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Buena Vista University is partnering with Larson Oil in Storm Lake to collect bottled water to be taken to the Oklahoma City ...
Buena Vista University is partnering with Larson Oil in Storm Lake to collect bottled water to be taken to the Oklahoma City ...
Sunday evening, the Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to 748 Leona Circle to investigate a possible lightning strike....
A house was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon in Aurelia. Firefighters were called about 1:30 p.m. to the 200-block of West ...
One driver was injured and the other arrested after a two-vehicle accident Sunday night at Lake and Milwaukee in Storm Lake. ...
Minor injuries were reported in a collision involving a semi and an SUV Monday in Clay County. It happened shortly before 10:...
...EXTREME FIRE DANGER...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORYTHIS AFTERNOON. EXTREME WEATHER CONDI...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 14 Iowa counties as part of a Presidential or Secretarial Natural Disaster ...
A teen was injured, and a car was totaled in a two-vehicle accident, which was reported at about 7:45 yesterday this morning....
Two people were injured as a result of a collision between a Pocahontas Area school bus and a car around 7:30 this morning in...
The City of Storm Lake is coming to a street or neighborhood near you this summer. Once again the Storm Lake Public Safety De...
One person was killed and two were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Sheldon Sunday morning. The state patrol says 24-year...
The Storm Lake police department is investigating vandalism. Tuesday afternoon, officers were called to 502 Rothmoor Road&hel...
Two people were taken to the hospital after a two-car accident north of Alta on Sunday afternoon. The Buena Vista County Sher...
A motorist was taken to the hospital after a one-vehicle accident on highway three northwest of Truesdale last Friday morning...
A child playing with a candle is believed to have started a fire at a Storm Lake residence Saturday afternoon. Firefighters w...
The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office has released additional details into a collision Wednesday evening that claimed the...
A building in downtown Ida Grove collapsed Saturday night. Officials say a side wall caved in about 8:30 Saturday evening on ...
Governor Terry Branstad Thursday issued a proclamation of disaster emergency in response to severe weather that impacted ten ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated several Iowa counties as part of a Secretarial Natural Disaster Designation...
Tyson Foods has agreed to pay a three-point-nine million dollar civil penalty to settle alleged violations of Clean Air Act r...
A faulty roof top heating unit led to the evacuation of the Storm Lake Burger King on North Lake AvenueTuesday night. The Sto...
The Storm Lake Police Department responded to a hit and run accidenton Tuesdaymorning. At around 7:45am, responding officers ...
There was extensive damage to a house on the south shore of Storm Lake early Saturday morning. The Storm Lake Fire Department...
Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident a half-mile south of Auburn Sunday night. The Sac County Sheriff’s Of...
An Alta man was killed in a farm accident near Fostoria Saturday afternoon. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says 49-ye...
In recognition of Severe Weather Awareness Week, and in an effort to promote public awareness, the City of Storm Lake will pa...
Farmers in four northwest Iowa counties who suffered drought-related losses are eligible for low-interest emergency loans fro...
A Lakota man was killed in a two-vehicle collision Friday morning two miles north of Algona on Highway 169 in Kossuth County....
Two people were killed in a collision involving a car and a semi at the entrance to the Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood. The ...
Although many vehicles went into the ditch in Buena Vista County during this week’s snowstorm… the sheriff&rsquo...
The Storm Lake Middle School was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a false fire alarm. Fire chief Mike Jones says the Fire D...
A Rossie woman was killed Tuesday morning when a car she was driving collided with asemi on Highway 71 south of Spencer. The ...
Two adults and five children were hospitalized after a one-vehicle accident last weekend northeast of Hawarden. The Sioux Cou...
A weekend house fire in Spencer sent a woman to the hospital. Spencer firefighters were called shortly after 6:30 Saturday mo...
Concern is mounting as groundwater levels continue to drop in northwest Iowa due to the ongoing drought conditions. Even thou...
The Storm Lake city council has approved an agreement to supply fire protection to Truesdale. City manager Jim Patrick Monday...
One person was killed in a two-vehicle collision west of Bancroft in Kossuth County Tuesday morning. The state patrol says a ...
A man from Odebolt was killed in a snowmobile accident Friday afternoon in Wisconsin. The Bayfield County Sheriff’s Off...
The state patrol has released details into a fiery single-vehicle crash that took place this past Saturday in Clay County. Tr...
The final reading of an ordinance setting a “no parking” area on Vestal Street was approved this week by the Stor...
Great strides have been made in disaster training in Buena Vista County. That’s according to County Emergency Managemen...
A car-pedestrian collision in Estherville has claimed the life of an Estherville woman. Estherville police say officers were ...
A fire caused minor damage to a Storm Lake apartment Wednesday morning. The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to 401 ...
An Algona woman was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning about two miles northeast of Everly. The Clay ...
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative has been awarded $1,642,500 from the F...
A fire at an apartment building in Marathon Wednesday night led to the building being evacuated. The Buena Vista County Commu...
Three people were taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident in Pocahontas last Thursday afternoon. The state patrol...
A man from West Bend was killed in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon. The state patrol says 72-year-old Robert Klepper ...
A house in Linn Grove was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department says the count...
The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of the two Pocahontas County residents who were killed Friday evening in a head-...
A Sunday snowmobile crash in Clay County injured an Arizona man. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Paul...
A Spencer woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday on the east side of Spencer. The Clay County Sheriff’s Off...
An electrical short is blamed for a fire at a Storm Lake residence Thursday morning. Fire chief Mike Jones says firefighters...
One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday morning a mile north of Holstein. The state patrol says 23-year-old ...
Winter Storm Warning.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGHTHE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON...
There was 50-thousand dollars damage in a house fire in Storm Lake Friday afternoon. Fire chief Mike Jones says firefighters ...
Last week Storm Lake Radio teamed up with Central Bank and Bomgaars in Storm Lake to brighten the holidays for less fortunate...
Two accidents occurred on highway 20 in Sac County Friday afternoon. The Sac County Sheriff’s Department says the first...
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Calhoun Rural Electric Cooperative has been awarded $3,410,137 from th...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an apparent suicide. The department received a report abou...
Both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Crawford County Sunday evening. The state patrol says a pickup driven ...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a car fire Wednesday afternoon at the Tyson employee parking lot in the 900-...
A man from Audubon was injured when two trucks collided Tuesday afternoon a mile-and-a-half south of Webb. The Clay County Sh...
A man from Little Rock was killed in an accident involving two semis Monday morning in Palo Alto County. The state patrol say...
Two people were killed and the pilot was injured when a plane crashed Saturday night south of Correctionville. The pilot&hell...
One driver was killed and the other injured in a car-semi accident in Humboldt County Friday afternoon. The state patrol says...
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A Linn Grove woman received possible injuries in a one-vehicle accident three miles west of Rossie. The Clay County Sheriff&r...
A Storm Lake woman has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident occurring last Wednesday evening. The victim to...
The new leader of the Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is implementing plans to reduce the number of motor ve...
A man from Vail was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Crawford County Thursday. The state patrol says 50-year-old Jeffery S...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service State and Private Fores...
Thursday evening, the Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a truck on fire at 101 Cedar Street in Lakeside. Fire figh...
Four people died in a house fire in Lake City early Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered about 1:45 by a Lake City polic...
The state fire marshal's office has been called in to help find the cause of a fatal fire in Lake City this morning. Acc...
A Des Moines man was injured Tuesday when working on the roof of the Storm Lake Tyson Fresh Meats plant. About 7:45 Tuesday m...
A Remsen teen was killed in a one-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon. The state patrol says 17-year-old Matthew Gerrietts wa...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to a fire in a hog barn shortly after 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. The fire wa...
A Primghar teen was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Thursday morning. The state patrol says 18-year-old Dylan Logan wa...
The City of Storm Lake would like to notify residents that we will be closing Sunrise Park Road on Wednesday, October 31, 201...
An Emmetsburg man was seriously injured in a car/semi accident in Pocahontas Tuesday morning. The state patrol says a car dri...
The new highway 20 in Sac County isn’t open to traffic… and the Department of Transportation says motorists shou...
Fire safety organizations consider smoke detectors and smoke alarms to be the most important device in the prevention of deat...
Last month, the Storm Lake city council approved the purchase of a new heavy equipment truck for the fire department. Fire ch...
A house fire Tuesday left a Spencer family temporarily homeless. Spencer firefighters were called to 336 Seventh Street South...
The Storm Lake Police Department is asking the community’s assistance in locating a vehicle which was involved in a hit...
This is Fire Prevention Week… and Storm Lake fire chief Mike Jones says a highlight is educating school children on fi...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THISEVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZON...
A Marcus man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon, three miles northeast of Marcus. The state patrol says a...
One driver was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident last Saturday afternoon five miles west of Linn Grove. The ...
The City of Storm Lake bypassed approximately 250 gallons of sewage out of a manhole yesterday afternoon due to a plugged sew...
A 29-year-old Pomeroy motorist died early Sunday morning as the result of a one-vehicle accident on Calhoun County Road D-11 ...
A rural Everly man was killed in a farm tractor accident Friday evening. The Clay County Sheriff's Office was dispatched ...
The investigation into an explosion northeast of Storm Lake Thursday night that injured a rural Storm Lake man has been compl...
A rural Storm Lake man was seriously injured in an explosion Thursday evening. At 8:45, the Storm Lake Fire Department was di...
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department says an apparent suicide attempt resulted in thousands of dollars in damage to a b...
The purchase of a new heavy rescue truck for the Storm Lake Fire Department was approved Monday by the city council. Public s...
A Peterson farmer has been assessed a 15-thousand dollars penalty for an illegal manure application a year ago that caused a ...
Two northwest Iowa organizations are receiving OSHA funding. Agrisafe Network in Spencer is getting 171-thousand dollars for ...
With the current dry conditions, the fire departments in Buena Vista County want to extend some tips to agriculture producers...
A single-vehicle crash Sunday evening on Highway 60 a half mile south of Sibley claimed one life and injured four others. The...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL ...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGHMONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THESOUTHE...
A public hearing will be held during the September 17th Storm Lake City Council meeting on the airport fuel system rehab proj...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued a disaster declaration for Palo Alto, and contiguous counties to assist far...
The Storm Lake Fire Department responded to a controlled burn at 5621 130th AvenueWednesday nightaround 8:30, which was in vi...
A Storm Lake man was charged after a motor vehicle accident shortly after 3:00 Thursday morning in the 300-block of Michigan ...
About a third of the state, 32 counties across western, northwestern and northern Iowa are under a Red Flag Warning Thursday ...
More people are expected to hit the road this Labor Day. Triple A Iowa is predicting 33 million Americans will travel at leas...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors at their meeting this week approved the settlement agreement in regards to the lawsuit fil...
Buena Vista County Emergency Management Coordinator, Aimee Barritt, reminds residents that BV County is still under a burn ba...
A large scale disaster related exercise was held in Storm LakeTuesday eveningat the Field of Dreams Complex. Buena Vista Coun...
Storm Lake Public Safety responded to a couple of roadway spills this week. Late Wednesday night shortly before 11, Public Sa...
A Sac City woman received possible injuries after a single vehicle rollover accident that took place on Highway 20 in Calhoun...
A Spencer man is suffering from burn wounds, which were reportedly self-inflicted. An investigation determined that late Tues...
The city of Storm Lake has approved a settlement with their insurance carrier over a lawsuit filed after an accident involvin...
Iowa’s law enforcement will join agencies across the nation as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”...
A Pocahontas woman was killed in a one-car accident in Gilmore City Saturday evening. The state patrol says 71-year-old Lois ...
A new disaster declaration issued Wednesday afternoon by U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack affects farmers in a number of countie...
Eleven northwest Iowa counties have been designated by the USDA as part of a Natural Disaster Declaration. Farm operators who...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called about 9:30 Tuesday morning to a brush fire on the city of Storm Lake’s brush ...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to a car fire Tuesday afternoon just north of Storm Lake on 115th Avenue. Fire figh...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to a car fire Tuesday afternoon just north of Storm Lake on 115th Avenue. Fire figh...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to a car fire Tuesday afternoon just north of Storm Lake on 115th Avenue. Fire figh...
Nine fire departments were called to a fire at a large turkey barn about a mile northwest of Newell. The fire was reported sh...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to the scene of a natural gas leak Thursday morning. According to the Fire Departme...
An engineering agreement has been approved for a storm water project in Storm Lake. City clerk Justin Yarosevich says floodin...
Several area counties are included in a disaster declaration to assist Iowa farmers who’ve suffered losses from the ong...
A Graettinger man was killed in a car/motorcycle collision two miles east of Milford shortly before noon Tuesday. The Dickins...
A Newell man was killed in a car-semi head-on collision Tuesday morning. Buena Vista County Sheriff Gary Launderville says th...
19 block parties were held in Storm Lake Tuesday night for National Night Out. In the 800-block of East Eighth Street, kids a...
Six people were injured in a two-vehicle accident two miles southeast of Schaller on Monday morning. The Sac County Sheriff&r...
A kitchen stove is blamed for a fire in a Storm Lake home Monday evening. Fire chief Mike Jones says firefighters were called...
Two people received minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning southeast of Spencer. The Clay County Sheriff&r...
Storm Lake Public Safety reports that nineteen block parties have been scheduled for the 2012 National Night Out Event which ...
Three people were injured in a one-car accident on Wednesday, July 18th in Lakeside. The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s D...
A man from Whiting has died from a welding accident. The Monona County Sheriff’s Department says a call was received Tu...
One person was killed in a six-vehicle pileup in a road construction zone on highway 59 about three miles north of Holstein W...
The Buena Vista County Extension Office will be hosting a webinar this Wednesday July 25th from 1 to 3pm. The webinar is for ...
Two Storm Lake residents received minor injuries in a single-vehicleaccident on highway 71 in Clay County Sunday morning. The...
A car-semi collision Wednesday morning at the intersection of two Clay County blacktops east of Spencer sent one person to th...
Burn bans are now in effect in two area counties due to the extremely dry conditions. Pocahontas County has been under a burn...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Memorial service 11:00 Thursday at Powers Funeral Home, Pocahontas. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral hom...
Funeral Service 10:30 Wednesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sac City. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at Christensen-Huffman...
Fire damage to the concessions stand at the Buena Vista County Fair in Alta is estimated at 80-thousand dollars. Sheriff Gary...
Storm Lake Public Safety announces that plans are underway for the 2012 National Night Out which is scheduled for Tuesday, Au...
Thursday afternoon, the Storm Lake Fire Department responded to the intersection of East Lakeshore Drive and Flindt Drive to ...
Funeral service 1:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Friday at the church. Arran...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at the Church of Christ in Alta. Visitation with the family present will be Frida...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 9:30 until service time at the churc...
One driver was injured in a two-car collision Sunday afternoon in Calhoun County. The state patrol says a car driven by 16-ye...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Tuesday.Storm Lake .09Cherokee .01Pocahontas .14Sac City .10Sioux City .16Spencer .01
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at St. John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 8p...
Six people were taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle head-on collision Saturday afternoon on a Sac County gravel road a ...
A Spencer man was injured Friday evening when a motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer on Highway 18 three miles west...
Funeral service 2:00 Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Alta. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Plans for a new heavy rescue truck for the Storm Lake Fire Department were approved this week by the city council. Public saf...
Storm Lake has received a 600-thousand dollar grant to fund a water project on the city’s east central side. City clerk...
Storm Lake Public Safety and Buena Vista County EMS supervisors met earlier today in advance of the July 4th events in Storm ...
Expect to see additional law enforcement officers on the roads over the 4th of July holiday period. It's part of a Specia...
Memorial service 11:00 Saturday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel In Sioux City. Visitation one hour before the service at th...
Funeral service will be Monday at 2pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation with family present wi...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 to 6pm,...
Funeral service 3:00 Friday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Memorial service 11:00 Saturday at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Two men from Wisconsin were killed in an accident in a construction zone on highway 20, two miles east of Holstein. The accid...
The Iowa State Patrol has released details into a two-vehicle crash last Thursday evening at the north junction of highways 1...
Funeral service will be Friday at 1pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be one hour prior to ...
The car show at LakeFest was sponsored by Fitzpatrick Auto Center, Storm Lake.
A three-vehicle collision late Friday morning at the north intersection of Highways 18 and 71 on the north edge of Spencer se...
Funeral service 1:00 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 2:00-5:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fune...
A piece of farm equipment collided with a trainTuesday night near Remsen in northwest Iowa. The farmer was critically hurt an...
A Sanborn woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon at the intersection of highways 18 and 71 north of Spen...
A Fort Dodge man was killed and another seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night near Twin Lakes. The state ...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident north of Spencer Tuesday afternoon. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office ...
Memorial service 10:30 Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home, Pocahontas. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home...
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning on the north side of Spencer. The Clay County Sheriff&rs...
Authorities in Jackson County, Minnesota now say a second person has died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash that to...
Bids were opened for two projects Tuesday by the Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors. Three bids were received to replace...
Monday afternoon, the Storm Lake Public Safety Department was dispatched to the 18-hundred block of West Fifth Street to inve...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY MORNING.* AT 06AM ...
The cause of a BBQ grill fire that occurred at 621 A West 9th Street in Storm Lake Sunday afternoon is unknown. The Storm Lak...
A house fire in Storm Lake Tuesday morning caused thousands of dollars in damage. The Storm Lake Fire Department was called t...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 11am at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Friends may call the Fratzke and Jensen F...
Funeral service will be Friday at 11am at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7pm a...
A Bradenton, Minnesota man was arrested following a reported hit and run accident in Storm Lake last evening. The victim told...
The 2012 National Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization is kicking off today. Iowa’s city, county, and ...
Graveside service 11:00 Thursday at Oakland Cemetery, Sac City. No visitation. Arrangements by Farber and Otteman Funeral Hom...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen ...
Funeral service 10:00 Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:30-8pm Thursday at Fratzke and Jense...
The Storm Lake Public Safety Department announces the 2012 schedule and locations for their Summer Neighborhood Outreach Prog...
The Big Sioux River will swell above flood stage in Akron and Hawarden this week… but officials don't think it wil...
The city of Storm Lake will be conducting an intermediate hydrant flushing round beginning this Wednesday May 9th, which will...
Celebration of Life Memorial Service 2:30 Sunday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jense...
Thunderstorms rumbled across much of Iowa Tuesday night, with heavy rain, hail and high winds The storms brought heavy rain a...
An Alta woman escaped injury when the pickup she was driving went into the Des Moines River west of Emmetsburg Sunday. The Pa...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Albert City.
Funeral service 10:00 Monday at Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home, Alta. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral h...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department conducted a seat belt usage survey in Alta last month. The survey found 92-...
Memorial service 11:00 Wednesday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at the funeral h...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation with the family ...
Operation Prom was held Tuesday at the Storm Lake High School. A simulated re-creation of an alcohol-related car accident beg...
A close call Monday evening at a convenience store on the north side of Spencer. Firefighters were called to Cargo Express on...
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Memorial service 10:00 Saturday at the Storm Lake Cemetary. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
An Algona man was injured in a one-vehicle accident shortly after 6:00 Monday morning northeast of Auburn. The Sac County She...
An accident this past weekend near Dickens involving a farm implement claimed a life. The Clay County Sheriff's Office sa...
Rainfall for the 24 hours enging at 7am Sunday.Storm Lake .83Carroll 1.14Cherokee .52Holstein 1.24Rockwell City 2.72Sioux Cit...
A Newell woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident last Friday afternoon southeast of Storm Lake. The Buena Vista County Sh...
Two people received minor injuries in a traffic accident south of Storm Lake Sunday afternoon. The Buena Vista County Sheriff...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 1pm at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation with the family prese...
Memorial service 1:30 Saturday at Frtazke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service.
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at the Michael Loterbour-Powers Funeral Home, Pomeroy. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tursday at the fu...
.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BELIKELY TODAY. AS THE WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...HUMIDIT...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZEWA...
Minor injuries were reported Tuesday afternoon when a semi and a manure spreader tank collided on Highway 18 in Clay County. ...
The Storm Lake Public Safety Department is a recipient of Military Surplus Equipment. The department has acquired a military ...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Monday from 4:...
Memorial service 2:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 2:00-5:00 Saturday at the funeral hom...
Severe weather awareness week continues through the end of the week for the state of Iowa. Officials with the National Weathe...
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Streets in downtown Storm Lake were closed Thursday morning and businesses evacuated while a suspicious package was investiga...
In recognition of Severe Weather Awareness Week… April second through the sixth… and in an effort to promote pu...
A father and son were charged following an accident that occurred in Clay County this past Saturday. According to the Clay Co...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 3...
Thousands of gallons of contaminated water spilled at the Sara Lee Plant in Storm Lake Monday evening. Storm Lake Public Safe...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 11am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday from...
The Storm Lake Fire Department responded to two grass fires and a field fire over the weekend. One grass fire took place at ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the St Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 10:30am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. Visitation will be Monday from 6 ...
Funeral service will be Friday March 30th at 10:30am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. Visitation will be one ...
Buena Vista County is preparing for “Severe Weather Awareness Week” which has been designated for April 2nd throu...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 6...
A semi rollover led to the blocking of Highway 18 in Clay County early this morning. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office r...
A single vehicle rollover occurred two miles north of Sac City on M54 just before 11 o’clock Saturday morning. Accordin...
Funeral service will be Wednesday at 11am at St Marys Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 to 8pm...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 11:30am at the Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City. Visitation will be from 9:30am until servi...
There was minor damage when the Storm Lake Fire Department was called shortly after 5:30 Wednesday morning to a fire in the w...
The driver of a semi that rolled over last week causing a chemical spill east of Newell has been charged. The Buena Vista Cou...
Record-setting temperatures are in the forecast for the next several days, and although rain fell on Monday, the National Wea...
Some 250 law enforcement agencies from around the state will be taking part in this year’s second special Traffic Enfor...
...VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAYACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST...
Dry, warm and windy conditions have fire danger on the rise. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says gusty winds wil...
The rollover of a tractor-trailer owned by Packers Logistics of Kieler, Wisconsin, closed part of highway seven just east of ...
A Laurens teen was hospitalized after a one-vehicle accident blamed on road conditions Sunday afternoon. The Buena Vista Coun...
An Algona man died in a crash Monday morning crash in Palo Alto County. The state patrol says 47-year-old Ronnie Menneke was ...
A 15 year old Denison boy has received numerous chargesfollowing a single vehicle accident that occurred last Tuesdayafternoo...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:30-7:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident east of Linn Grove last Thursday, February 23rd. The Buena Vista County Sher...
The Iowa Department of Transportation is advising motorists that sustained wind speeds of 30 to 40 miles an hour and gusts be...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Je...
Memorial service 11:00 Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Sac City. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Farber and Otteman ...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THISEVENING...* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 1pm at the Schuchert Funeral Home in Spirit Lake.
The Storm Lake city council Monday evening approved on first reading an ordinance raising the speed limit on Vestal Street. T...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at the First Baptist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 7p...
Memorial service 10:30 Monday at Hope Evangelical Free Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the chur...
Additional charges have been filed in connection with a crash January 21st that claimed the life of Amanda Polzin, also known...
One person received minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident northeast of Rembrandt Monday morning. The Buena Vista County Sh...
An Albert City teen was injured in a one-car accident Monday morning. The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department says ...
Icy roads may be to blame for a traffic accident Monday night that claimed the lives of teenage brothers from Lake City. The ...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Thursday f...
The Storm Lake Fire Department is placing some new equipment and new technology into service. The fire department recently a...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday f...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 1pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Schaller. Visitation one hour before the ser...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Rembrandt. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 t...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 11am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Monday from ...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jense...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Early. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at Farber and Otteman Fune...
Funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 10:30am at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation with the f...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched at 6:30 Friday to a report of smoke in the basement at 416 Michigan Street. Fir...
Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin announced today that Storm Lake has been awarded over 12 million 872 thousand dollars by t...
Funeral service will be Monday at 11am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 to 5pm ...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was successful in hiring several new fire fighters in 2011 to nearly bring the department to f...
A man from Ute was killed in a car-semi accident two miles west of Charter Oak Tuesday morning. The state patrol says a semi ...
Funeral service 9:30 Saturday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation after 9:00 at the church. Arrangements ...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Sioux City. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at the church. ...
The Storm Lake city council and the Board of Supervisors Monday night met to discuss the speed limit on Vestal Street. The sp...
One person was killed and four were injured in a one-vehicle accident early Monday morning in Woodbury County. The state patr...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Investigation continues into a head-on crash near Bode in Humboldt County that killed two people and injured three. The state...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
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Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at the Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the ...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department has investigated seven accidents since last Friday blamed on adverse road c...
A single-vehicle crash over the weekend claimed the life of a rural Estherville woman. The victim… 32-year-old Amanda ...
A Schleswig woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning about three miles north of Denison. The state patrol sa...
Memorial service to be held at a later date. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Hom, Storm Lake.
FEMA has awarded two-point-nine million dollars to Iowa for repairing damages from storms and flooding. Raccoon Valley Electr...
Memorial service 10:30 Friday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral hom...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funer...
A Spencer man has died of injuries received in a single-vehicle crash Saturday near Primghar. The O'Brien County Sheriff's Of...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Rembrandt. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Memorial service 10:30 Saturday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation 9am until service time at the funeral home.
A Storm Lake man was arrested Tuesday evening following a hit-and-run accident in the 500-block of Oneida Street. Storm Lake ...
A pedestrian was injured when hit by a vehicle in downtown Storm Lake Saturday night. According to police, an officer on patr...
A celebration of life will be Sunday at 1pm at the AMVETSClub in Storm Lake. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lak...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 2pm at the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Lake View. Visitation will be from noon unti...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 6...
An Odebolt woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident southwest of Odebolt Wednesday morning. The Sac County Sheriff&rsqu...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-6:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jen...
The identity of a woman killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning near Newell has been released. The Buena Vista County ...
A business in Cherokee was heavily damaged by fire early Thursday morning. The Cherokee Fire Department was called about 2:30...
One person died, and two were injured in a two-vehicle accident at approximately 8:45 this morning near of Newell. According...
A Storm Lake house received considerable damage from a fire early Monday morning. The fire department was dispatched to 13 Pe...
A Rolfe man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Saturday morning. The state patrol says 28-year-old Levi Bransfield of Rolfe...
Three East Sac County High School students were hospitalized after a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon a mile north of...
The Storm Lake city council and the Buena Vista County Supervisors plan to meet next month to iron out difference over the sp...
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office investigated two accidents Monday morning caused by slick roads… with the driver...
An Odebolt man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning south of Kiron. Crawford County authorities say 41-year-ol...
A Glidden man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning four miles south of Breda. The state patrol says 81-year-ol...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Riverside Church in Linn Grove. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral...
Amid calls nationally for cell phone use to be banned in vehicles… Buena Vista County officials hope county employees ...
Memorial service 10:30 Friday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
An Albert City man was taken to the Spencer Hospital after a one-vehicle accident southeast of Linn Grove Sunday afternoon. T...
A Holstein man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Monday evening a mile-and-a-half east of Galva. The Sac County Sheriff&r...
The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office has released more information in a fatal shooting incident at a rural Kingsley res...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Three people were injured in a near head-on collision Saturday evening two-and-a-half miles south of Auburn on highway 71. Th...
A Fort Dodge man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning three miles south of Manson. The state patrol says 59-ye...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday fro...
The snow last weekend caused numerous traffic accidents in Buena Vista County… but no injuries were reported. The Buen...
Electrical wiring is believed to be the cause of a house in Storm Lake Tuesday morning. The Storm Lake fire department was di...
Funeral service will be Wednesday at 10am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Tuesday from ...
Funeral service will be Monday at 2pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be from 12noon un...
Citizens are asked to prepare for Winter Driving Conditions as snow is predicted this weekend.Storm Lake Public Safety is ask...
Funeral service 2:30 Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
A Wall Lake man was injured in an accident Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of highways 86 and 71 on the north edge of...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. The family will greet friends Thursda...
Buena Vista County and the city of Storm Lake disagree on the speed limit for the newly-paved Vestal Street. The speed limit ...
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative has been awarded two-and-a-half million dollars by the U.S. Department of Homeland Securi...
The Storm Lake Public Safety Department this week is launching a program to check on residents during periods of severe weath...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to 110 Birch Street in Lakeside Sunday afternoon, where a fire was reported beh...
A Cherokee man was killed in a one-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Calhoun County. The state patrol says 39-year-old James...
A Missouri man was injured in a hunting accident Friday morning two miles north of Dickens. The Clay County Sheriff’s O...
Graveside service 1:00 Saturday at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake. Visitation 7:00-8:00 pm Friday at Sliefert...
An Ayrshire woman was killed in a car-semi accident Sunday afternoon east of Spencer. The Clay County Sheriff’s Departm...
The Storm Lake Police Association’s annual Gloves Of Love program will get underway this Monday. This is the sixth year...
A rural Pocahontas woman died last weekend of injuries received in a house fire. The Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Depart...
Funeral service 10:00 Thursday at Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home, Alta. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral...
Funeral service 3:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 1:00-3:00 Wednesday at the funeral ...
Residents in nine counties in northwest Iowa are being warned not to set fire to those piles of leaves they've raked -- or an...
Charges were filed after Storm Lake police early Sunday morning were dispatched to Malarky’s Night Club on Flindt Drive...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
...EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. EXTREME WEATHER CON...
Funeral service at 12noon Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 pm Friday at Fratzke and J...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 t...
The city of Storm Lake is seeking FEMA grants to pay for new outdoor warning sirens and an emergency generator for the fire s...
More than 100 rural Iowa fire departments received 240-thousand dollargrants to help protect Iowans and their property from w...
An accident involving a backhoe has claimed the life of Sibley man.The Osceola County Sheriff's Office says authorities were ...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDTTHIS EVENING.* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 11am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Monday from ...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10am at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. There will be no visitation.
Rainfall as of noon on Wednesday.Storm Lake.10Carroll.22Fort Dodge.08Rockwell City.11Sioux City.03Spencer.03Wall Lake.06
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City. Visitation will be from 9am u...
Two people were injured in an accident involving a semi hitting pedestrians in Rockwell City Monday night. The state patrol s...
A Marcus man died in a pickup-semi accident south of Marcus Monday morning. The state patrol says 83-year-old Donald Sanow of...
A teen from Lake View was killed along with two others in a fiery crash in northwest Missouri early Saturday morning. The Mis...
The Storm Lake Fire Department reminds citizens to use appropriate precautions during this heating season, as temperatures ar...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 4...
Funeral service will be Wednesday at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 t...
The Storm Lake Fire Department responded to a grass fire that was burning near some buildings by Buzz’s Salvage just be...
A fire at Buzz’s Salvage at 856 560th Street in Storm Lake over the weekend caused thousands of dollars in damage. The ...
Storm Lake Public Safety is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Don Keeler of All Saints Episcopal Church in Storm La...
Funeral service will be Monday at 11am at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Stor...
Funeral service 10:00 Saturday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Friday at the funeral home.
A Sac City woman was injured and charged after a one-vehicle accident early last Friday morning. The Buena Vista County Sheri...
Graveside service 2:00 Friday at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetary, Storm Lake. Visitation from noon until service time at F...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30 at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 7pm...
The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced that the U.S. Department Agriculture has designated 60 Iowa counties that are part...
Storm Lake Public Safety (Fire and Police) will be launching a new Storm Lake Public Safety Explorer’s Program in conju...
The kindergartners from Storm Lake Elementary School made visits to the Storm Lake Fire Station this week. As the students a...
A Spencer teen was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident on the east side of Spencer Wednesday evening. The Clay County...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a request from the governor for an ag disaster designation for 27 Iowa counti...
A motorcycle accident in Sac County Saturday afternoon sent the driver to the hospital. Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure says 6...
One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in the 1100-block of East Third Street in Storm Lake. Respo...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City.
The Iowa Department of Transportation has opened bids for the highway 175/Decatur, Nebraska bridge project in Monona County. ...
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THISEVENING.* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. ...
A burn ban is in effect in most area counties… and northwest Iowa remains under a “red flag” warning until...
Two Albert City fire trucks collided last Friday afternoon after they were dispatched to fight a field fire. The Buena Vista ...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS U...
A 12-year-old boy was killed in an ATV accident five miles northwest of Sioux Center Tuesday afternoon. The Sioux County Sher...
A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS...
This year’s devastating flooding on the Missouri River caused an estimated 207-million dollars in lost crop sales and r...
A Spencer woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Clay County on Saturday morning. The Clay County Sheriff’s Dep...
At 2:46 Thursday afternoon, the Early Fire Department was called to 240th Street and highway 71 a mile south of Early for a r...
A county-wide disaster drill was conducted Wednesday afternoon at two locations in Buena Vista County. At five o’clock ...
An elderly man from Hull died Monday afternoon in a tractor accident.The Sioux County Sheriff’s Department says 81-year...
A woman from Smithland was killed in a motorcycle crash near Hornick in Woodbury County Sunday night. The sheriff’s dep...
Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident Friday evening on highway 71 south of highway three near Truesdale. The Buen...
A motorcycle accident Saturday on Interstate 90 west of Luverne, Minnesota injured two people from northwest Iowa. The Minnes...
Two kids playing with matches are blamed for a fire at the Storm Lake Public Library Saturday afternoon. Fire chief Mike Jone...
A single-engine aircraft crashed west of the LeMars airport on Saturday night. According to the Le Mars Fire Department, the ...
A two car accident on Highway 20 in Hardin County Saturday morning claimed the life of the driver and injured two people, one...
The Iowa Department of Transportation Friday night reopened Interstate 29 from milepost 55 in Council Bluffs to milepost 71 n...
Governor Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff until 8:00 Monday morning in honor of volunteer ...
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department has released more information on a three-vehicle accident that claimed four li...
An Oklahoma man died in a single vehicle accident that reportedly took place in Pocahontas County Wednesday afternoon just af...
Some construction work caused power outages in the South Shore and Bel Air areas south of Storm Lake Wednesday. According to ...
One driver was charged after a two-car accident last Saturday afternoon south of Albert City. The Buena Vista County Sheriff&...
Rainfall Tuesday morning.Storm Lake.01Carroll.07Fort Dodge.02Holstein.08Pocahontas.06Rockwell City.07Sac City.05Spencer.04
A Cherokee County teen died in a one-vehicle accident early Sunday morning. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department sa...
A Galva woman was injured in a car-semi accident Wednesday afternoon at the west junction of highways 20 and 59 south of Hols...
A Pocahontas business has agreed to pay an 11-thousand dollar civil penalty after being cited by the Environmental Protection...
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in an accident in Pocahontas County last Thursday afternoon. The state patrol says 33-ye...
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single vehicle accident Friday afternoon at the intersection of high...
A two-vehicle collision at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at an intersection in Clay County claimed two lives. The Clay County Sheri...
About four-million dollars is available for counties in Iowa for severe weather damage received during the wind storm and tor...
The bridge on highway 175 linking Onawa with Decatur, Nebraska will remain closed. The Iowa Department of Transportation says...
A two-year-old boy was killed in an accident on his family’s farm near Ruthven. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Of...
A Wall Lake man was injured in a single vehicle accident that occurred last Friday night, just before 11:30, east of Wall Lak...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 11am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Hom...
Funeral service 10:00 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the churc...
Two people received possible injuries in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning north of Rembrandt. The Buena Vista County She...
Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident five miles northwest of Truesdale last Wednesday afternoon, August 24th. Th...
One driver was taken to the hospital and the other was charged after a two-vehicle accident in Alta last Wednesday morning, A...
A man from Moorhead was killed Friday in a tractor rollover accident. The Monona County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old Dav...
A Nebraska man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Plymouth County Sunday afternoon. The state patrol says 52-year-old Pat...
Funeral service 11:00 Monday at Hope Evangelical Free Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the churc...
A Storm Lake woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident in downtown Storm Lake. According to police, the accident occurred a...
Funeral service 10:00 Saturday at the Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratz...
We have a correction to a story that aired on KAYL/KKIA Tuesday… concerning an accident involving Janice Dau of Calume...
Memorial service 10:30 Saturday at Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home, Holstein. No visitation.
Funeral service 2:30 Saturday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation from 1:00 to service time at the funeral home.
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Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 pm Tuesday at Fratzke and J...
Funeral service 11:00 Tuesday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Ida Grove. Visitation from 9:00 until service time Tuesday...
A Storm Lake woman was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident in Odebolt on Tuesday afternoon. The state patrol s...
A Manning man was killed when his van collided head-on with a semi in Carroll County Monday morning. The state patrol says 80...
Several charges were filed against one driver Friday afternoon after Storm Lake police investigated an accident at Railroad a...
A northwest Iowa man was killed in a rollover accident early Sunday east of Estherville. Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens s...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake airport 1.26Storm Lake downtown .65EsthervilletraceHolstein.08LeM...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
A Linn Grove woman was injured in an accident which involved two vehicles on Thursday of last week in Storm Lake. The acciden...
Funeral service 2:00 Saturday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation noon until 2pm Saturday at the funera...
The City of Storm Lake will be closing Grand Avenue from W. 4th Street to Peterson Drive on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 7:00am...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Friends may call the Fratzke and Jensen F...
The City of Storm Lake enjoyed another successful National Night Out Tuesday night as about 800 people joined together throug...
The automated weather system at the Storm Lake Municipal Airport that provides weather conditions is out of service again. Ci...
A rural Lytton woman was injured in a single vehicle accident Monday afternoon west of Lytton. The Sac County Sheriff’s...
Storm Lake Public Safety reports that twenty one (21) block parties have been scheduled throughout the community for the 2011...
Both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Ida County last Friday afternoon. The state patrol says a car driven b...
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann… in a campaign stop Sunday afternoon in Storm Lake … said she is opposed to rais...
A casino in northwest Iowa is back open, seven weeks after being closed because of the Missouri River flooding. There’s...
The Storm Lake Public Safety Outreach Program will be on location in the 600 and 700 blocks of West Eighth Street Friday even...
The Storm Lake Fire Department Wednesday afternoon was called to a boat on fire with two occupants just off the Frank Starr P...
Funeral service 11:00 Thursday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:30-8:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jen...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Bill McCabe Talks With Chris Boeckman About Upcoming State Tournament (mp3)
Funeral service Monday at 10:30am at St. John's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 8pm at the...
Click to see June 2011 Storm Lake Public Safety Report
The Storm Lake Public Safety Department will once again be participating in the "National Night Out" event, which i...
A fiery crash early Saturday on Highway 18 in Palo Alto County sent four people to the hospital. The Palo Alto County Sheriff...
Postgame comments from Storm Lake baseball coach Bill McCabe after the Tornadoes beat Sergeant Bluff Luton 4-3 in 10 innings ...
A power transformer problem caused a power outage in a portion of Storm Lake for about an hour Sunday evening. Shortly after ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 2pm at the Presbyterian Church in Central City Nebraska. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative advises everyone to be mindful of the electric hazards that the high lake levels can cause, a...
A fire that heavily damaged a Storm Lake house on June seventh has been ruled arson. Police and fire officials originally rep...
Two people were killed and two injured in a two-vehicle accident in Palo Alto County Thursday morning. The state patrol says ...
Iowa highway 196 and Sac County Road N-14 now has a permanent 19-foot-one-inch height restriction under the newly constructed...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home.
A Lake City woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Monday morning in Carroll County. The state patrol says 19-year-...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5...
A Peterson man was injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday night, a half-mile west of Peterson on highway ten. The state patr...
Memorial service 1:30 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Flooding losses that began in May have resulted in the USDA declaring six Iowa counties as natural disaster areas. US Ag Secr...
Funeral service 10:00 Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Stor...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10am at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home i...
One driver was injured in a two-vehicle accident at highway 71 and D-37 five miles south of Early Friday morning. The Sac Cou...
A Sioux City man was killed Thursday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 29 near Onawa. The State Patrol says 2...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. The Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in...
The Iowa Department of Transportation is reporting work on installation of the flood barrier wall along the south side of hig...
The effort by state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies to enforce Iowa’s boating while intoxicated law as par...
Several highways remain closed due to Missouri River flooding.Most are in the Omaha area or south of Council Bluffs.The DOT s...
Funeral service 10:00 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
A Charter Oak man was trapped in a Danbury grain bin for almost four hours on Tuesday. Forty-seven year-old John Readman was ...
An Albert City teen was injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Marathon. The Buena Vista County Sheriff’...
A Le Mars man died after a collision west of Cherokee Tuesday morning. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office reports a truck d...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Thursday at the funeral hom...
An Early man was injured in a one-vehicle accident northeast of Early Monday morning. Sac County Sheriff’s Office says ...
Due to the recent storm and winds which caused significant damage throughout Sac City… the city will be providing free...
Heavy rain and high winds combines to cause downed trees, power outages, and flooded roads across northwest Iowa Sunday night...
Memorial service 2:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at the funeral h...
The driver of a car involved in an accident in the two-thousand block of West Fifth Street in Storm Lake last month that inju...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department has completed its investigation into an accident near Marathon Sunday after...
Storm Lake Fire fighters were out in force Tuesday evening installing smoke detectors in homes as part of the State Fire Mars...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY.* AT 05AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.99 F...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm ...
A 17-year-old Fort Dodge girl was killed Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident near Marathon. The Buena Vista County She...
Funeral service 2:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the ...
The first of three Neighborhood Outreach evenings was held in Storm Lake Friday Public safety director Mark Prosser says the ...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10am at the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City.There will be no visitation.
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 10:30am at the St John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Monday from 2 to ...
FEMA has awarded 14-point-eight million dollars to Iowa for weather-related repairs. The funds from the Public Assistance Gra...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10am at St. Marys Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 8pm at...
State officials say a child started a fire in a mobile home that killed a two-year-old boy in Milford last month. Dustin Lade...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8...
Road construction activities on highway 59 between highways 30 and 141 near Denison will cause traffic to be intermittently r...
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office investigated two separate motorcycle accidents on Saturday. Sheriff Ken McClure says t...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.* AT 9AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18...
Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident near Curlew in Palo Alto County Friday morning. The state patrol says a ca...
A power pole on fire caused an electrical outage on the west side of Storm Lake Thursday night. The Storm Lake Fire Departmen...
A fire that damaged a home in Storm Lake Tuesday afternoon may be suspicious in nature. Storm Lake fire chief Mike Jones says...
A man from Rolfe was injured when severe winds Tuesday afternoon blew over his motorcycle. The state patrol says 19-year-old ...
Funeral service 3:30 Friday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Thursday in the Fireside room a...
Iowa's Keepers of the Land AmeriCorps members have been deployed to help in flooded areas along the Missouri in the coming we...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Thursday at the funeral...
Storm Lake superintendant Dr. Paul Tedesco announced Monday that Craig Lyon will take over the head coaching duties for the S...
As the 100th year anniversary of the Office of the State Fire Marshall approaches, it is the goal of the fire service to chec...
MidAmerican Energy continues to prepare for flooding in western Iowa.Company officials say they’re in the process of ma...
A single vehicle accident sent two people to the hospital Monday morning. The Sac County Sheriff’s office says the acci...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at the funeral h...
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident a mile-and-a-half south of Wall Lake Saturday evening. The Sac County Sheri...
Funeral Service 11:00 Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, Marathon. Visitation one hour before the service at the church. Arr...
A Sac City woman was injured in a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon three-and-a-quarter miles east of Nemaha on D-15. The ...
The deadline to apply for USDA assistance with tornado cleanup in Buena Vista County is next Friday, June tenth. County FSA d...
A car-motorcycle collision Wednesday at the intersection of county roads N-26 and A-34 west of Wallingford claimed the life o...
Storm Lake Public Safety is asking motorists and citizens to be vigilant for increased pedestrian and bicycle traffic during ...
Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident in the 2000 block of West Fifth Street in Storm Lake early Sunday morning. ...
Funeral service 1:30 Thursday at Faith United Assembly of God Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 at Fratzke and Jensen ...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jens...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Ida Grove. Visitation one hour before the service at the fu...
Funeral service 11:00 Tuesday at the Lentz Funeral Home, Burt. Visitation 10:00 until service time at the funeral home.
Funeral service 2:00 Sunday at St. John Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the church. Ar...
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THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.* AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jense...
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Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm ...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at Bethel Baptist Church, Newell. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Ho...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF NORTH...
Memorial service 2:00 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 1:30-2:00 Saturday at the funeral h...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fune...
Memorial service 2:00 Tuesday at Witter Chapel, Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funera...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.* AT 05AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 1...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A* FLOOD WARNING FORTHE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM SUNDAY...
The Buena Vista County Emergency Management Commission has hired Aimee Barritt as Emergency Management Coordinator. Aimee wil...
Funeral service 1:00 Saturday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Storm Lake. No visitation.
Memorial service 11:00 Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, ...
A tornado reportedly touched down shortly after six Wednesday evening north of Hawarden. National Weather Service meteorologi...
A structure was destroyed by a hay fire that was reported to the Buena Vista County Communications Center just before 4pm on ...
Graveside service 10:30 Saturday at Little Sioux Cemetary, rural Rembrandt. Luncheon will follow at Fratzke and Jensen Funera...
High temperatures on Monday.Storm Lake91(new record high, previous 89 in 1963)Battle Creek93Cherokee91Orange City97Rockwell C...
A Sac City woman was injured and arrested in an accident Friday afternoon in Storm Lake. According to police, the accident ha...
A fire Saturday morning at a mobile home in Milford claimed the life of a child. Milford Fire Chief Jim Carpenter says firefi...
President Obama has approved a federal disaster declaration for six area counties. Governor Terry Branstad requested the dec...
The Early Fire Department shortly after noon Thursday was called to a farmstead at 2650 Gard Avenue, southwest of Early&helli...
A fire has destroyed a home and business near Sac City.The Sac City Fire Department was called to 2570 Union Avenue, northeas...
No one was injured in a house fire early Thursday morning in Storm Lake. The fire department was called to 223 Cayuga Street ...
Memorial service 1:30 Saturday at St. John's United Church of Christ, rural Storm Lake. Arrangements by Sliefert Funeral Home...
The Storm Lake city council has approved a permanent easement for property on the north side of the Field of Dreams… w...
Combine damage by Pocahontas County tornado (National Weather Service photo)Storm Lake students help with cleanup efforts (SL...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at the Church of Christ in Alta. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home,...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Mapleton is running out of space to store donated items received in the wake of the tremendous tornado damage the town receiv...
A woman from Marathon was charged after a one-car accident last Saturday afternoon north of Marathon. The Buena Vista County ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 1:30pm at the St. John's Lutheran Church of Storm Lake. Visitation will be one hour prior...
Farms in Buena Vista County which suffered damage from the tornados and storms of April ninth may be eligible for emergency a...
Funeral service 2:00 Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Saturday at Redig Funeral Home, Aureli...
Senator Chuck Grassley has asked President Obama to grant the request made by Governor Terry Branstad for a declaration of a ...
As the spring planting season begins, the Iowa Department of Transportation is urging motorists and farm vehicle operators to...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10am at St. Marys Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 8pm,...
Officers from around the area took part in the “Advance Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement” Training Program a...
A single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Osceola County claimed the life of a Spirit Lake man. The Osceola County Sheriff'...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation from 9:30 to service time at the church....
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING.* AT 06AM THUR...
A fire at the Crossroads Motel this morning caused thousands of dollars in damage. According to the Buena Vista County Sherif...
An emergency declaration was approved Tuesday morning by the Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors… which will allow...
Fourteen St. Mary’s High School National Honor Society and Student Council members braved the cold temperatures and wor...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM THURSD...
Memorial service 2:30 Wednesday at Cedar Cemetery in Fonda.
Memorial service at a later date. Arrangements by Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City.
Memorial service 3:00 Tuesday at Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Sliefert Funeral Home, St...
Funeral service will be Monday at 1pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be held from 11am...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
FLOOD WARNING FORTHE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM MONDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.* AT 10AM FRIDAY THE STAGE W...
Students from several high schools have spent the past couple of days helping tornado victims in area counties. Over 900 stud...
Kirsten Bielen, a sophomore elementary education major from Redwood Falls, Minn., was one of the BVU students volunteers help...
Five fire departments were called out early Tuesday morning to fight a blaze at a Cherokee plant. The fire was reported about...
The Buena Vista Secondary Road Department has been busy clearing debris from county ditches since Saturday night’s seve...
Link to National Weather Service Tornado Track Maps and Damage PhotosTrack of Tornado,from National Weather Service
Bridge construction work on highway 20 at highway four near Rockwell City is restricting traffic to one lane until Thursday, ...
Storm Lake boys beat Unity Christian 4-0. Victor Aviles scored 2 goals. The Storm Lake girls lost to Unity Christian 4-0.
Buena Vista County received significant damage in the southeast corner of county due to the storms that covered Ida, Sac, Bue...
Funeral service 2:00 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the ch...
Clean up efforts continue in Sac County after four tornadoes Saturday night caused considerable damage. Sac County Emergency ...
An Ocheyedan man has died of injuries received in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Lyon County. The Lyon County S...
About 60-percent of Mapleton was damaged or destoyed Saturday night by what the weatherservice described as a EF-three tornad...
A supercell developed over northeast Nebraska Saturday evening and produced several tornadoes over northwest Iowa. One tornad...
The National Weather Service survey of severe weather for Sac County indicates four tornadoes on Saturday. The first tornado ...
Governor Terry Branstad has declared disaster emergencies in Monona and Pocahontas Counties in the wake of a weekend storm. B...
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative with help from seven other cooperatives are working to restore power in Sac County as soo...
Disaster struck during the late evening hours Saturday, leaving many area residents without a place to call home.High winds a...
Memorial service 10:30 Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, St...
A Denison woman… injured last week when a car drove into a nursing home… has died of those injuries. Denison po...
Area fire chiefs are issuing their annual reminder about the dangers of grass fires. Now that the snow is gone and with a lot...
The City of Storm Lake will participate in a state-wide voluntary tornado drill on Wednesday morning… part of Severe W...
We have a correction to a story airing Friday on KKIA and KAYL.The Iowa State Patrol Friday afternoon updated information rel...
Funeral service 2:30 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Newell. Visitation one hour before the service at the funer...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office has completed its investigation into a two-vehicle accident north of Rembrandt ...
Due to the resignation last week of Robert Christsensen from the position of Buena Vista County Emergency Management Coordina...
A Linn Grove man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday morning in O’Brien County. The sheriff’s department...
The state patrol has released additional information on a crash last Friday that took the life of a Storm Lake woman. The acc...
Funeral service will be Wednesday at 1:30pm at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 t...
The Storm Lake fire department was dispatched to a grass fire Sunday afternoon northeast of Storm Lake. Fire fighters determi...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Memorial service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the chur...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Schaller. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 5pm...
AWOL students in Washington DC. Check out BVU's blogs at www.bvu.edu/bloggers Every spring, many Buena Vista University stude...
Lindsey and Luke Harwath in Tokyo, April 2010. (Phone from Buena Vista University.) A Buena Vista University graduate has ret...
While recovery efforts continue following the 2008 and 2010 floods, melting snow, rainfall and warming temperatures are causi...
A girl received life-threatening injuries in an ATV accident near Le Mars over the weekend. The Plymouth County Sheriff&rsquo...
Memorial service 1:00 Wednesday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Ida Grove. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tuesday and 11:00 until ...
One man is dead after an accident in northwest Iowa yesterday morning. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office reports that shor...
Funeral service 10:00 Monday at the First Baptist Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Funer...
Private graveside service Saturday at Oakland Cemetary, Sac City. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Farber and Otteman Funeral H...
A Fonda woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday morning west of Storm Lake. The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL T...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* AT 07PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.* FLOOD STAGE I...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* AT 08AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.* FLOOD STAGE I...
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in the 11-hundred block of East Firth Street in Storm Lake Wednesday morn...
Service 10:00am Saturday at the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City. Visitation will be one hour prior to service Sat...
Service Saturday 10:30 at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Friday 4:30 to 7:30pm at the Fratzke and Jens...
An accident in Clay County leads to the arrest of two men for assault. Clay County Deputies responded to the scene of an acci...
Funeral service 10:00 Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-9:00 Friday at Sliefert Funeral Hom...
Funeral service 1:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. No visitation.
Two people were killed and one injured in a crash west of Holstein in Ida County Monday morning. The state patrol says 55-yea...
A Sioux City man died Sunday morning after he was ejected from his vehicle on a Woodbury County road northwest of Smithland. ...
Memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Nain Lutheran Church, Newell. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Funeral service 1:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the fun...
Memorial service 4:00 Thursday at All Saints Episcopal Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, S...
Funeral service Thursday 11am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Wednesday 5-8pm at Fratzke and Je...
A seven-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was hit by a school bus Monday afternoon in Odebolt. The Sac County Sher...
(Photos from the Clay County Sheriff's Office) The driver of a semi tractor trailer was injured after the semi overturned yes...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to an electrical fire early Sunday morning. Fire chief Mike Jones says firefigh...
There were no injuries when the Storm Lake Fire Department fought a house fire in Storm Lake Saturday evening. According to f...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Alert Message has been issued by the Storm Lake Public Safety.Friday February 25, 2011 8:10 AM CSTStorm Lake Public Safety if...
Three people received minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident in Clay County Monday afternoon. The Clay County sheriff&rsquo...
Ed Podolak, a former University of Iowa and Kansas City Chief football standout and current radio analyst for Iowa football, ...
Funeral service 12noon Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at the Storm Lake El...
Flood warnings have been issued along portion of the Little Sioux River… and also for eastern Buena Vista County. The ...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called early Tuesday morning to an apartment at 605 Superior Street… where the smel...
Funeral service 1:00 Monday at Summit Evangelical Free Church in Alta. Visitation 2:00-7:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fune...
Funeral service 10:00 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Sac City. Visitation 6:00-8:30 Tuesday at Farber and Ottema...
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 the family of Carl “Junior” Peterson presented Fire Chief Mike Jones with a plaque...
Funeral Service 2:00 Saturday at the Kingdom Hall in Storm Lake. No visitation. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Ho...
Funeral service 10:30 Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
A northwest Iowa teen was killed in a traffic accident this (Friday) morning near Sheldon. The Sioux County Sheriff's office...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home, Pocahontas. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation one hour before the service at the church....
Funeral service 11:00 Thursday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jense...
There was minor damage from a fire at a Storm Lake residence early Sunday morning. The Fire Department was dispatched to 312 ...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at the funeral home.
The Storm Lake boys basketball team led from wire to wire and beat Emmetsburg 69-58 Thursday night at Tornadoe fieldhouse. Mi...
A large, new machine shed received extensive damage in a fire Monday afternoon southwest of Early. The Early Fire Department ...
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative had several outages in the Odebolt and Schaller areas due to problems with the transmissi...
The Storm Lake police department set a new record for service calls last year. According to the department’s annual rep...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday, February 12th, at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen ...
Funeral service 2:00 Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the church. Ar...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sac City. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Fun...
The Storm Lake Fire and Police Departments were dispatched to King’s Pointe Resort Saturday night… resulting in ...
One driver was injured in a two-vehicle accident at East Milwaukee Avenue and Oneida Street in Storm Lake Monday afternoon. A...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at the funeral...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched about 5:20 Monday afternoon to an apartment at 523 Russell Street. Fire chief M...
Funeral service 11:00 Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-7:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Funeral service 1:00 Wednesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 2:00-8:00 Tuesday at Redig Funeral Home,...
Three people… including a Laurens man… were injured when a semi and an SUV collided northeast of Fort Dodge abo...
There were no injuries when a Newell-Fonda school bus and a propane truck collided Thursday afternoon in Pocahontas. Accordin...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Friday at Sliefert Funeral Home, St...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at the Storm Lake UnitedMethodist Church. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen ...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the church. Arra...
Funeral service 10:30 Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jense...
Funeral service 2:00 Saturday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at the funeral home.
A fatal car crash northeast of Auburn is under investigation by the Sac County sheriff’s department. Sheriff Ken McClur...
One of two house fires Wednesday in Spirit Lake that occurred within minutes of each other proved deadly. The first call came...
The Storm Lake girls and boys basketball teams were defeated at Emmetsburg Monday night.The E-Hawks beat Storm Lake in the gi...
Funeral service 2:00 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Sac City. Visitation 6:00-8:30 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman...
A house received extensive damage, as a result of a fire over the weekend. The Storm Lake Fire Department responded to the fi...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
The state patrol has released more information about an accident that took the life of a Burt man on Monday afternoon. The pa...
A collision of two semis early Wednesday morning at the intersection of Highway 18 and 130th Avenue west of Spencer sent one ...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. visitation 6:30-7:30 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
A Spencer fast food restaurant nearly wound up with a second drive-through last Thursday evening. Spencer police say Annette ...
A near head-on collision claimed a life in Palo Alto County Monday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports a car driven by 6...
A Candle Light Funeral Service 5:30 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Wednesday a...
A former Fonda man drowned Sunday afternoon in Fonda while trying to rescue his dog. According to Fonda Police Chief Alex Leu...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home, Sac City. Visitation 9:00 until service time Tuesday at th...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 3:00-6:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Memorial service 1:00 Thursday, December 30, at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Funeral service 10:30 Thursday at the Shared Ministry of Rolfe. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Wednesday at Powers Funeral Home, Rolfe.
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 3:00-5:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
A man from Ida County was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash three-and-a-half miles west of Holstein on highway 20 Tues...
A bomb threat was made at the Storm Lake High School Tuesday morning. Storm Lake public safety director Mark Prosser says the...
Three people were injured in a three-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon northwest of Early. The Sac County Sheriff’s D...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Hope Evangelical Free Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
A Sac County Deputy Sheriff received minor injuries Sunday afternoon when his patrol unit was struck from behind during the b...
Service Monday at 10:30 at Hope Evengelical Free Church in Storm Lake. Visitation one hour prior to service at the church.
Storm Lake Public Safety is now accepting applications for the 2011 Citizens Police Academy. The CPA is a thirteen week curri...
Service Tuesday 1pm at Christiansen Huffman Funeral Home in Sac City. Visitation Tuesday 11am until time of service at the fu...
The Storm Lake Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of transmission fluid that spilled onto the roadway near the...
A Sioux Rapids man suffered minor injuries as a result of a two-vehicle collision this past Thursday. The Clay County Sheriff...
Funeral Service Saturday 10:30 at St Marys Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Friday 5-7pm at Fratzke and Jensen Funer...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation two hours before the service at the chur...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau, in cooperation with U.S. Forest Service, has awarded 236-thousand d...
A Cherokee County native was killed in a crash of a single-engine airplane near Stanton in northeast Nebraska. The Stanton Co...
A Laurens man was killed in a head-on collision with a semi Monday morning west of Laurens. Pocahontas County Sheriff Bob Lam...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a minor fire at King’s Pointe Resort Friday afternoon. Fire fighters w...
A two-vehicle collision late Friday afternoon on Highway 71 at Lake Street in Arnolds Park claimed the life of a Milford woma...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
Service 10:00 Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Service to be held at a later date. Arrangements by Turner Jenness Family Funeral Homes, Spirit Lake.
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Friday at Sliefert Funeral Hom...
Memorial service 11:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Wednesday at the funeral...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:30-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Stor...
A two vehicle collision occurred on Friday, which was the result of a trailer coming unhooked from a truck. The Clay County S...
Service Thursday at 11am at Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation Wednesday 5 to 8pm at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 1:00-5:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Funeral service 1:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Monday at the funeral home.
A Sutherland woman received minor injuries in an accident in a construction zone on highway 71 near Rembrandt Wednesday morni...
Two people were taken to the hospital after a one-car accident last Wednesday, October 27th, north of Storm Lake. The Buena V...
Memorial service 1:00 Friday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Albert City.
Two teens were taken to the hospital after a one-vehicle accident on 630th Street in Buena Vista County Monday morning. The s...
Funeral service 1:30 Thursday at Schaller Chapel, Buena Vista University Campus. Visitation 1:00-8:00 Wednesday at Fratzke an...
Memorial service 11:00 Thursday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. A time of gathering Wednesday 4:00-7:00 at the chu...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Funeral service 11:00 Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Storm Lake. Visitation 2:00-8:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Some Iowa soybean farmers who suffered weather-related losses are eligible for disaster assistance. Iowa Farm Service Agency ...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors Tuesday approved the final reading of the county’s floodplain ordinance. Zoning admi...
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Schaller Monday afternoon. The Sac County Sheriff’s Department s...
A Sunday afternoon fire that heavily damaged a house in Casino Beach was accidental in nature. Investigators from the Storm L...
There was major fire damage to a house in Casino Beach Sunday afternoon. Storm Lake fire chief Mike Jones says firefighters w...
A fire in a corn field last Wednesday afternoon south of Storm Lake rekindled on Friday afternoon. The Storm Lake Fire Depart...
A Storm Lake man faces several charges after police Friday evening investigated an erratic driver in the 700-block of Elmwood...
Funeral service 1:30 Tuesday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
A Fonda native and her husband were killed in a collision last week in Louisiana. Fifty-eight year-old Joann Fulcher Walden a...
Two northwest Iowa counties are under burn bans.The state fire marshal’s office Thursday banned all open burning in Cla...
Four fire departments Wednesday afternoon were called to a corn field fire south of Storm Lake. The large fire was in a field...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen...
A time of gathering Sunday 2:00-4:00 with a memorial service at 4:30, at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident southeast of Storm Lake Sunday afternoon. The state patrol says the accid...
Farmers are urged to take fire safety precautions as the harvest season continues. The Department of Natural Resources says f...
One driver was injured in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of highways 110 and seven in Storm Lake last Thursday mo...
Common sense is urged in doing any burning in the area.Buena Vista County Emergency Management director Bob Christensen says ...
Celebration of Life Service at 11:00 Saturday at the Schaller United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:00 to 8:00 Friday at Frat...
A Sibley man was killed in a two-vehicle collision in O’Brien County Friday evening. The state patrol says a car driven...
Service 1:00 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sac City. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Monday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Ho...
Memorial service 10:30 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
The Storm Lake Police and Fire Departments Thursday morning were dispatched to the intersection of North Lake Avenue and Sale...
Wednesday afternoon, the Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a corn field fire at 105th Avenue and 570th Street, nor...
Alta students will be collecting cans Thursday October 8 from 9 am until noon. All cans collected will go towards the Sipple ...
Service 10:30 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Friday at the funeral home.
Service 10:30 Friday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Thursday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Storm Lake...
Service 10:30 Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 1:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Hom...
Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Fostoria. The state patrol says a pickup driven by 22-...
Road construction work on the shoulder of highway 59 will restrict the traffic to one lane between highway three and Cherokee...
Two people reported possible injuries after a one-car accident southeast of Sioux Rapids Sunday afternoon. The Buena Vista Co...
Four people were injured in a two-car accident Monday afternoon east of Ida Grove. The state patrol says a car driven by 15-y...
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THELITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVETHE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FORTHE LITTLE SIOUX RIVE...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER.* AT 10AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.* FLOOD STAGE IS 1...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors have approved on first reading the county’s floodplain ordinance. Zoning administrat...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER.* AT 01PM ...
A Texas woman has died of injuries received in a traffic accident in Clay County in July. According to the Clay County Sherif...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER.* AT 07AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 11.4 FEET.* FLO...
ISU Extension in Buena Vista county is looking for families to participate in a free nutrition program, designed to teach peo...
The Hobie 20 North American Championship Sailboart Regatta is underway in Storm Lake…with 14 of the nation’s bes...
An Aurelia man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday night. The state patrol reports 59-year-old Timothy Nelson was...
Service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:30-8pm Friday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Ho...
Senior Katie Vondrak (Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan) was in double figures in kills for the fifth straight match, but it was...
Memoral service 2pm Friday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Service 10am Friday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Albert City. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home.
A Chamber Coffee for PTMonth will be held Wednesday October 6, 10:30-11 AM in the Fritcher Rehab Center at BVRMC in Storm Lak...
Service 1pm Thursday at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4-7 pm Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home,...
Two applications totaling nearly five million dollars made by Storm Lake for state I-Jobs dollars have been turned down. The ...
Memorial service 1pm Saturday at Sliefert Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the funeral hom...
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In the preparation for Hurricane Issac many people made plans and evacuated the area. An Alabama man sent his family away to ...