One 20-year effort is gaining momentum through a series of speakers visiting the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. This effort to designate the Little Sioux River as an official Iowa water trail hopes to ...

There weren't any decent roads leading to the building site of Spirit Lake United Methodist Church when it was first founded in 1874. However, that didn't stop its congregation from making their ...

Riders outnumbered residents 7-to-1 in Milford, but that didn’t stop volunteers from making RAGBRAI Day 1 memorable for about 20,000 cyclists on Sunday. Then, within a few hours Monday morning, they ...

Target practice is paused at a popular Dickinson County shooting range as of Monday, but Iowa Department of Natural Resources Shooting Sports & Range Development Coordinator Jonathan Jones thinks $400 ...

For Margy Wood, the Lake was never just a destination. It was the heartbeat of her childhood, the backdrop of her most treasured memories, and the place she hoped would reflect the full circle of a ...

The Dickinson County Fair has come a long way since November of 1871, when the pages of the Spirit Lake Beacon made mention of the “First Annual Fair of the Dickinson County Agricultural Society.” ...

Dickinson County supervisors are pulling the plug on a partnership with regional mental health provider Collaborative Intervention Community Services (CICS), stating that the new system was failing ...

The OSTA was organized in 1952 as a liaison group between northwest Iowa and the Grinnell College Summer Theatre, the predecessor of Okoboji Summer Theatre. In 1958, Stephens College from Columbia, ...

A recent Harris-Lake Park graduate and future Morningside College student was crowned Dickinson County Fair Queen Saturday evening. Kendal Niemeier will study biology and pre-dentistry while playing ...

Most Americans are left scratching their heads when they consume reporting on the actions taken in Washington, D.C. That’s because most Americans understand that our political parties are spending ...

The phrases “kingdom of God” and “kingdom of heaven” often appear in the Gospels. John the Baptist announced it. Jesus proclaimed and gave many parables about it. The disciples were sent to preach it.

I went to the Pearson Lakes Art Center last Wednesday evening expecting to see and hear a country music show starring the Texas Tenors. Boy was I surprised and thoroughly delighted by the end of the ...