Fishing Iowa’s trout streams is a unique way to enjoy the cool fall weather and marvel at the amazing colors of Iowa’s prize trout. Male brown and brook trout display their brightest, most vibrant ...

In Iowa, only approximately 3% of the land is available for public use. This makes it extremely important to protect the public land we have. With everyone’s help, we can all preserve our public land ...

When I first moved to Estherville in 1978, one of the obvious draws as an outdoor person was the Iowa Great Lakes. There were so many sloughs, ponds and lakes to explore and to fish. Many of these ...

Brody Van’t Hul, of Rock Valley, was recently awarded the Launch Scholarship from Mau Marine. Brody, an ambitious student currently enrolled in Iowa Lakes Community College's Marine Technology program ...

Spirit Lake School District held a Veterans Day ceremony at the SAMI Center Monday morning. Terry Bruinsma, principal at the middle school, said that the program was a chance to show respect, ...

A bond referendum valued at around $69 million was recently passed for Okoboji Community School District. Voters decided on Nov. 5 to go through with the bond referendum, with 63-percent of voters ...

A Spirit Lake man was arrested on one felony count of dominion/control of firearm/offensive weapon by felon, as well as three serious misdemeanors, at approximately 7:50 p.m. April 14, 2023.

According to the criminal complaint, Steven Andrew Wynhoff, age 28, was arrested on two charges of theft, one charge of burglary, two counts of failure to maintain control, failure to provide proof of ...

Great civilizations are not conquered; they die from within. Our Founding Fathers knew this as they assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to establish our Constitution based on a republic form of ...

Residents of Okoboji and Arnolds Park are finally free from construction as of Nov. 1, thanks to the completion of the four-phased Highway 71 reconstruction project. Officials with the DOT previously ...

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Spirit Lake’s football team spit and sputtered for most of the first half of Friday’s second-round matchup with Osage, but the Indians found a spark when they needed it most.