Construction equipment will soon return to a popular roadside park known for its trestle pedestrian bridge and fishing piers in Arnolds Park. Mike Weis of Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ...

Isn’t it time to finally forgive yourself? God has made the way! If we allow the power of the forgiving and cleansing blood of Jesus to touch our past, the sorrow from the shame of that past will not ...

The Okoboji Summer Theatre has been bringing top quality theatrical productions to the Lakes Area for a very long time. The staff and cast opened the summer stock theatre’s 67th season Tuesday evening ...

Cambrie Kleckner dreamed of the moment she and doubles partner Sydnee Struecker qualified for state the night before Monday’s individual tournament. “In my dream, we collapsed on the ground and we ...

Sherwood Forest Park, located at 3301 Lake Shore Drive in Okoboji, opens June 12 with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. The park offers everything from mountain bike trails to natural prairie lands.

Spirit Lake senior Cooper Winkel flew over the 110 meter hurdles with a career-best time of 13.98 to finish runner-up in the finals at the 115th Drake Relays on Friday. “This is an awesome environment ...

World War II Army veteran Aubrey LaFoy got a surprise visit at his Milford residence by two members of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who presented him with a framed letter of appreciation ...

The Central Emporium is used to its share of traffic, but the historic building saw more activity than usual as ice left West Lake Okoboji this spring. Michael Jensen was less than 100 days into his ...

Harris-Lake Park boys golf had aspirations of reaching the Class 1A State Golf Championship this season, coming up short of their goals with a seventh place finish at a District meet on Monday in Le ...

A topic that seems to be appearing more and more in recent years is the concept of “minimalism” in our homes or daily lives. Minimalism can be defined as the intentional promotion of the things we ...

Patrica Larsen Wallerich was a 1969 graduate of Spirit Lake High School and obtained her degrees in education (bachelors and masters) from Mankato State and Arizona State. After leaving the Midwest, ...

One of Dickinson County’s most well-known historians is celebrating Father’s Day in a very special way this year. Longtime author, teacher and “Memory Lane” columnist Aubrey LaFoy reaches the century ...