The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors ruled to increase umbrella liability insurance protections by $1 million while they still could.   Umbrella liability is in addition to general …

Newell man pleads guilty to third OWI A Newell man pleaded guilty to operating while under the influence third or subsequent offense and violating the terms of his probation. Darvin Phillip, …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors did not sign a representation letter from Winther Stave Company for the 2022 fiscal year audit. Supervisor Kathy Croker suggested Tuesday the board …

Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter will retire from Cherokee Community School District at month’s end. Her eight-year tenure will come to a close as her eldest son, Andrew, was recently diagnosed …

Hy-Vee has asked a judge to reverse the Cherokee County Board of Review’s assessed valuation of the retailer’s distribution center on Riverview Drive.   The West Des Moines-based …

A judge sided with a Fort Collins, Colo., leasing corporation in its lawsuit against a closed Storm Lake garbage-hauling business for failure to make payments on 150 garbage cans it leased from the …

MidAmerican Energy is building a substation just east of Platinum Crush’s facility east of Alta because the existing electrical infrastructure in the Hwy. 7 corridor won’t meet the crush …

A commercial building owner on East Fifth Street has threatened a lawsuit against the City of Storm Lake for persistent flooding in the Cayuga Street corridor.   Wyatt Yon, a farmer and …

A Storm Lake man was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to report his residence to the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Department, a requirement of the Iowa Sex Offender Registry.   …

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region 7 has requested information from the Buena Vista County Conservation Board on facets of the Linn Grove Dam area that were not inundated with …

Charges dismissed against Holstein man The Buena Vista County Attorney’s Office dismissed a misdemeanor that Storm Lake Police Department filed against a Holstein man who allegedly was driving …

Randy Tilk completed his life-long career in the electric and utility field in the same place it started: Alta.   Tilk started as a low-ranking lineman for Nelson Electric Power Service in …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors denied United Community Health Center’s request to opt out of paying taxes on new property it acquired for additional parking.   The board on …

Alta Community Library may have to remove from its shelves books that mention sex and LGBTQ topics because of a new state law that restricts those topics from being discussed in schools.  The …

Seniors and veterans in Buena Vista and Cherokee counties can begin applying for a new property tax break created by legislation signed last month by Gov. Kim Reynolds.   The new property …

A confluence of dropping pork prices, skyrocketing input costs and a California law that requires sows to have 24 square feet of space have reaped losses hog producers haven’t seen this century. …

A Storm Lake man was arrested Friday morning (June 9) after a brief standoff with police that ended with a loaded firearm being recovered at a home on the city’s west side. According to Storm …

Bobcats bar in Linn Grove will have a street dance on June 24 with live music on M36, which is closed due to bridge construction. The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors approved the closure for …

The emerald ash borer was recently discovered in Plymouth County in northwest Iowa — the 97th county to have a detection since the beetle was first confirmed in Iowa more than a decade ago, …

Just when you think it might not rain again, it does. After weeks of high temperatures and dry conditions, thunderstorms rolled over Storm Lake early Thursday. And with the rain, there’s a strong …