A small crowd of around a dozen people — including several young children — gathered at the lake Tuesday, March 18, to watch the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary car being towed from the water. --- Online ...

The calendar says March so, chances are, Iowans have either a blizzard warning day when it’s time to break out the frozen pizza and hunker down. That happened on March 4 and March 19. Or, it’s a red ...

In a state known for its beef, one Spirit Lake restaurant is making its way to the top of Iowa's competitive burger scene. Five years ago, Jason Battern opened Burger and Company, just two days before ...

Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Michael Ehret and Clay County Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Tigges were attending webinars, sending out emails and using social media on what ...

As developers plan for a sprawling wind farm across three northwest Iowa counties, a debate over local control versus state standardization has sprouted, with some residents pushing back against ...

The Iowa Great Lakes are a common migration stop for one of North America’s largest birds. The guests with a nine-foot wingspan are known for their inland route from Mexico to the Upper Midwest and ...

Okoboji Performing Arts will bring Broadway to Okoboji on April 3-4. New York City’s Jeremy Stolle, Satomi Hofmann, and Arri Lawton-Simon will be here with their program, “No More Talk of Darkness.” ...

Route 86 Music is pleased to announce JJ Smith as the “Student of the Month” for March 2025. He is taking drum lessons and gaining confidence each week. His positive attitude and willingness to try ...

Marcy Toews shares the story behind a bench the family recently purchased in honor of her dad and his love of nature. “Enjoy the beauty of an ordinary day … ” was a favorite saying of Ed Purdy’s. When ...

A Celebration of Life for John Beekman will be held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Fillenwarth Beach Lobby. In lieu of flowers, memorials in memory of John can be given to Lakes ...

A Mass of Christian Burial was Wednesday, March 26, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spirit Lake for Charles D. “Chuck” Wingert. Burial was at St. Margaret’s Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Robinson Funeral ...

The opinion page has been a fixture in the Dickinson County News since its debut issue in on July 21, 1999. Going further back into the region’s newspaper history, the space designated for commentary ...