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A budget amendment for the current Storm Lake city budget was approved this week by the city council. Finance manager Jennife...
A Spencer manufacturer that had been awarded a state expansion loan has closed. Simonsen IronWorks closed its doors last Thur...
A public hearing on a budget amendment to the current Storm Lake city budget will be held during the city council meeting on ...
The Storm Lake city council will hold public hearings Monday afternoon on changing the franchise agreements with MidAmerican ...
Unemployment dropped in area counties from February to March. Iowa Workforce Development spokesperson Kerri Koonce says the s...
The revenue purpose statement for gas and electric franchise fees was approved this week by the Storm Lake city council. The ...
The Sioux Central School District Board of Directors held the budget hearing and approved the budget for fiscal year 2014 on ...
Sioux Central School District voters Tuesday approved a Revenue Purpose Statement special election. The vote was 94-percent i...
A new rate structure for large golf outings at the Sunrise Pointe Golf Course was approved this week by the Storm Lake city c...
The Storm Lake city council has approved leasing city land for a miniature golf course. Monday afternoon, there were no comme...
The Storm Lake city council Monday afternoon will hold a public hearing on leasing city land for a miniature golf course. The...
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...
The Storm Lake school district’s property tax rate will remain the same next fiscal year… despite an increase in...
Storm Lake city property taxes will go up by 1.6 percent for the fiscal year beginning July first. Monday afternoon, the city...
The Storm Lake city council will hold public hearings Monday afternoon on the city budget for the fiscal year beginning July ...
The Lake Improvement Commission has received one million dollars a year for the past several years for the Storm Lake dredgin...
Three companies planning expansion projects…including one in Galva… were awarded direct financial assistance or...
Property taxes in Buena Vista County would go up slightly under the proposed county budget for the fiscal year beginning July...
Despite the lack of snow this winter, Buena Vista County’s secondary roads department is using road salt at a normal ra...
The Alta City Council this week renewed the city’s tax abatement program. The council discussed the program, which was ...
The Storm Lake City Council has approved advertising for sale two loan note issues… totaling eight million dollars. Ci...
Property taxes in Buena Vista County would go up slightly under the first draft of the proposed county budget for the fiscal ...
Lake restoration dollars have been slashed in the state budget for next fiscal year proposed by Governor Branstad… but...
Iowa's unemployment rate reached a milestone in November… dropping below five percent for the first time since Dec...
Thursday, the Iowa Economic development Authority Board approved incentives to three projects in the state that are expected ...
The Buena Vista County compensation board presented their recommendations for pay increases for county elected officials to t...
Ridership was down during the past fiscal year for RIDES buses in Buena Vista County. RIDES director Hugh Lively says they di...
The low bid for loan notes to purchase a new Storm Lake fire truck was from a local financial institution. Monday three bids ...
The 3rd annual Iowa Lakes Corridor Business Recognition Luncheon was heldtoday at the Clay County Regional Events Center in S...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors have approved replacing an old bridge on a “level B” county gravel road. Engin...
An Ohio-based agricultural company is planning to buy a dozen grain elevators in Iowa and Tennessee. The company making the p...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors are concerned the Youth Detention Center in Cherokee has declined to accept juveniles from...
(Debi Durham)Storm Lake United is excited to announce their Fourth Annual Member’s Banquet to be held at Buena Vista Un...
The Iowa field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service reports the state’s corn and soybean harvests are...
The city of Storm Lake spent 442-thousand dollars last fiscal year for roadway maintenance. This week, the city council appro...
The Storm Lake city council will hold two public hearings Monday afternoon. One hearing is on plans for the airport fuel reha...
The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is accepting nominees for its annual Business Recognition Luncheon coming up ...
Last week’s warm and dry conditions promoted rapid maturation in Iowa’s drought-damaged crops. As farmers continu...
The Storm Lake Middle School’s Tornado Learning Club this morning received a 20 thousand dollar grant from the Monsanto...
Buena Vista University has announced Jennifer Felton has been named director of University Marketing and Communications. Felt...
The Storm Lake Fire Department was called to the scene of a natural gas leak Thursday morning. According to the Fire Departme...
Iowa farmers welcomed widespread rainfall for the second straight week with the heaviest precipitation in East Central and So...
Unemployment rates went up slightly in area counties last month. Iowa Workforce Development says the jobless rate in Buena Vi...
The House Agriculture Committee early Thursday morning passed its version of the 2012 farm bill by a vote of 35 to 11. The bi...
The discount ticket program for taxi rides in Storm Lake is continuing for another year. This week, the city council authoriz...
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 5.1 percent in May. Iowa Workforce Development director Ter...
No comments were made during a public hearing on budget amendments to the current fiscal year budget at the Storm Lake City C...
Warm dry weather in Iowa last week allowed farmers to work at a rapid pace and there was widespread planting of both corn and...
The new house under construction by the Storm Lake High School building trades class has been sold. Monday night, the school ...
The Storm Lake city council will hold a public hearing on a budget amendment at their meeting on May 21st. City finance manag...
Tyson Foods reporting higher second-quarter earnings… but earnings from the pork division were down slightly. Tyson&rs...
A Pocahontas woman has been selected as a winner in the“America's Farmers Grow Communities” program. Linda M...
Twenty-five thousand dollars has been approved to purchase needed musical instruments for the Storm Lake school district. Wed...
An adverse opinion was raised in the annual audit of Buena Vista County’s books. The audit was conducted by Hunzelman a...
Gas prices have been dropping in recent days… but one oil industry expert doesn’t think that’s a long-term...
Spencer Municipal Utilities is receiving some special recognition for its contribution to the local economy. SMU was recently...
Site Selection magazine, which bills itself as ‘The magazine of corporate real estate strategy and area economic develo...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors Tuesday morning approved the county budget for the fiscal year beginning July first&hellip...
MidAmerican Energy is providing $239,000 to 97 cities and community organizations throughout its Iowa service territory i...
King’s Pointe Resort will be getting a new website. This week, the Storm Lake city council approved a 19-thousand dolla...
The Storm Lake city budget for the fiscal year beginning July first was approved Monday afternoon by the city council. Financ...
The Storm Lake city council will hold a public hearing Monday afternoon on the city budget for the fiscal year beginning July...
The Storm Lake city council will hold hearings on two street improvements projects at their next meeting. The city plans to p...
Buena Vista County officials are supporting efforts to increase the state gas tax to raise more money for road improvements O...
C-63 and highway 110 west of Storm Lake were closed early Tuesday morning due to a natural gas leak. Fire chief Mike Jones sa...
The Storm Lake City Council will hold two public hearings Monday afternoon. The council will hold a hearing on a voluntary an...
Buena Vista University students have the opportunity to earn four-thousand dollars in cash prizes in the first annual “...
The Vision Iowa Board has awarded 15-thousand dollars to King’s Pointe Resort for marketing efforts. Storm Lake communi...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors Tuesday approved a five-percent pay increase for county employees. In December, the county...
The city of Rolfe is looking for a new owner for the now-closed Rolfe Care Center. The nursing home closed last June after th...
St. Mary’s students will soon be among the most connected in the country thanks to a number of iPad’s and other c...
A Buena Vista County farmer has won 25 hundred dollars through the Monsanto “America’s Farmers Grow Communities&r...
Refinancing King’s Pointe Resort bonds was approved this week by the Storm Lake city council. City finance manager Jenn...
The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently approved a total of more than 4.8 million dollars in grants to 25 Loca...
Iowa's unemployment rate has dropped below 6% for the first time in more than two years. Kerry Koonce is a spokesperson for t...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors Tuesday morning received the recommendation from the county compensation board on salary i...
Rembrandt Enterprises is hoping to receive property tax abatements for a planned expansion of their Rembrandt facility&hellip...
The city of Storm Lake hopes to save 600-thousand dollars by refinancing the King’s Pointe Resort bonds. City finance m...
This Brazilian company started a very unique social media advertising campaign. Watch as they explain!
Five hundred 74-thousand cubic yards was dredged from Storm Lake this year. The dredge season ended on November third, and ci...
Higher enrollment in the Storm Lake schools could mean an increased spending authority. This week, the school board approved ...
An unusually cool and rainy kickoff to the waterpark season this June had King’s Pointe Resort and Waterpark staff memb...
The Storm Lake school board has approved extending the Instructional Support Levy. The levy expires at the end of the current...
The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation has unveiled its Stategic Economic Development plan for the next four years. ...
61-thousand more tons of biomass for the cellulosic ethanol plant under construction in Emmetsburg has been baled by farmers ...
Britians Advertising Standards Authority deemed an ad for Marc Jacobs Oh, Lola fragrance featuring Dakota Fanning to sexy. Th...
Storm Lake United Board President Dan Richardson (left) andExecutive Director Gary Lalone (right) The Storm Lake United Annua...
The Iowa Transportation Commission today approved more than five point five million dollars in funding for nine rail infrastr...
Plans for a new spoil site for the Storm Lake dredging project are moving forward. City manager Jim Patrick says soil borings...
Buy Local to Support Yourself and Your CommunityBy Kelli Berg, Storm Lake United Marketing & Activities DirectorShopping loca...
The Iowa Department of Revenue this week issued an Assessment Limitations Order, or “rollback”, on property value...
Becky Morton (left) with TLC, Angie Woodford (right), joined by Monsantorep Harlan Matasovsky (middle), and students from TLC...
Rick Dalzell, retired Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Amazon.com from 1997 - 2007 visited with the Sto...
In showing appreciation for local business and industry, the Iowa Lakes Corridor held its second annual Business Recognition ...
The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation has dubbed this week "Business Appreciation Week" in its four-count...
Upper Des Moines Opportunity has officially launched its search for a new Executive Director. The agency is using consultant ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a 105 million dollar loan guarantee for POET Energy's Project Liberty cellulosic ...
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged slightly higher to 6.1 percent in August from 6.0 percent in July, b...
There was little change in unemployment numbers in area counties from June to July. Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemploy...
Corridor report indicates healthy business climate in regionMany employers plan to expand in next three yearsSPENCER – ...
Sioux City is receiving a two-million dollar federal economic development grant to help create a new state-of-the-art, techno...
(from left to right...Phil Burk ~ Pioneer Account Manager, Brent Brown ~ Pioneer Sales Rep, Melanie Bloom ~ Sioux Central FFA...
The Iowa Economic Development Board Thursday approved awards for planned or proposed projects in 11 cities that could create ...
The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has announced the names of their two finalists for the CEO position… and both ...
The Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department providing law enforcement for Alta seems to be working well. Sheriff Gary L...
(from left toright...Marlin Snyder, Francis Riedell,Tammy Riedell,Denny Lawrence, and Chris Rodman) The Wall Lake Pool House ...
Refinancing the bonds for the Buena Vista County Law Enforcement Center is saving the taxpayers 148-thousand dollars. Tuesday...
Tyson Foods saw a 21-percent drop in profits for the past quarter… despite record sales. Tyson officials say higher fe...
A farmland leasing meeting for landowners, tenants, andAg professionals is scheduled for Thursday August 25th. The meetingwil...
Voters Tuesday in Pocahontas rejected a plan for the city to operate a natural gas utility. The vote was 140 “yes&rdquo...
Voters in Pocahontas Tuesday will decide whether the city will operate the local natural gas utility. If the vote is successf...
Iowa's unemployment rate in June held steady at six percent for the third consecutive month… but the rate increased in...
During the fiscal year that ended June 30th, 920-thousand dollars was spent on Storm Lake dredging operations. The Lake Impro...
The financial condition of the Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission continues to improve. Last year, numerous financial ...
J.D. Power and Associates has released the results of their 2011 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Fo...
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at six percent in May, well below the national rate of ...
The Storm Lake City Council held public hearings this week on a two-point-seven million dollar bond issue… and for two...
The discount ticket program for taxi rides in Storm Lake will continue next fiscal year. This week, the city council approved...
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...
A proposal that no lawmaker has publicly criticized has been in danger of failing to win approval in the 2011 legislative ses...
MidAmerican Energy continues to prepare for flooding in western Iowa.Company officials say they’re in the process of ma...
One Iowa-based convenience store chain is buying 22 stores from another… including stores in Storm Lake and Cherokee. ...
While demand for gasoline nationally fell two-percent, the demand in Iowa increased slightly. According to the Iowa Departmen...
Buena Vista County has renewed its contract with Plains Area Mental Health of LeMars to provide services to residents of the ...
A northwest Iowa ethanol refiner is making grants available to fuel retailers in 12 northwest Iowa counties looking to instal...
The Storm Lake school board this week approved a budget amendment for the current fiscal year. Superintendent Doctor Paul Ted...
A change in the King’s Pointe management agreement will give Kinseth Hospitality incentives to increase profits. Projec...
The operator of King’s Pointe Resort will now be operating another motel in Storm Lake. Kinseth Hotel Corporation is ad...
An amendment to the current Storm Lake city budget was approved Monday afternoon by the city council. Finance department man...
Two public hearings will be held during Monday afternoon’s Storm Lake city council meeting. The council will consider a...
The financial condition of the Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission is improving. Last year, numerous financial problems...
The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees have finalized the search committee for a new CEO. Search committee...
The U.S. Small Business Administration has cleared the way for residents of 14 counties to receive financial help in recoveri...
The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s Board of Trustees have named Chief Clinical Officer, Dawn Bach, and Chief Fin...
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The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center is looking for a new CEO.A statement released Thursday morning says Todd Hudspeth is ...
Unemployment rates in area counties didn’t change much from February to March. The state’s seasonally adjusted un...
The Storm Lake school board will hold a public hearing Thursday evening on the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning ...
James Tuttle, a farmer from Newell, has been selected as a winner in the “America Farmers Grow Communities” progr...
The low bid for reconstructing Vilas Road came in lower than expected.This week, the Storm Lake city council accepted the 215...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors have approved the county’s secondary road budget for the Department of Transportatio...
The Storm Lake city budget for the fiscal year beginning July first was approved this week by the city council. Finance manag...
The Iowa Farm Bureau’s Farm Management Webinar Series will offer crop and livestock market outlooks and address innovat...
The Storm Lake city council will hold several public hearings Monday afternoon. There will be hearings on the proposed sale o...
Buena Vista County spends the least per-capita for mental health services of any of Iowa’s 99 counties… yet is d...
The former Humboldt city administrator has been sentenced to prison on theft and misconduct in office charges. Lorie Ricklefs...
King’s Pointe Outdoor Waterpark is expected to improve its financial condition next fiscal year. Project manager Mike W...
A new turn in the battle for Sara Lee… the company has apparently rejected a buyout offer from an investor group led b...
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in December from 6.6 percent in November… re...
Friday was the deadline for those interested in buying Sara Lee to submit non-binding proposals. Two suitors are apparently i...
Storm Lake United has completed its first year combining area development, chamber of commerce function, and tourism… ...
USDA’s 2010 corn and soybean production totals came out below the year ago totals and were lower than pre-report expect...
A Clay County company is getting some special recognition from Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey for its efforts to market ethan...
The Alta City Council met in regular session on Monday. Mayor Richard Morris announced that a special meeting will be held ne...
Iowa Lakes Corridor Development has two programs planned early next year for budding entrepreneurs. Corridor Development CEO ...
Several companies plan to add jobs in Iowa as a result of support from the Iowa Department of Economic Development. Twelve a...
Tyson Foods returned to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, partly helped by higher prices and improved pork and prepared ...
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was reported at 6.7 percent for October… while the September rate w...
A Sioux Rapids business was honored at the first annual Business Recognition Luncheon sponsored by Iowa Lake Corridor Develop...
The Buena Vista County Supervisors have approved an amendment to the county budget. County auditor Sue Lloyd says the amendme...
The Storm Lake school district has the second highest tax rate among Lakes Conference schools… and the highest in Buen...
A pork processor has selected Le Mars for its location. North American Co-Pack Iowa will focus on sliced meats and other rea...
The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is gearing up for an event next month that will recognize area businesses and...
A bank based in Storm Lake has been told by federal regulators to stop making short-term payday and tax refund loans to custo...
Buena Vista University has announced two philanthropic gift pledges that will have a one-point-one million dollar impact in p...
The Buena Vista County Solid Waste Commission is hoping the County Supervisors will co-sign a 300-thousand dollar loan. The S...
Positive changes are expected in the four-county Lakes Corridor Region. Iowa Lakes Corridor Development recently completed it...