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Nic Seaman struck out 15 batters, and threw a complete game 1-hit shutout, as Storm Lake opened their season with a 5-0 win a...
...EXTREME FIRE DANGER...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORYTHIS AFTERNOON. EXTREME WEATHER CONDI...
Traffic on a new section of four-lane highway 20 has increased considerably. The DOT says traffic counts on the new highway n...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 14 Iowa counties as part of a Presidential or Secretarial Natural Disaster ...
Sac County Road D59, west of Wall Lake between M55 and Jackson Avenue, will be closed started on Monday, May 13th due to a br...
The Storm Lake city council this week approved a large number of easements in connection with three projects. Two property ow...
Iowa State University has placed monitoring equipment in Storm Lake to collect information on how wind and lake depth impact ...
Area Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Thursday.Storm Lake 1.23Carroll 1.22Cherokee .43Estherville .65Fort Dodge 1.20Ho...
The Storm Lake city council has approved an exchange of land with Habitat for Humanity. City manager Jim Patrick says the cit...
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...
Beginning on Monday April 15th, road construction work on Iowa Highway 86 from the intersection with Iowa Highway 9 north to ...
A lack of subsoil moisture continues to be a concern across much of Iowa. The latest crops and weather report rates subsoil m...
The city of Storm Lake is receiving two grants from Alliant Energy to plant trees. City manager Jim Patrick says the city is ...
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...
Farmers in four northwest Iowa counties who suffered drought-related losses are eligible for low-interest emergency loans fro...
Iowans will celebrate the culmination of National Ag Week at a unique event featuring an Iowa farm family at the Iowa Machine...
The partnership between the Buena Vista County Landfill Commission and the Carroll County landfill is working well. Staring l...
Extended hours for yard waste at the Buena Vista County Recycling Center will begin on April first. The county landfill commi...
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...
Work is expected to begin next week on a bridge replacement project southeast of Newell. Buena Vista County Engineer Jon Ites...
2-22-13 The Storm Lake boys basketball team gave a great effort, but MOC Floyd Valley went on an 14-1 run to close the game, ...
An increase in recycling means a cost savings for the Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission. Recycling Center manager Lor...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors have approved an underground utility permit that involves cutting the recently-paved C-65 ...
(Laura and Coogan on transport to Collins Glacier)In January, a Buena Vista University (BVU) student and professor became the...
The City of Storm Lake has launched an initiative to reduce the number of pigeons in the downtown central business district. ...
The City of Storm Lake has launched an initiative to reduce the number of pigeons in the downtown central business district. ...
Aviation contractors hired by the Iowa Department of Transportation will be performing aerial seeding and fertilizing along t...
Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy is to be finished by mid-February… but State Representative Gary Worthan of S...
The Storm Lake boys basketball team came up short in overtime Friday night 62-58 at Spirit Lake.The Tornadoes led 12-10 after...
(Dr. Jill Rhea, in foreground, and others working last spring on the waste stream audit of the Estelle Siebens Science Center...
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative has been awarded $1,642,500 from the F...
A bridge built by Buena Vista County in 2009 as a research project may result in savings on other county bridge projects. Bue...
Iowa 4th District Congressman Steve King has been chosen to serve as the Subcommittee Chairman of the House Agriculture&rsquo...
DNR officials say the recent discovery of additional zebra mussels in the Iowa Great Lakes mean their worse fears may be abou...
The Buena Vista County Soil and Water Conservation District is conducting a pilot project in the Alta School District…...
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Calhoun Rural Electric Cooperative has been awarded $3,410,137 from th...
The Storm Lake boys basketball team put 30 points on the board in the 1st quarter, and held a double-digit lead the remainder...
The city of Storm Lake is seeking some new wells… and Thursday afternoon the city council approved a test well boring ...
Girls BasketballDenison Schleswig 58Storm Lake 32Emily Johnson 13 points 5 blocksBoys BasketballDenison Schleswig 67Storm Lak...
A proposed zipline in the Buena Vista County Park west of Linn Grove has gotten a mixed reaction from county officials. Tim H...
Boys BasketballSaint Mary's 58Denison Schleswig 46Luke Lenhart scored 30 and Kennedy Drey added 21Sioux City-North 70Stor...
Iowa’s soil moisture continues to be a concern as the state experienced another dry week. Farmers have been eager to fi...
The president of the Iowa Turkey Federation, Cal Halstead of Roland, says his industry has managed to do okay, despite some o...
A renovation project on Black Hawk Lake will get underway Thursday. The 922-acre natural lake… suffering from poor wat...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to a fire in a hog barn shortly after 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. The fire wa...
Weather conditions slowed harvest for most of Iowa this past week due to several cool, rainy days. A few farmers are waiting ...
The burn ban in Buena Vista County has been lifted, as of 9:00 Friday morning. County emergency management director Aimee Bar...
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...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued a disaster declaration for Palo Alto, and contiguous counties to assist far...
Last week’s warm and dry conditions promoted rapid maturation in Iowa’s drought-damaged crops. As farmers continu...
Spirit Lake outscored Storm Lake 28-0 over the last 17 minutes of the game and beat the Tornadoes 52-16 in a non district gam...
Mandatory water conservation measures will begin next Monday in Storm Lake. City officials say beginning Monday, users of cit...
Buena Vista County Emergency Management Coordinator, Aimee Barritt, reminds residents that BV County is still under a burn ba...
Iowa Department of Natural Resources representative Julie Sievers provided an update on Storm Lake and Little Storm Lake at t...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will discuss its plans to renovate the fishery in Black Hawk Lake during a public me...
Iowa’s law enforcement will join agencies across the nation as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”...
Authorities resumed their search Monday for a man who presumably drowned on West Lake Okoboji in an incident late Sunday afte...
A fund-raiser for “Global Compassions”… a group building homes in Haiti… will be held Saturday at t...
Work is expected to begin soon on three Buena Vista County resurfacing projects. County engineer Jon Ites Tuesday told the Bo...
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...
A first for Iowa and the entire country is happening right now in Sac, Calhoun, and Carroll Counties. Twenty conservation-min...
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...
One-hundred-49 thousand cubic yards have been dredged out of Storm Lake since dredging began this spring. City infrastructure...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will open up to six-thousand acres of grasslands enrolled in the Wetland Reserve Pro...
Former Iowa Ag Secretary and Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge is touring the state… highlighting Iowa’s farm econ...
The Iowa State Farm Service Agency Office reminds producers that Emergency Haying and Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program...
Iowa Utilities Board encourages water conservation amidst statewide drought and heat Statewide drought conditions and the cu...
The Buena Vista County Extension Office will be hosting a webinar this Wednesday July 25th from 1 to 3pm. The webinar is for ...
The City of Storm Lake is asking residents for help in using water in a smart and conservative manner while the area goes thr...
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...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was notified this morning by the Southwest Shoreline Sanitary District that untreate...
Star Energy in Storm Lake is now offering a wide range of ethanol blends due to the installation of the city’s first bl...
Funeral Service 10:30 Wednesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds will hold a two-hour public meeting on the severe dry and drough...
Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has announced that over 59 million dollars is coming to help rural electric development pr...
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...
Funeral service will be Friday at 11am at the Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7pm a...
Lakes and ponds across Iowa are starting to experience small, sporadic fish kills due to rapidly changing water temperature, ...
Final acceptance was approved this week by the Storm Lake city council for the Little Lake Discovery Center project. Communit...
The Storm Lake baseball team was shutoutfor the second time this seasonby LeMars, as the Tornadoes lost on the road to the Bu...
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...
Funeral service will be Friday at 1pm at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.
Funeral service 1:00 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 2:00-5:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fune...
The city of Lakeside thinks they may be owed a refund from the Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission for the disposal of ...
Severe weather raked portions of the region Thursday evening… uprooting trees, and in at least one case, damaging a ho...
The Iowa Transportation Commission Tuesday approved a 2013-17 five-year funding plan that includes over 100-million dollars f...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has issued their weekly fishing report. For Storm Lake, including Little Storm Lake,...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
Over 99-thousand acres in Iowa has been accepted into the 43rd General Conservation Reserve Program signup. Iowa Farm Service...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake .25Carroll .03Cherokee .11Fort Dodge .23Holstein 1.22Le Mars .15S...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources say recent sampling turned up no additional asian carp, or the so-called jumping fis...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY MORNING.* AT 06AM ...
Buena Vista University will host the June meeting of the Raccoon River Watershed Association on Saturday, June 2nd.Dr. Melind...
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 Iowa Department of Transportation Tuesday presented the Iowa Transportation Commission with the draft Fiscal Year 2013-20...
The Big Sioux River will swell above flood stage in Akron and Hawarden this week… but officials don't think it wil...
Area rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake .02Everly .64Fort Dodge .24Holstein .20Peterson .11Sioux Cit...
Sac County blacktop M-35 will be closed between highway 20 and 230th Street south of Schaller beginning Monday. The Sac Count...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Thursday.Storm Lake .03Carroll .23Cherokee traceFort Dodge .18Pocahontas .02Rockwell ...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Wednesday.Storm Lake .45Cherokee .15Fort Dodge 1.18Ocheyedan 1.37Pocahontas .45Rockwe...
Sac County Road M50 will be closed this Thursday morning at 6am, and will be closed for one to two weeks. Cedar Valley Corpor...
A Pocahontas woman has been selected as a winner in the“America's Farmers Grow Communities” program. Linda M...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake .08Cherokee .05Spencer .01Sioux City .03Pocahontas .01Rockwell City...
Storm Lake’s 2012 Beautification Day was a success thanks to Alliant Energy and students from Buena Vista University an...
Substantial rain is still needed in most areas of northwest Iowa to bring subsoil moisture levels back to where they should b...
Alliant Energy has granted the city of Storm Lake ten-thousand dollars for trees in the industrial park. City manager Jim Pat...
Funeral service 1:00 Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Friday at Schuchert Funeral...
A Clay County farm family that raises Angus seedstock and puts most of their farm acres into commercial hay production is the...
The USDA crop report shows some farmers have been able to get their planters into the field. The report says five-percent of ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a west-central Iowa feedlot 10-thousand dollars for violations of the fede...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a west-central Iowa feedlot 10-thousand dollars for violations of the fede...
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Memorial service 10:00 Saturday at the Storm Lake Cemetary. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Rainfall for the 24 hours enging at 7am Sunday.Storm Lake .83Carroll 1.14Cherokee .52Holstein 1.24Rockwell City 2.72Sioux Cit...
Trees For Kids will be funding 32 different projects in Iowa to plant more than one-thousand landscape trees on school ground...
Iowa State University has begun installing water quality monitoring equipment in 16 Iowa lakes, including several in the area...
Sunshine and above normal temperatures have Iowa farmers eager to start planting corn. Some farmers have been spotted plantin...
Work continues on the new highway 20 in Sac County. Cedar Valley Corporation was the low bidder on two projects let by the DO...
The amount of garbage and recyclables in a “waste audit” at the science center at Buena Vista University earlier ...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be Thursday after 3...
The Sustainability Task Force at Buena Vista University conducted a “waste audit” today just outside the Estelle ...
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...
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 ...
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s construction work is off to an early start due to the warm and dry winter. DOT ...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 6...
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...
The U.S. Department of Energy has recognized Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative with the 2011 Wind Cooperative of the Year Award...
Some 250 law enforcement agencies from around the state will be taking part in this year’s second special Traffic Enfor...
Highway seven east of Newell re-opened about three o’clock Thursday afternoon after several leaking chemical containers...
MidAmerican Energy is providing $239,000 to 97 cities and community organizations throughout its Iowa service territory i...
The rollover of a tractor-trailer owned by Packers Logistics of Kieler, Wisconsin, closed part of highway seven just east of ...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors Tuesday morning approved a five-percent pay increase for most county employees. In Decembe...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 4:30-7:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Tyson Foods is planning to make major improvements to its Dakota City, Nebraska, beef plant… but it could lead to the ...
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...
It looks like state funding for lake restoration projects… like Storm Lake dredging… may be cut by the legislat...
There could be a big boost for a Storm Lake business if the DOT makes a change in regulations. State representative Gary Wort...
It was a slow start for the Storm Lake boys last night at Tornado Fieldhouse. After the first quarter Storm Lake lead 15-14 a...
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...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has released their weekly fishing report in an effort to provide the latest informat...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday f...
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission has approved a policy covering the disposal of brush and leaves. Last year, the...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jense...
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 Thursday at 2pm at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be from noon to 2pm ...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
The low bid for three Buena Vista County resurfacing projects came in under the estimate. County engineer Jon Ites Tuesday to...
Memorial service to be held at a later date. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Hom, Storm Lake.
A Buena Vista County farmer has won 25 hundred dollars through the Monsanto “America’s Farmers Grow Communities&r...
FEMA has awarded two-point-nine million dollars to Iowa for repairing damages from storms and flooding. Raccoon Valley Electr...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funer...
The Iowa Department of Transportation says everything is on schedule to extend the four-lane highway 20 route from highway fo...
Boys BasketballSaint Mary's 78Granville Spalding 46Alta Aurelia 70River Valley 48Newell Fonda 58ELC46Girls BasketballSaint Ma...
Funeral service will be Monday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 6...
Girls BasketballSpencer 52Storm Lake 13LeMars 54Cherokee 52Hinton 51Newell Fonda 47River Valley 49Ridge View 29OA-BCIG78MVAO ...
Funeral service will be Thursday at 10:30am at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Lake View. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-6:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jen...
Funeral service 10:00 Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at Farber and Otteman Funeral ...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.33Carroll.07Denison.10Estherville.37Fort Dodge.23Holstein.39Peterso...
Contractors have resumed work on the one million dollar water quality improvement project at Little Storm Lake after it was h...
A Storm Lake house received considerable damage from a fire early Monday morning. The fire department was dispatched to 13 Pe...
Two projects were given final acceptance this week by the Storm Lake City Council. The McKenna Subdivision water and sewer ex...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at Lakes United Methodist Church in Lake View. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 t...
2012 NORTHERN IOWA FOOTBALL SCHEDULESept. 1 -- at WisconsinSept. 8 -- Savannah StateSept. 15 -- at IowaSept. 22 -- at Youngst...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
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 2:30 Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. The family will greet friends Thursda...
Work has resumed on the Little Storm Lake restoration project.Julie Sievers of the DNR told the Lake Improvement Commission M...
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative has been awarded two-and-a-half million dollars by the U.S. Department of Homeland Securi...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at the church. Arran...
Graveside service 1:00 Saturday at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake. Visitation 7:00-8:00 pm Friday at Sliefert...
Burn bans remain in effect until further notice for several northwest Iowa counties, including Buena Vista, Sac, Ida, and Cla...
Funeral service 10:00 Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Tuesday at Farber and Ottema...
61-thousand more tons of biomass for the cellulosic ethanol plant under construction in Emmetsburg has been baled by farmers ...
Funeral service at 12noon Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 pm Friday at Fratzke and J...
Ninety-five percent of the Iowa corn crop has been harvested, just behind the ninety-seven percent of last year, but twenty-f...
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 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
Work should resume on the Little Storm Lake restoration project soon, weather permitting. Julie Sievers of the DNR told the L...
Iowa’s corn crop is now eighty-seven percent harvested, five days behind last year, but nineteen days ahead of the aver...
Funeral service 11:00 Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 9am until service time Tuesday at the church. A...
The Storm Lake Fire Department reminds citizens to use appropriate precautions during this heating season, as temperatures ar...
Funeral service will be Friday at 11am at the Lake City Union Church. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 8pm at the Lampe ...
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...
Funeral service will be Monday at 11:30am at the United Methodist Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to ...
Graveside service 2:00 Friday at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetary, Storm Lake. Visitation from noon until service time at F...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Spirit Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Schuchert Funeral Hom...
The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced that the U.S. Department Agriculture has designated 60 Iowa counties that are part...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a request from the governor for an ag disaster designation for 27 Iowa counti...
Burning bans remain in place in many northwest Iowa counties.As Monday morning, burn bans remain in place in Buena Vista, Sac...
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.
Funeral service will be Monday at 11am at the Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 8pm at ...
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...
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...
State officials are cautioning Iowans to be especially careful with outdoor fires. Eleven Iowa counties currently have burn b...
Dry and windy weather in Iowa has resulted in numerous field fires and law enforcement in some parts of the state have asked ...
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...
The Storm Lake volleyball team won once, and lost twice over the weekend at the Estherville Lincoln Central Tournament. The T...
This year’s devastating flooding on the Missouri River caused an estimated 207-million dollars in lost crop sales and r...
Restoration of Little Storm Lake has been delayed due to the weather. The project is designed to capture sediment coming off ...
Storm Lake city manager Jim Patrick says a new spoil site for the lake dredging project should take five to six years to fill...
Contract commercial anglers hired by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to remove rough fish recently collected several...
Storm Lake City Manager Jim Patrick gave a dredging update during the Lake Improvement Commission meeting today. Patrick repo...
The Iowa Department of Transportation Friday night reopened Interstate 29 from milepost 55 in Council Bluffs to milepost 71 n...
The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a 105 million dollar loan guarantee for POET Energy's Project Liberty cellulosic ...
The Department of Natural Resources found dead fish Wednesday in a county wildlife area about one mile south of a manure spil...
The Storm Lake city council will hold a public hearing on plans for a boardwalk at Little Storm Lake at their next meeting. A...
Rainfall Tuesday morning.Storm Lake.01Carroll.07Fort Dodge.02Holstein.08Pocahontas.06Rockwell City.07Sac City.05Spencer.04
Traditionally in Iowa and across the corn belt, farmers have rotated their soybean and corn crops. Now, new research from Io...
Iowans will soon have an opportunity to comment on the state's Resource Enhancement and Protection Program, or REAP. The pro...
A Pocahontas business has agreed to pay an 11-thousand dollar civil penalty after being cited by the Environmental Protection...
Most of Iowa remained dry last week and farmers made progress harvesting corn for silage. Seed corn harvest is also underway....
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission has hired a consultant to evaluate current operations and create a financial mo...
The bridge on highway 175 linking Onawa with Decatur, Nebraska will remain closed. The Iowa Department of Transportation says...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
The MidAmerican Energy wind turbine project near Pomeroy was recently completed… bringing 13 new turbines on line. The...
Taking advantage of seven 1st half turnovers by Storm Lake and playing on a short field most of the game Spirit Lake rolled u...
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 the Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratz...
A patching project on highway three will cause delays for motorists, beginning Wednesday. The Department of Transportation&rs...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Tuesday morning.Storm Lake.07Algona1.13CherokeetraceEmmetsburg.92Pocahontas.27Sac Cit...
Several road maintenance projects in the area may cause motorists some delays. Bridge maintenance work on highway 59 south of...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.10Carroll.19Rockwell City.10CherokeetraceDenison1.08Holstein.13Poca...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 pm Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Fu...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 pm Tuesday at Fratzke and J...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.47Cherokee.38Denison.17Emmetsburg.17Estherville.11Fort Dodge.08Hols...
(from left toright...Marlin Snyder, Francis Riedell,Tammy Riedell,Denny Lawrence, and Chris Rodman) The Wall Lake Pool House ...
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be Thursday from 4...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake airport 1.26Storm Lake downtown .65EsthervilletraceHolstein.08LeM...
State and local officials dropped emergency boating rules on the Iowa Great Lakes Tuesday that were implemented in mid-July. ...
Two western Iowa electric co-ops are receiving federal grants totaling five-and-a-half million dollars from the U.S. Departme...
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann… in a campaign stop Sunday afternoon in Storm Lake … said she is opposed to rais...
The Missouri River in Sioux City should be back in its bank by the end of August… and the Army Corps of Engineers says...
Graveside service 10:00 Monday at the Wall Lake Cemetary. Visitation 3:00-6:00 Sunday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City.
Last week’s high heat and humidity were concerns, but adequate moisture levels helped crops come through the extremes w...
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...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.09Carroll.06Denison.99Fort Dodge.55Holstein.06
Click to see June 2011 Storm Lake Public Safety Report
A power transformer problem caused a power outage in a portion of Storm Lake for about an hour Sunday evening. Shortly after ...
Graveside service 10:30 Wednesday at Lake City Cemetery. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Tuesday at Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City.
Funeral service 11:00 Tuesday at First Congregational Church of Christ, Lake View. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Monday at Farber and ...
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative advises everyone to be mindful of the electric hazards that the high lake levels can cause, a...
The Western Iowa Tourism Region recently named Storm Lake as best place to fish in Western Iowa. The Region announced the aw...
Iowa highway 196 and Sac County Road N-14 now has a permanent 19-foot-one-inch height restriction under the newly constructed...
...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...
Iowa State University has begun installing water quality monitoring equipment in 16 Iowa lakes to collect data during the 201...
Funeral service 1:30 Tuesday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 12:30 until service time at the church. Ar...
Flooding losses that began in May have resulted in the USDA declaring six Iowa counties as natural disaster areas. US Ag Secr...
Federal officials are extending a $105 million loan guarantee for a new ethanol plant in Emmetsburg that will make the fu...
Memorial service10:30 Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Friday at Farber and Otteman ...
Plans are continuing for an environmental interpretive center located at Little Storm Lake. The idea of the center was first ...
High temperatures on Friday.Storm Lake94(record high 98 in 1925)Carroll97Cherokee95Denison63Fort Dodge93Sioux City97Spencer95
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...
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...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Thursday at the funeral hom...
Iowa's unincorporated areas… the countryside outside any town or city limits… lost population according to the ...
Heavy rain and high winds combines to cause downed trees, power outages, and flooded roads across northwest Iowa Sunday night...
Nine Iowa businesses, local governments, and agencies received approval from the Environmental Protection Commission for DNR ...
BaseballStorm Lake 10Lemars 0 (5)Sioux Central 8South Central Calhoun 1Lawton Bronson 11Alta Aurelia 1 (5)Poky-PP 4Prairie Va...
Service will be Saturday at 2pm at the Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 8pm at the Far...
Prairie Valley 17Pocahontas Area Pomeroy Palmer 8South Central Calhoun 8East Greene 6(all other area games postponed)
Funeral service will be Friday at 10:30am at Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City. Visitation will be Thursday from 3 to 8pm at th...
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...
Frequent showers and thunder storms kept many Iowa farmers out of the fields last week. Crop reporters in Southern Iowa ind...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10am at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm ...
The first of three Neighborhood Outreach evenings was held in Storm Lake Friday Public safety director Mark Prosser says the ...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.07Cherokee.19Lemars 52Peterson .43Pocahontas.05Sac City.05Sioux Cit...
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...
Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30am at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wall Lake. Visitation will be Friday from 5:30...
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...
A bill to repeal ethanol tax incentives has been defeated in the U-S Senate by a vote of 59 to 40. The legislation… sp...
Heavy rainfall in central and south central Iowa last week caused ponding while flood concerns have worsened along the Missou...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.* AT 9AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7am Monday.Storm Lake.05EsthervilletraceHolstein.08LeMars.15Sioux City.07Spencer.02
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission will continue to allow residents to dispose of yard waste at the recycling cent...
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...
Warmer weather and sunshine prompted substantial crop growth in Iowa last week. Nearly Iowa’s entire corn crop is plant...
MidAmerican Energy continues to prepare for flooding in western Iowa.Company officials say they’re in the process of ma...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake.48 (Peak wind gust of 65 mph at Storm Lake airport 3:35am Saturda...
The deadline to apply for USDA assistance with tornado cleanup in Buena Vista County is next Friday, June tenth. County FSA d...
2A Girls Region soccer in Denison...Carroll 5Storm Lake 02A Boys Substate soccer in Spirit Lake...Spirit Lake 3Storm Lake 1
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 ...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF NORTH...
Funeral service 11:00 Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fune...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.* AT 05AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 1...
Day 2Distance MedleyGirls1A - Marcus Meridan Cleghorn - 4:28.67 - 14th Place2A - Ridge View - 4:15.34 - 5th Place2A - East Sa...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A* FLOOD WARNING FORTHE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM SUNDAY...
Rainfall through 7am Friday.Storm Lake.38Carroll.28Cherokee.53Estherville1.54Everly1.81Fort Dodge.04Holstein1.47Peterson1.15P...
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.
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission hopes to make some changes in the recycling center to improve efficiency. Super...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake.02Carroll.04Cherokee.01Rockwell City.01Sioux CitytraceSpencertrac...
The City of Storm Lake would like to remind residents that the Plant Some Shade Program still has trees available to purchase...
The contractor for the Lake Avenue Overlay Project has returned to Storm Lake to finish the project. Parking along Lake Avenu...
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission hopes to reach agreements with Storm Lake and Lakeside to allow residents to co...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake .65Carroll.15Cherokee.01Emmetsburg.41Fort Dodge1.25Holstein.60Pocah...
A tornado reportedly touched down shortly after six Wednesday evening north of Hawarden. National Weather Service meteorologi...
High temperatures on Tuesday.Storm Lake 96(old record 88, set in 2007)Algona99Cherokee91Denison99Estherville96Fort Dodge99Spe...
Buena Vista University (BVU) biology students and faculty and the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have begun w...
Sophomore Isaac Richter assists elementary students in planting their tree.Junior Jared Hanson and his group of students remo...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Monday.Storm Lake.01Algona .22Cherokee.02Estherville.63Ocheyedan.17Spencer.08
A celebration of life service 11:00 Friday, May 13th, at Lake United Methodist Church, Lake View. Arrangements by Farber and ...
President Obama has approved a federal disaster declaration for six area counties. Governor Terry Branstad requested the dec...
An impact report will be prepared for the recently completed Storm Lake southeast waterline loop project. The loop ties the S...
The Pocahontas City Council considered selling a business park lot to Generations Greenhouse at their meeting this week. The ...
Department of Transportation workers are in Buena Vista and other northwest Iowa counties… conducting surveys that wil...
Combine damage by Pocahontas County tornado (National Weather Service photo)Storm Lake students help with cleanup efforts (SL...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-8:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Contractors in Sac County hope to resume moving dirt for the highway 20 four-lane project. According to the Sac County engine...
Mapleton is running out of space to store donated items received in the wake of the tremendous tornado damage the town receiv...
Farms in Buena Vista County which suffered damage from the tornados and storms of April ninth may be eligible for emergency a...
Senator Chuck Grassley has asked President Obama to grant the request made by Governor Terry Branstad for a declaration of a ...
Sioux Central K through 5 students will plant about 80 trees from noon to 3pm on Wednesday, and then on Thursday afternoon, t...
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...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* FROM THURSD...
The DOT will begin two road projects Monday that will cause some delays in travel. Hot-mix asphalt resurfacing on highway 18 ...
Grading contractors are resuming work on the new four-lane highway 20 project from highway four east to Early. According to t...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Saturday.Storm Lake.79Carroll.71Denison.62Estherville.13Fort Dodge.54Holstein.57Rockw...
Memorial service 3:00 Tuesday at Faith Bible Christian Outreach Center, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Sliefert Funeral Home, St...
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...
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission took no action on the disposal ofbrush and leaves at their meeting on Thursday....
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, ...
Buena Vista County received significant damage in the southeast corner of county due to the storms that covered Ida, Sac, Bue...
Work is beginning on a bridge removal project on M-35 in Sac County between 270th and 280th Streets northwest of Odebolt. The...
Clean up efforts continue in Sac County after four tornadoes Saturday night caused considerable damage. Sac County Emergency ...
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...
Beginning Monday morning, parking will not be permitted on the east or west side of South Lake Avenue in Storm Lake due to a ...
Disaster struck during the late evening hours Saturday, leaving many area residents without a place to call home.High winds a...
Beginning Monday, parking will not be permitted on the east or west side of Lake Avenue in Storm Lake due to a patching proje...
Memorial service 10:30 Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, Storm Lake. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, St...
Storm Lake residential customers of MidAmerican Energy can reduce future energy use and landscape their homes and green up th...
The arrival of April often triggers extensive field work.This year field work is off to a slower start than last year. Accord...
A new fee being charged for yard waste at the Rowley Recycling Center has temporarily been put on hold. Last month, the Solid...
Some Storm Lake residents aren’t happy with a new fee being charged for yard waste at the Rowley Recycling Center. Last...
Area fire chiefs are issuing their annual reminder about the dangers of grass fires. Now that the snow is gone and with a lot...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Farber and Otteman F...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Friday.Storm Lake.19Carroll.03Cherokee.04Emmetsburg.12Estherville.04Fort Dodge.05Hols...
Due to the resignation last week of Robert Christsensen from the position of Buena Vista County Emergency Management Coordina...
The Iowa Pork Producers Association is seeking nominations for the 2011 Master Pork Producer and Environmental Steward awards...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Women who own or manage farmland in Cherokee and neighboring counties are invited to participate in a free conservation discu...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has received numerous reports of dead fish in lakes and ponds across Iowa as the ice...
Rainfall for the 24-hours ending at 7am Wednesday.Storm Lake airport.27Storm Lake Middle School.17Carroll.19Cherokee.27Deniso...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Tuesday.Storm Lake airport.02Storm Lake Middle School.05Algona.05Emmetsburg.06Estherv...
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7am Monday.Algona.24CherokeetraceEstherville.13Fort Dodge.01Pocahontas.02Spencer .04
While recovery efforts continue following the 2008 and 2010 floods, melting snow, rainfall and warming temperatures are causi...
Service Friday 10:30am at the Lake City Union Church in Lake City. Visitation will be Thursday from 3 to 8pm at the Lampe Fun...
Representatives of the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation have departed for their annual visit to the nation's capit...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE.* UNTIL T...
Producers who are tired of farming steep side slopes and other environmentally sensitive land can put that land into the Cons...
Two bridge construction projects on Interstate 29 in western Iowa will require lane restrictions until the fall, according to...
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...
Heating problems have plagued the Buena Vista County Jail since the facility opened in September of 2007… but most of ...
A program to restore trumpeter swans in Iowa is being phased out by the Department of Natural Resources. The DNR began the pr...
“Plan Ahead” is what the USDA is urging local farmers to do while their land remains frozen. As the spring thaw ...
An additional four-lane portion of highway 20 should be open by the end of 2013 DOT engineer Tony Lazarowicz Friday told the ...
Service Saturday 10:30 at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Friday 4:30 to 7:30pm at the Fratzke and Jens...
Service Saturday 2pm at the Wheatland Presbyterian Church in Breda. Visitation 5-8pm Friday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Hom...
Ice conditions are deteriorating over much of Iowa, leaving only the far north counties where ice fishing is still happening....
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.
The DNR’s Natural Resource Commission this Wednesday will consider a contract with Ducks Unlimited for the construction...
Memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
Funeral service Thursday 11am at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Wednesday 5-8pm at Fratzke and Je...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is visiting Cherokee and O’Brien Counties Tuesday… part of his effort...
Alert Message has been issued by the Storm Lake Public Safety.Friday February 25, 2011 8:10 AM CSTStorm Lake Public Safety if...
Member-owners of Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative may experience flickering lights, blinks or brief power interruptions throug...
Flood warnings have been issued along portion of the Little Sioux River… and also for eastern Buena Vista County. The ...
Funeral service 10:30 Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
The Lake Improvement Commission made a motion during their meeting Wednesday authorizing them to make a purchase of 60 acres ...
The Buena Vista County Landfill Commission would like the Storm Lake city council to address a couple of problems with the re...
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...
Funeral service 2:00 Tuesday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 6:00-8:00 Monday at the funeral home.
Construction is underway on a project that will improve the water quality in Storm Lake by getting Little Storm Lake to becom...
Michael McCabe led four Storm Lake players in double figures with 18 points and the Tornadoes stretched their winning streak ...
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative had several outages in the Odebolt and Schaller areas due to problems with the transmissi...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is relaxing the fishing regulations at Pickeral Lake in Buena Vista County to allow ...
Funeral service 10:30 Friday at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Thursday at the funeral...
Funeral service 11:00 Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:00-7:00 Wednesday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Work will soon be getting underway on the Little Storm Lake Restoration project. Embankment portions will be performed this w...
The DNR is asking Iowans to comment on the draft 2010 list of impaired waters in Iowa, which was presented to the DNR’s...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding one-point-four million dollars to Iowa through the Bioenergy Program for Advan...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Farber and Otteman Funeral...
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 ...
Work continues on the four-lane highway 20 project, despite the harsh winter weather. DOT district engineer Tony Lazarowicz F...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake. Visitation one hour before the service at the church. Arra...
A Clay County company is getting some special recognition from Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey for its efforts to market ethan...
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 10:30 Wednesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Funer...
High School Girls:Spencer - 70StormLake - 14Alta-Aurelia - 66Laurens Marathon - 21South Central Calhoun - 58East Sac County -...
One of two house fires Wednesday in Spirit Lake that occurred within minutes of each other proved deadly. The first call came...
Storm Lake is hoping to receive some assistance from the federal government for several projects. City manager Jim Patrick th...
The Storm Lake girls and boys basketball teams were defeated at Emmetsburg Monday night.The E-Hawks beat Storm Lake in the gi...
Girls BasketballEmmetsburg 44, Storm Lake 26Newell Fonda 51, Prairie Valley 43Ridge View 41, River Valley 27OA-BCIG 82, MVAOT...
The Storm Lake city council has approved an agreement with the state covering the first phase of the sanitary sewer improveme...
Funeral service 11:00 Friday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Thursday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
The city of Emmetsburg is getting some special recognition for its affiliation with the biofuels industry. Biofuels Digest, a...
The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold two public information meetings next month about projects planned in Sac Coun...
Two Storm Lake man were treated for hypothermia after their vehicle broke through the ice on Storm Lake Sunday afternoon. The...
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 Monday at Lake City Union Church. Arrnagements by Lampe Funeral Home, Lake City.
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 3:00-5:00 Sunday at Fratzke and Jensen Fun...
Funeral service 11:00 Saturday at Hope Evangelical Free Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen...
Funeral service 10:30 Thursday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 5:00-8:00 Wednesday at Farber and Ottema...
Service Saturday 10:30am at 1st Congregational Church of Christ in Lake View. Visitation Friday 5-8pm at Farber and Otteman F...
The Storm Lake City Council has approved accepting and awarding of a bid the Lake Avenue HMA Resurfacing Project. One bid was...
The Storm Lake City Council has approved accepting and awarding of a bid the Lake Avenue HMA Resurfacing Project. One bid was...
The Lake Improvement Commission metWednesday in Storm Lake, and it was announced that 579 thousand 673 yards were dredged in ...
Service Friday 10:30am at First Congregational Church of Christ of Lake View.
Funeral Service Saturday 10:30 at St Marys Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Visitation Friday 5-7pm at Fratzke and Jensen Funer...
Two men made it to shore safely after they wandered out on an ice covered Storm Lake early Saturday morning. According to the...
Funeral service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 4:00-8:00 Friday at Fratzke and Jensen F...
With the heavy snow this past Friday night into Saturday many trees lost limbs and branches.The City of Storm Lake will be as...
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...
Funeral service 10:30 Wednesday at Peace Lutheran Church, Wall Lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Funer...
Funeral service 10:30 Monday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Stor...
Service 10:30am Saturday at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Wall Lake. Visitation Friday 4 to 8 at the church.
Service Thursday at 11am at Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation Wednesday 5 to 8pm at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral H...
Iowa's furbearer harvest season opens statewide Saturday... and for the more than 14-thousand fur harvesters, the outlook for...
Funeral service 10:30 Tuesday at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation 5:00-7:00 Monday at Fratzke and Jensen Fu...
Highway 18 at Clay County Road M-50 near Spencer will remain closed until June 2011 for bridge construction work. The Iowa De...
Work is underway on a watershed management plan for the Storm Lake watershed. Jeff Kestel of Iowa Lakes Resource Conservation...
Some Iowa soybean farmers who suffered weather-related losses are eligible for disaster assistance. Iowa Farm Service Agency ...
Two northwest Iowa counties are under burn bans.The state fire marshal’s office Thursday banned all open burning in Cla...
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...
This fall, waterfowl and pheasant hunters, birders and wildlife watchers will want to make the trip to Sac County to check ou...
Nearly four million dollars in grants that will benefit 23 communities and seven counties in Iowa were approved Thursday by t...
The staff at King’s Pointe Waterpark Resort are hoping their new energy efficiency project will stand up against the co...
Farmers are urged to take fire safety precautions as the harvest season continues. The Department of Natural Resources says f...
The harvest of 2010 is going much more smoothly than last year's harvest. Last year's rain- and snow-plagued harvest season i...
Residential customers of MidAmerican Energy in Storm Lake and surrounding areas can reduce future energy use and landscape th...
Common sense is urged in doing any burning in the area.Buena Vista County Emergency Management director Bob Christensen says ...
Service 10:30 Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wall lake. Visitation 4:00-7:00 Tuesday at Farber and Otteman Funera...
Road maintenance activities on highway ten will restrict traffic to one lane between highway 59 near Sutherland and highway 7...
Service 1:00 Saturday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home, Storm Lake.
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...
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...
After a week of wet weather, almost the entire state escaped rainfall last week, with eastern Iowa receiving only trace amoun...
Road construction work on the shoulder of highway 59 will restrict the traffic to one lane between highway three and Cherokee...
Plans for restoring Little Storm Lake are almost done… and it’s hoped construction can start yet this year. Depa...
A gravel road north of Sac City will be closed forthe next year as preparations are made for the relocation of highway 20. Th...
Service 10:30 Friday at Lakes United Methodist Church, Lake View. No visitation. Arrangements by Farber and Otteman Funeral H...
...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...
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER.* AT 01PM ...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER.* AT 07AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 11.4 FEET.* FLO...
ISUExtension in Storm Lake will host an aquatic, forest and roadside continuing instructional course for commercial pesticide...
ISUExtension in Storm Lake will offer the commercial ag weed, insect and plant disease management continuing instructional co...
Highway seven in Calhoun County just west of the Webster County line remains closed due to a bridge deck overlay project over...
Service 10:30 Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Storm Lake. Visitation 3:30-8pm Friday at Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Ho...
A new website showcasing Storm Lake has been developed by Storm Lake United. Marketing and Activities director Kelli Berg say...
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...
Alta Community Library Story Time will be held Tuesday September 28, 5:30 PM with the FFA of Alta High School presenting a pr...
Wall Lake American Legion Auxiliary will offer pillow cleaning;and there will be a craft and products sale; Saturday Septembe...
Two applications totaling nearly five million dollars made by Storm Lake for state I-Jobs dollars have been turned down. The ...
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