Spirit Lake’s boys basketball team kicked off 2025 with a home win over former Lakes Conference rival Le Mars on Thursday, Jan. 2. The Indians defeated the Bulldogs 77-68 in Spirit Lake.

Okoboji did plenty on the offensive end but the Dutch were too much in a Siouxland Conference boys basketball battle played Friday, Jan. 3. MOC-Floyd Valley defeated the Pioneers 86-72 in Milford.

The Spirit Lake Park girls wrestling team earned a fifth-place team finish and had three wrestlers finish in the top three at a tournament hosted by Sheldon on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Indians totaled 98 ...

Okoboji’s girls basketball team suffered a Siouxland Conference home loss to MOC-Floyd Valley on Friday, Jan. 3. The Pioneers, who had won three straight heading into the holiday break, opened 2025 ...

Spirit Lake’s girls basketball team earned a dominant nonconference home win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Friday, Jan. 3. In their first game back from the holiday break, the ninth-ranked (3A) Indians ...

Spirit Lake’s boys basketball team pushed its current win streak to three games with a hard-fought victory over Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Friday, Jan. 3. The Indians defeated the Warriors 63-61 in ...

House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst said House Democrats are still focused on their “people over politics” agenda and plan to introduce legislation on issues like supporting public education, ...

The Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday announced the five individuals and two couples who will represent the region as 2025 University of Okoboji Winter Games Cheerleaders.

Soon we will be at the mid-season or late season of 2025 ice fishing season. As a participant in many ice fishing seasons, I have some wonderful memories of fishing through the ice at this time of ...

The 1993 flooding event had a devastating impact throughout the Midwest and is a fixture in the memory of many lake’s area residents.

The Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce has drop-off points for the area’s natural evergreen trees and wreaths. Visit lots at Arnolds Park Amusement Park (seen here) and the Dickinson County ...

Four people were charged with drug-related offenses after Dickinson County Sheriff’s deputies searched a home and garage at 303 South First Street in Terril on Friday.