Spirit Lake will join the Siouxland Conference no later than the 2026-27 school year — but one of the Siouxland’s current members will likely not be there when the Indians arrive. Sibley-Ocheyedan — a ...

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project ...

The Lakes Regional Healthcare (LRH) Board of Trustees recently approved the hospital’s property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, maintaining the county tax rate at $0.48 per $1,000 of property ...

The Iowa Great Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 5043 is again helping local children and adults with special needs through its Tootsie Roll Open Charity Golf Tournament, held last summer at Okoboji ...

Iowa State Rep. John Wills just published a column talking about how all men and women are, by nature, free and equal and have certain inalienable rights. That doesn’t seem to line up with what we’re ...

No School? The Dickinson County Nature Center has a solution. It is offering a No School Day Camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, March 17 for youth in grades K-3. The theme of the camp is “Green in ...

Spirit Lake man’s murder case still lingers in court five years later A judge has once again granted a Spirit Lake man more time to spell out why the court should reconsider his second-degree murder ...

The Iowa Navy Commodores and Spirit Lake Chamber of Commerce were on hand Monday, March 10, to welcome Krafty’s Meat Market to Spirit Lake as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Owners Nathan and Tina ...

The Milford City Council has more information as it considers asking the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) whether or not to reduce Highway 71 from four lanes to three through the community.