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As Cherokee Community School District is searching for an insurance carrier that will tolerate armed teachers at its facilities, staff are beginning to train with a firearms instructor from Okoboji. …
The Storm Lake City Council ordered the Witter Gallery to hire the highest bidder to complete a much-needed floor replacement because the bidder has an outlet on North Lake Avenue. The …
Carroll Refuse Service owner Curt Snyder apologized to the City of Storm Lake for repeated leaks from its garbage trucks over the last year. Snyder was summoned in front of the city …
An Alta couple has sued a Newell couple for forfeiting a real estate contract the Alta couple claims they have abided by. Misael and Lorena Dejesus have requested a judge validate their …
A preliminary observation of Storm Lake’s water has shown that clarity has increased to three to four feet below the surface, but it’s unclear if zebra mussels are the primary cause. Ben …
Hy-Vee has asked a judge to reverse the Buena Vista County Board of Review’s assessed valuation of the retailer’s location on North Lake Avenue. The West Des Moines-based retailer sued …
An Austin, Tex., financing company sued a local solar panel installer and its owner for failing to make payments on $231,000 in materials for projects in Cedar Rapids and Alden. Billd …
A Manilla man was sentenced to five years of probation for a pimping scam involving his wife, an Aurelia man and the dating app Tinder. Cherokee County District Court Judge John Sandy …
The Storm Lake City Council agreed to replace all of the playground equipment at Chautauqua Park, courtesy of a $150,000 grant from a trust represented by a pair of Storm Lake residents. The …
A Saint Paul man was arrested June 13 for allegedly sexually abusing a young girl for more than a year. The Storm Lake Police Department arrested and charged Ka Toe, 41, with two counts of …
Buena Vista County officials are mulling whether to sell a public access or bear the expense of cutting down two dead trees at Casino Beach. Currently, two ash trees pose a risk of falling …
A jury will be empaneled next August to hear a former Storm Lake physician’s claims that UnityPoint wrongfully fired him in December 2020. Buena Vista County District Court Judge Carl …
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 …