

Storm Lake Mayor Mike Porsch announced today that he will not run for reelection this November.  Porsch initially served as a member of the city council before serving two terms as …

The Iowa Department of Transportation asked a judge to toss Casey’s General Stores’ lawsuit against the DOT, Cherokee County and the City of Marcus, alleging that an eminent domain …

St. Mary’s Catholic School held a special Bus Blessing ceremony at the Panther Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at noon, to celebrate the arrival of a brand new school bus. This addition to the …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a Fargo, N.D., law firm to represent the county in an unspecified “construction-related dispute.”  After an hourlong closed …

The Storm Lake City Council unanimously shot down a proposed ordinance that would have allowed a new livestock holding facility access to city water.  After mulling whether to make an …

For the next three Sunday nights, waterfighting practice will take place on the concrete training area behind the Storm Lake Fire Department station.   "We have a good off-street location …

County Attorney Paul Allen: board of supervisors hiring North Dakota firm to ‘prevent some unnecessary expense to the taxpayer’ The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a …

Precipitation throughout July exceeded monthly averages and resulted in the effective erasure of drought and dryness across much of Iowa. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources …

A Colorado man was killed yesterday in a car collision with a Pocahontas driver off of Highway 4 in Pocahontas County north of Pomeroy.  After the collision around 12:02 p.m. on Aug. 7, the …

By Tom Cullen and Allison Moore | Storm Lake Times Pilot Management fees jump 51% with new hotel operator King’s Pointe Resort was slightly profitable in 2025.  The resort …

Airport maintains long-term goal to relocate tanks above ground After weeks of renegotiating contracts, the Storm Lake City Council approved a $16,120 bid for temporary fuel system repair work …

U.S. Highway 71 just north of the Iowa Highway 7 intersection is scheduled to close on Aug. 18 for a combined Iowa Department of Transportation and Canadian National railroad project.

McKeon says reports of losses are ‘rumors’ but city is reluctant to release P&L Storm Lake City Councilwoman Meg McKeon has had enough of the public pestering her about …

Canadian wildfires raged in Northwest Canada.  And Northwest Iowa’s air quality worsened from increasing particulate matter.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources …

‘I will greatly miss this’  Storm Lake City Councilman Kevin McKinney announced Monday evening his plans to resign from the council, bringing to a close more than seven years of …

Come the start of the 2025-26 school year, students at Alta-Aurelia High School will not be allowed to carry their phones or other electronic devices with them in an effort to limit distractions …

Tyson won’t say whether ICE is coming for them, too The eyes of Storm Lake linger on Tyson’s pork and turkey plants in town as reports of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …