The Storm Lake City Council unanimously shot down a proposed ordinance that would have allowed a new livestock holding facility access to city water.  After mulling whether to make an …

Airport maintains long-term goal to relocate tanks above ground After weeks of renegotiating contracts, the Storm Lake City Council approved a $16,120 bid for temporary fuel system repair work …

‘I will greatly miss this’  Storm Lake City Councilman Kevin McKinney announced Monday evening his plans to resign from the council, bringing to a close more than seven years of …

County withholds formal response A Storm Lake woman sued Buena Vista County and its environmental health director, alleging county employees forced her resignation to retaliate against her …

An Alta woman convicted of felony meth possession was arrested again on a warrant for allegedly failing to enroll in a treatment program and continuing to use methamphetamine.  Storm Lake …

A Storm Lake man was charged with assault and harassment for allegedly holding a ratchet wrench and threatening to kill two victims at a food stand on Chautauqua Park Drive.  Storm Lake …

A Storm Lake man was arrested and charged with child endangerment after police reportedly received multiple calls about his toddler son walking along East Lakeshore Drive in a diaper.  …

A trial involving a Newell man who has been under suspicion of sex crimes against children three times finished on Wednesday.  Assistant County Attorney Ashley Herrig and Ned Bjornstad, a …

Rural Iowa courts are scrambling to provide legal counsel for indigent defendants. As fewer attorneys open criminal defense practices, "legal deserts" continue spreading across Northwest Iowa, Iowa State researchers ...

A Storm Lake teen was sentenced to five years probation in lieu of prison time for two cases...

Humid temperatures blanketing Northwest Iowa have a somewhat unusual source: corn..

The Storm Lake City Council is mulling selling water to livestock facilities...

In hopes of saving its reserve funds, the Storm Lake City Council...

Measles cases have spread to Northwest Iowa. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services confirmed...

The City of Storm Lake formed an ad hoc study committee to recommend impending water rate increases, as the city braces to fund an estimated $100 million water treatment plant overhaul.  …

For the third time this year, the Storm Lake City Council denied financial support to one of the city’s most established certified daycare centers.  Ready Set Grow Learning Center …

Under new law, police can only issue warnings for first six months A Storm Lake police officer mistakenly issued a ticket to a 17-year-old under Iowa’s new hands-free cell phone law, which …

Addresses council amid ‘media speculation’

The Storm Lake Police Department has increased security fees by 33%.  With an estimated $3,200 price tag for police personnel, Storm Lake United threatened to cancel Miracle on Lake …

Funds from former Timberwolves owner contribute to new ambulance, rescue boat, X-Ray machine.