Grading of F Avenue near Little Sioux Corn Processors slowed as rain washed out multiple work days for the project. Cherokee County Engineer Kelly Puhrmann told the Cherokee County Board of …

The early construction phase of the Alta-Aurelia Warrior Athletic Center is three weeks behind schedule as record-setting rainfall washed out multiple days of the initial paving project. During …

$152 million awarded across rural Iowa communities Linn Grove and Sioux Rapids will receive over $800,000 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to …

City on the hook for $325,000 for phase one of dredge spoil site transformation The City of Storm Lake is pushing forward plans to convert the dredge spoil site east of town into a nature …

UnityPoint Health will open same-day clinic services at the Family Health Center in Storm Lake beginning this fall.  A dedicated nurse practitioner, in addition to support staff, will focus on …

Storm Lake Mayor Mike Porsch announced today that he will not run for reelection this November.  Porsch initially served as a member of the city council before serving two terms as …

The Iowa Department of Transportation asked a judge to toss Casey’s General Stores’ lawsuit against the DOT, Cherokee County and the City of Marcus, alleging that an eminent domain …

St. Mary’s Catholic School held a special Bus Blessing ceremony at the Panther Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at noon, to celebrate the arrival of a brand new school bus. This addition to the …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a Fargo, N.D., law firm to represent the county in an unspecified “construction-related dispute.”  After an hourlong closed …

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 …

For the next three Sunday nights, waterfighting practice will take place on the concrete training area behind the Storm Lake Fire Department station.   "We have a good off-street location …

County Attorney Paul Allen: board of supervisors hiring North Dakota firm to ‘prevent some unnecessary expense to the taxpayer’ The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors hired a …

Precipitation throughout July exceeded monthly averages and resulted in the effective erasure of drought and dryness across much of Iowa. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources …

A Colorado man was killed yesterday in a car collision with a Pocahontas driver off of Highway 4 in Pocahontas County north of Pomeroy.  After the collision around 12:02 p.m. on Aug. 7, the …

By Tom Cullen and Allison Moore | Storm Lake Times Pilot Management fees jump 51% with new hotel operator King’s Pointe Resort was slightly profitable in 2025.  The resort …

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 …

U.S. Highway 71 just north of the Iowa Highway 7 intersection is scheduled to close on Aug. 18 for a combined Iowa Department of Transportation and Canadian National railroad project.

McKeon says reports of losses are ‘rumors’ but city is reluctant to release P&L Storm Lake City Councilwoman Meg McKeon has had enough of the public pestering her about …

Canadian wildfires raged in Northwest Canada.  And Northwest Iowa’s air quality worsened from increasing particulate matter.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources …

‘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 …