A traffic stop in the 800 block of Seneca Street on the evening of July 1 resulted in the arrest of a Chicago, Ill., teen and yielded a stolen submachine gun, marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms. …

McCorkle Hall was demolished last week to pave the way for Buena Vista University’s new apartment-style residence hall. “BVU made the decision to offer the McCorkle space to the Storm Lake …

The Storm Lake City Council granted Malarky’s noise variance request until midnight on July 23. Malarky’s Bar and Grill requested a noise variance from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to host a live band in …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors entered negotiations with Pocahontas County to share BV County Engineer Bret Wilkinson. The board voted 3-1 to enter negotiations with Pocahontas …

Unveiling a series of grants that support small and regional meat processing plants in Iowa, U.S. Agriculture Tom Secretary Tom Vilsack said the effort could be rolled out in all 50 states. During …

Storm Lake man sentenced for assault A Buena Vista County Judge sentenced a Storm Lake man to two years in jail for choking and kicking his sister.   Judge Charles Borth sentenced Ku …

A federal air quality monitoring index has found that Northwest Iowa’s overall air quality has deteriorated to its dirtiest level this year.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and a …

Jordan Marks graduated from Iowa State University on a Saturday and the next day went back to work cutting beef and pork to prepare for the opening of his meat market. Marks is a fourth-generation …

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone! A large drone weighing 75 pounds — not counting its 10-gallon load — and spraying a cornfield test plot near Rembrandt.   A couple dozen …

Cherokee County supervisors approved a request to install signs on Iowa Hwy. 7 honoring a solider killed in Iraq 16 years ago. SPC Brian Botello Memorial Highway will span   from Iowa Hwy. 3 …

A divided House of Representatives will likely delay the passage of the Farm Bill until the end of the year or potentially for even longer.   U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Red-Oak Republican, said …

The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office has updated its patrol boat. BVSO has a joint agreement with the DNR, which allows them to use this 22-foot craft at all times. The used boat is docked at …

Storm Lake City Councilman Kevin McKinney asked for a work session on how the city can install electric vehicle charging stations at King’s Pointe Resort.   McKinney told the city council …

Mired in a space crunch and a negative open-enrollment trend, Alta-Aurelia School District is considering a reorganization of its grades between both facilities.   Supt. Denny Olhausen said …

Black Hawk Lake ended its final season of dredging last week, removing about 750,000 cubic yards of material from the lake to improve the overall water quality.   The dredging should also …

Storm Lake man sentenced for having LSD, cocaine A Storm Lake man was sentenced to five days in jail for having LSD and cocaine during a traffic stop at the intersection of West Fifth Street and …

The Cherokee and Spirit Lake school districts rescinded policies last week that allowed school staff to carry firearms.   School boards in both communities claimed their hands were forced …

Lakesider pleads guilty A Lakeside man pleaded guilty to two felonies for sexually assaulting a child on Christmas Eve in 2018.   Harny Dosalua, 35, was arrested in February 2022 for …

Alta-Aurelia School District and the City of Alta are nearing a split over library materials that mention sex and LBGTQ topics.   Alta-Aurelia Supt. Denny Olhausen told the school board in a …

The Cherokee School Board voted Friday morning at a special meeting to rescind its weapons policy and not allow staff members to carry firearms on school grounds. The reason for the reversal was …