Former President Donald Trump won Buena Vista County with 60% of the votes cast in the the Iowa GOP Caucus Monday evening. Here are the results by precinct for the county. Barnes, Brooke, Lee, …

The Storm Lake City Council is embarking on a way to finance its $92 million water infrastructure campaign on its own. The city has $11.2 million in water infrastructure projects slated for the …

Housing developers are more interested than ever in building around Storm Lake, but available land is scarce. Area rents and sale prices have ballooned since the coronavirus pandemic, making new …

Some of the students in the Albert City-Truesdale school district are enjoying a ride on something pretty “cool” this winter as the district has added an electric school bus to its fleet. …

  A Storm Lake woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail for an assault last November and a series of probation violations that occurred around the assault. Associate Buena Vista County District …

A dozen community members turned out for the Alta-Aurelia School Board meeting to voice their concerns about the temporary closure of the old Alta High School building. The district announced …

Buena Vista County is recovering from a weekend blizzard with freezing wind and temperatures that reached -21°. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm and wind chill warning …

Retired farmer Steven Williams never questioned going to caucus for former President Donald Trump, despite the sub-zero temperatures Monday evening. Williams was one of 357 …

Buena Vista University has unveiled a new 10-year strategic vision, Building Beyond Expectations, centered around helping every student unlock their greatest potential to build better lives and …

A Sioux City woman was sentenced to a year probation and two days in jail for firing a gun inside a Sioux Rapids residence and driving while high on marijuana. Associate Buena Vista County District …

Starting Monday, Jan. 15, Regatta restaurant at King’s Pointe is closed for three weeks to complete renovations on the ventilation system of King’s Pointe Resort. Last September, the Storm …

More students at Storm Lake Community School District are missing school than before the pandemic, following a statewide trend of increasing absenteeism.  As of the 2023 school year, 26.5% of …

The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office will not consider a partnership with the City of Storm Lake to bring multilingual software in the emergency communications system. It was part of the Storm …

First sculpture to be placed in Clough’s Main Street park Julie Steinfeld: ‘We are so thankful for our connection with Dick Davis’ Witter Gallery has accepted a gift of seven bronze …

Byron Stuart asked the Pomeroy City Council why they’re after him. The tie-die clad owner of Byron’s approached the council Tuesday, asking why they threatened him with an “administrative …

The City of Storm Lake is offering its Sesquicentennial year banners to the public by silent auction. These are the same banners that waved over Lake Avenue during the City’s 150th anniversary …

Anthony “AJ” Chase was sworn in Monday, Jan. 8, as a patrol officer with the Storm Lake Police Department. Officer Chase is a native of Fonda, and has worked with the Pocahontas Police Department …

Former President Donald Trump's commit to caucus event in Cherokee Sunday has been canceled due to a winter storm and cold temperatures that has swept through Iowa.  The event was supposed …

Winter arrived in The City Beautiful Monday with an accumulation of about five inches on the ground by Tuesday morning.

A Laurens woman sued a disability services provider of Storm Lake for allegedly firing her for exercising her worker’s compensation rights. Saydi Borges-Tun alleged her supervisors at Hope Haven …