Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 449 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations at the 2025 Iowa State Fair.

Not only is Christmas coming, but so is Christmas break! Mom, dad, grandpa, grandma: What are you going to do with those kids for more than two weeks?! Bring them to the library, of course! The first ...

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation has announced the hire of Jenny Dykema as Office Coordinator for the regional economic development organization serving Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson and ...

A regional convenience store chain is adding another location to its footprint along the Highway 71 corridor. Brew convenience store owner Inder Singh announced on Dec. 3 that his company will acquire ...

“Toby was a great man and a gift to all of northwest Iowa and beyond. It has been an honor to know him and serve our Shayla Bee families with him. … Toby became a friend and mentor and all we wanted ...

New details are surfacing about an Omaha-based convenience store’s plans for 20 former Kum & Go locations — including a pair of properties in the Iowa Great Lakes. In an Aug. 28 Dickinson County News ...

A back-and-forth first half was soon forgotten as Class 3A No. 9 Spirit Lake took charge over Storm Lake 52-32 in a Lakes Conference matchup on Friday, Dec. 12. The Indians got off to a rocky start ...

Fareway has four decades of history in the Iowa Great Lakes, but it will bring 2024 to a close at a new location. Shoppers can now find the famous meat counter and other offerings at 2330 175th Street ...

Spirit Lake Fire Chief Patrick Daly once waited years to get a spot on the department roster. "There was a waiting list,” he said. Now he waits months for anyone to apply at all. The department Daly ...

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each of you. All year long, you make Jesus Christ incarnate through your kind words, your ...

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 ...

(Photos by Eric Johannsen) Light the fire in the warming shelter. The area’s post-Thanksgiving snowstorm ushered in tubing season Saturday and Sunday at Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Area. Downhill tubing ...