A harassment case against Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. was dismissed from Buena Vista County District Court last Thursday.   A Senior communications manager for Tyson told the Times Pilot the …

The Storm Lake City Council finalized the issuance of a $5.8 million tax-increment financing bond that would finance the remodeling of King’s Pointe Resort. Finance Manager Brian Oakleaf told …

The Alta City Council denied a request to allow chickens at a home in the city limits.   The council declined to entertain a request by Kelly Halverson, a Wisconsin transplant who hailed …

A Storm Lake teen was arrested on June 2 for reportedly soliciting a hitman to murder a 7-year-old child.  A 17-year-old female was charged by Storm Lake police with solicitation to commit …

The City of Storm Lake has declared a Level 2 voluntary water conservation emergency in response to increased daily water use and weather forecasting hot and dry conditions.   “The Level 2 …

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors denied a request to delay the opening of the courthouse by two hours on Monday, July 24 because of RAGBRAI. The supervisors denied the request from …

A board that will be empaneled this month to name Don Altena’s replacement won’t consider potential candidates’ positions on the Color-ize building, the top political issue facing the county. …

Storm Lake Community School District Foundation has awarded 18 classroom educator incentive grants to the Storm Lake District for the 2023-24 school year.   The foundation is funding $18,000 …

Air quality in Northwest Iowa became unhealthy for sensitive groups over the past month because of Canadian wildfire smoke that drifted into the Midwest.   The Iowa Department of Natural …

The Newell municipal pool will not reopen this summer and because of serious repairs needed, plans are forming to entertain the possibility of constructing a new one. The pool, originally built in …

The Linn Grove Bridge could be finished in as few as two months.   Engineer Bret Wilkinson said the contractor, Godberson-Smith of Ida Grove, is expected to tie all of the bridge’s steel …

Man charged with lighting   his girlfriend’s hair on fire A Storm Lake man was arrested for allegedly lighting his girlfriend’s hair on fire last Monday.   Jonathan Belcher, 37, …

Cash rental rates in Buena Vista and surrounding counties continue their upward surge in 2023, according to a recently released survey by Iowa State University.   The cost to rent farmland …

Bob Carmichael’s Memorial Day speech played on the historical intricacies of wars Storm Lake residents were deployed to.   Carmichael, a former instructor at the Iowa Military Academy and …

A nursing home in Albert City that recently closed was assessed a $57,000 claim by a medical staffing company who provided six weeks of nursing services the nursing home allegedly didn’t pay. …

A hydraulic leak caused the intersection of North Lake Avenue and 10th Street to be blocked off on Tuesday (May 30). Storm Lake Public Works Department employees were on the scene at around 12:30 …

A former Storm Lake standout cross-country and track runner was found dead in a nature area two and a half miles southwest of his home in southeast Florida.  Makuach (Paul) Yak, 31, was found …

Congratulations to Storm Lake Honda for being ranked No. 1 nationally in Honda sales. The designation came out at the beginning of May and applies to the first quarter of 2023.   “Jeff’s …

Dozens of motorcycles converged on Storm Lake from the north Wednesday evening. It was the Shayla Bee Foundation from Spencer, delivering good cheer and a big check to seven-year-old Storm Laker …

The Sioux Central School Board inked an agreement with Beck Engineering of Cherokee to design a new auditorium and renovate several classrooms.   The engineering firm was hired to complete a …