The City of Storm Lake and the Buena Vista County Supervisors are at odds over how to run fiber to the Color-ize building. The city sought clarification in the county’s fiber-related request, …

Three 11 year olds were charged in relation to the false shooting threat at Storm Lake Elementary that resulted in a lockdown for all district schools. Storm Lake Police Department reported …

Congratulations to Buena Vista University freshman Weslee Barnett of Alta, who won first place statewide and second place nationally with his artwork in the 2022-2023 VFW Auxiliary 3-Dimensional …

The Iowa Department of Agriculture is “strongly encouraging” poultry farmers to be vigilant about Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza amid two recent outbreaks in South Dakota and Minnesota. …

Four Storm Lake residents were arrested in connection with an alleged altercation at a Storm Lake Casey’s on Sunday. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, police were called to the convenience store at 825 …

UnityPoint Health said Thursday that it won’t merge with Presbyterian Healthcare Services, a system based in New Mexico, and instead has announced the new appointment of president and CEO. The …

A subcommittee that’s tasked with recommending a future use of the Storm Lake Marina   hasn’t set a timeline for when its recommendations will be submitted to the county conservation board. …

Six candidates are vying for three open seats on the Alta-Aurelia School Board. Two of them, Katie Meyer and Jennifer Kaskey, are incumbents. They hope to continue the board's projects, such as …

The Alta-Aurelia School District relocated all books for ninth through twelfth grade into classrooms to comply with the legislature’s restrictions on reading materials in schools. No high …

The Storm Lake City Council approved a $150 fee for cities who want to use the city’s fire safety trailer for public education events. Requests from other cities to use the fire safety trailer …

Ready, Set, Grow asked the Alta Aurelia School Board to consider a contractual partnership between the district and the daycare to help sustain the service. As one of the only childcare …

Like every Republican who occupies a major office in Iowa, Ron DeSantis is on a 99-county tour. The third top contender to visit Buena Vista and surrounding counties, the Republican governor of …

An unexpected bankruptcy of a Georgia-based convenience store landlord prompted Brew Oil of Storm Lake to cease operations in Eastern Iowa. A lease that governed Brew’s operations of 15 …

With plans to open in time for Storm Lake’s traditional Holiday Open House in November, the longtime Hoffman’s Flower and Candle Shop takes on a new personality — with a new name, new owners …

An Alta man was arrested for burglarizing the Aurelia Casey’s last month.  Anthony Esquivel, 18, was booked into the Cherokee County Jail on Sunday on charges of third-degree burglary, …

The Alta City Council agreed to start the updating process to the city’s taxing districts, allowing all areas of the town to qualify for tax reductions regardless of where the property is located. …

Grain yields in Buena Vista, Pocahontas and Cherokee counties are expected to register “at or below average” due to a nagging drought and rain that came through in fits and starts. Corn …

An Aurelia native and Iowa banker was admonished by the Federal Reserve for falsifying documents while he was working at VisionBank of Iowa, causing the bank to endure major losses. Tanner …

Volunteers, including 15 high school students, planted 36 trees along Main Street in Alta Tuesday. The funds to purchase the trees came from a matching grant from the Iowa Department of Natural …

Buena Vista University has been awarded $2.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Title III Strengthening Institutions Program grant. The grant is designed to help …