Arnolds Park City Council member Mitch Watters expected the city’s street committee to set aside any pursuit of paid parking spaces in the tourism epicenter of the Iowa Great Lakes.

Down 8-3 during a second lightning delay in the fourth inning, the Indians returned to the field with five runs in the next two innings to push the Nighthawks to the brink in the opening round of ...

The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved their final plans Tuesday for a bridge project at the Lower Gar outlet. This decision marks the end of years of deba ...

It’s pretty simple: read four books that fulfill four of the given prompt choices and turn in your completed challenge book mark by Saturday, Aug. 30.

Seven officers assisted and two EMS teams were on hand for a collision that claimed the life of a Spirit Lake motorcyclist Sunday, July 6, in Winnebego County. Three others were injured in the crash, ...

Tom Tourville, The Okobojian’s Rockin’ Retro columnist, has filed nearly 500 stories about bands that crisscrossed the Midwest and came to stop at the legendary Roof Garden ballroom.

Neil Slater used to race down the halls as a self-proclaimed "park rat," causing just enough trouble to keep his teachers on their toes. These days, he owns his old stomping grounds — Slater and his ...

Family, friends and colleagues gathered Tuesday at the Jackson County Central High School to honor Minnesota State Trooper Mollie McClure. Her loss is being felt in the Iowa Great Lakes and beyond.

Private family services for Neil Connolly, age 40, of Okoboji and formerly of Dublin, Ireland, were held Wednesday, July 9. All friends are invited to his “epic going away party” beginning at 4 p.m.

A Spirit Lake man is facing a felony in Clay County after police say he sped away from an attempted traffic stop in Spencer.

Okoboji softball honored its four senior players before their game with Sioux Center on Wednesday, July 2, ending their regular season with a string of three Siouxland losses. The Pioneers made up a ...