Arbitration panel sides with county after three-year legal battle.

The Storm Lake City Council considered funding requests from seven local organizations totaling $123,000.  Storm Lake United asked the city for $60,000, the highest request during …

Decrease in drug-related arrests, increase in calls for service . Three complaints of officer misconduct “exonerated,” “unfounded”.

Supt. Cole on Facebook: ‘It’s been an awful week’. After Oneida Street standoff, superintendent excoriates critics of SLPD, husband Chris Cole

Neighbor: ‘We were thinking of just staying in our basement, but then the gunshots started’

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay Dustin Konrady $40,000 for an allegedly mistaken search of his house on North Fifth Street.  The board of supervisors voted 5-0 Jan. …

Shots fired at police during 19-hour long stand-off on Oneida St. in SL Sunday. Daniel Palenik, 45, allegedly started firing at officers around 3 a.m. Monday. “Extremely dangerous” and “volatile” situation with armed, barricaded individual

Rates to rise, usage ‘tight’; Navratil: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime project’ The Storm Lake City Council is pressing on with an expansion to its water plant, which comes with an estimated $100 million price tag. 

“Our officers do not and will not stop individuals to inquire about immigration status.” Cole issued a statement addressing concerns over potential changes to U.S. immigration policy. Cole ensured the Storm Lake police department is committed to maintaining trust with local immigrants. 

Expert: Get your papers ready. President Donald Trump has promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, starting now.  It hasn’t yet reached Storm Lake, where there are people targeted by …

Councilwoman Meg McKeon questioned whether the city’s $27,000 contract in a Tupelo, Miss.-based retail recruiter is an investment justifiable to Storm Lake taxpayers.  “Do we …

Flush with property tax revenue from Platinum Crush, Buena Vista County is planning for a third phase of road reconstruction near the soybean crush plant’s campus east of Alta.  …

Buena Vista County Engineer Bret Wilkinson is aiming to start repaving work on Business 71 north of Storm Lake in 2025.  Wilkinson expects to bid six miles of Business 71 this spring and …

An unidentified man was stranded on the big island in Storm Lake Saturday evening and had to be rescued by local first responders using a drone and ice water equipment.  Buena Vista County …

A Storm Lake man was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two felonies in connection with an alleged robbery and stabbing last June.  Buena …

A Pocahontas man was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors on Thursday after he allegedly brandished a handgun at the Buckle store in downtown Storm Lake while intoxicated.  Jason …

Surveillance camera network in areas with high crime, high traffic The City of Storm Lake is operating a growing surveillance camera network that dwarfs its peers in Iowa.  Storm …

Councilwoman Maria Ramos requested a city council work session on regulations for electronic bicycles riding on city streets following resident complaints about road safety.  Ramos said …

Two Alta parents who claim a special education teacher at Storm Lake Elementary School abused their disabled 12-year-old son have moved their lawsuit against the school district to a federal court. …

Mayor Porsch: "I think we’re talking about a pretty small risk" Councilman Kevin McKinney once again protested the city’s recently passed ordinance regulating the keeping of domestic …