A Newell man was arrested and charged with felony sexual assault for allegedly forcing sexual acts onto an adult woman and minor female victim at a shared residence and threatening to harm the woman …

Buena Vista County has denied a spate of discrimination allegations after one of its former health inspectors sued over claims she was harassed by coworkers and forced out of her job. Attorneys …

A Storm Lake man was arrested and charged with domestic abuse and child endangerment for allegedly bruising a minor child and harming the mother of his child on several occasions since last summer.  Storm Lake police executed …

A Storm Lake man was arrested on a raft of firearms and narcotics related charges in the early morning hours of Sunday after leading officers on a low-speed vehicular pursuit through Storm …

A Storm Lake man was arrested and charged with felony assault after he surrendered himself to police for allegedly slashing a male victim’s arm with a “lethal cutting instrument.”  Storm Lake police arrested …

Storm Lake police have arrested a suspect following an armed standoff. Jose Ramon Ramirez, 26, reportedly armed himself with a handgun and rode his bicycle to the 700 block of Elmwood Drive where he …

Records tampering charge earns probation, deferred judgment A Sioux City woman charged with falsifying medical records was granted a deferred judgment after pleading guilty to a lower …

County Attorney Paul Allen: board of supervisors hiring North Dakota firm to ‘prevent some unnecessary expense to the taxpayer’ The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a …

A Colorado man was killed yesterday in a car collision with a Pocahontas driver off of Highway 4 in Pocahontas County north of Pomeroy.  After the collision around 12:02 p.m. on Aug. 7, the …

An Omaha, Neb. man had his probation revoked and was sentenced to a maximum 10 years in prison for allegedly violating his probation stemming from burglary and assault charges at a Storm Lake residence in 2020.  Buena Vista County District Court Judge …

A Storm Lake mother and daughter were both arrested and charged with felony theft after the teen allegedly stole over $9,200 while working at Arby’s over six months and confessed to her mother, …

County withholds formal response A Storm Lake woman sued Buena Vista County and its environmental health director, alleging county employees forced her resignation to retaliate against her …

An Alta woman convicted of felony meth possession was arrested again on a warrant for allegedly failing to enroll in a treatment program and continuing to use methamphetamine.  Storm Lake …

A Storm Lake man was charged with assault and harassment for allegedly holding a ratchet wrench and threatening to kill two victims at a food stand on Chautauqua Park Drive.  Storm Lake …

A Storm Lake man was arrested and charged with child endangerment after police reportedly received multiple calls about his toddler son walking along East Lakeshore Drive in a diaper.  …

A trial involving a Newell man who has been under suspicion of sex crimes against children three times finished on Wednesday.  Assistant County Attorney Ashley Herrig and Ned Bjornstad, a …

Hope Haven: we support ‘critical health care workers’ A Storm Lake disability services provider and a former employee settled a lawsuit in which the employee claimed she was fired …

An Alta woman’s lawsuit against Walmart for sexual harassment, employment discrimination and retaliation was dismissed from Buena Vista County District Court earlier this month because the lawsuit settled. ..

A Storm Lake teen was sentenced to five years probation in lieu of prison time for two cases...

After three days of trial and less than an hour of deliberation, a Buena Vista County jury agreed to indefinitely confine Josie Smith to the Cherokee Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders.