A Lakeside man will serve time for habitually missing meetings with his probation officer.  Buena Vista County District Court Judge Shayne Mayer ordered Idris Keyanye, 26, to up to five …

The Storm Lake City Council deferred a vote to purchase new snow removal equipment for the airport until questions about insurance and contracting are answered. It was determined during …

Denny Weathers and Gene Suhr have the same vision for Aurelia, but they disagree on who should lead the town into the future. Weathers and Suhr are squaring off in a mayoral race next month that …

"There is just something about the kids in this district and the way they learn to all get along and navigate this world within our halls. There is just something special about it." Storm Lake …

After 10 months of construction, the Buena Vista County Veterans Bridge opened to traffic on Monday. Buena Vista County Engineer Bret Wilkinson said the bridge passed all testing required for …

Brian Oakleaf says the City of Storm Lake is receiving the short shrift from its road-use tax collections to its property taxing authority. Oakleaf told the Storm Lake City Council that the …

Storm Lake Police Officer Mitchell Fritz has been recently assigned as the new handler for the department’s K9 program. The department has utilized full-service police dogs whenever possible …

Alta-Aurelia School District’s administration building is showing its age. And the school board has had preliminary discussions on selling the 1916-vintage former high school on West Fifth …

A Newell man was arrested for allegedly shocking a person with a livestock device and beating the victim with a wooden stick. Eligh Baker, 20, was charged with two class D felonies and two …

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued a permit to Platinum Crush to discharge up to 180,000 gallons of industrial wastewater per day into the Raccoon River, 19 miles from its plant east of …

Walls will now divide the Alta Community Library, separating the school district’s and city’s collection so the shared space complies with new book restrictions enforced by the state. The …

The Storm Lake City Council needs to make a decision on the rates of the outdoor waterpark by Nov. 6. For the past five years, the outdoor waterpark operated on a $171,000 deficit, Finance Director …

Bestselling author and journalist Walter Isaacson is coming to Storm Lake as a speaker for Buena Vista University’s Honoring American Heritage Lecture series in November. Isaacson has written …

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. …