Flu and other respiratory illnesses are keeping school children at home and sending people to the doctor’s office. Laurens-Marathon School District dismissed classes early on Monday and …
Another lawyer wants to part ways with Dan Winchell. Sam Marks of Des Moines asked judges in Buena Vista and Cherokee County district courts to approve his withdrawal from representing …
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on two of the United States’ top trading partners were reversed on Tuesday, a relief for farmers in Iowa. On Saturday, the President signed executive …
The Buena Vista County Conference Board hired two law firms to represent the county in property tax appeals. The board hired Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen of Des Moines and …
A minority shareholder of the defunct Holzhauer Motors agreed to pay Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake $500,000 in connection with a …
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. …
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources paid $91,000 to a Le Mars man who fell off a fishing pier at the Storm Lake Marina in March 2020, the second known settlement related to injuries from the …
Early's raw water supply is “dangerously low” from drought conditions. By Wednesday, the city can no longer guarantee to the town with 587 population that its water will be safe to consume.
The City of Storm Lake tabbed Ahlers & Cooney of Des Moines as its city attorney for a second straight year. The council voted 5-0 to name Maria Brownell, Emily Duffy and Logan Brundage as city attorneys.
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. …
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. …
The City of Storm Lake is mulling improvements to two blocks of Cayuga Street near the library and courthouse, the same area that was the center of a lawsuit threat by a commercial landlord in June …
Dan Winchell has been accused of withholding information from shareholders of the defunct Holzhauer Motors in Cherokee. Robin and Tony Jenness, a Marcus couple who used to own shares in …
The Iowa Court of Appeals tossed Jeff Goodwin’s appeal of a judge’s dismissal of his lawsuit against the State of Iowa for therapist malpractice. A unanimous appeals panel …
The City of Storm Lake and Buena Vista County have incurred nearly $250,000 in litigating a lawsuit over misappropriated tax-increment financing revenues. The city has paid $152,700 to its …
Newell and Sioux Rapids no longer have police chiefs. Both of them were fired earlier this year. Sioux Rapids Mayor Jim Wise told The Storm Lake Times-Pilot the town’s …
Most of the Storm Lake Times Pilot’s major headlines in 2024 could’ve been predicted. Republicans swept elections up and down the ticket in Buena Vista County — a boat …
The city reported to the Iowa Department of Management that it was carrying $43.74 million in debt that must be paid back by either tax-increment financing revenues or property taxes. It’s the …
The City of Storm Lake received a $161,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for boat ramp improvements at the Sunrise Park boat ramp. Communications Coordinator Dana …
A jury will be empaneled next November to hear Citizens First National Bank’s lawsuit against Holzhauer Motors’ shareholders, alleging they owe $5.1 million on a loan on which the defunct …