The cast for the Iowa Lakes Community College community production of Les Misérables will include over 60 actors and actresses, including college students, adults, and children from northwest Iowa and Minnesota. Les... >>

Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire and Rescue crews are working with the State Fire Marshall's Office, but the group likely won't be able to determine the cause of a massive structure fire Monday afternoon. Firefighters were... >>

Preparing for a RAGBRAI overnight stop is a marathon, not a sprint, according to RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz. Now's the time to lace up the sneakers. The organizing committee for the Okoboji and Iowa Great Lakes... >>

Friday's gathering of congregations will continue a Lakes Area tradition that goes back more than 35 years. Weekly nondenominational ecumenical services of the 2014 Lenten season are set to begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March... >>

Five people were taken to Lakes Regional Healthcare and damage totaled $12,500 following a two-car accident Monday afternoon in Spirit Lake. Police say 24-year-old Nicole Marie Hike had a green light and was traveling west... >>

There's no such thing as an offseason for Treasure Village Creative Director Deborah Clark and Business Manager Linnea Lambert. While we are raking leaves and taking kids to homecoming week events, Clark and Lambert fit in... >>

A 35-year-old Estherville man is being held on $2 million cash-only bond for his suspected role in a shooting death at the Green Acres Village trailer complex in Estherville. A 911 call brought the Estherville Police... >>

One of the youngest defendants in the Gregory Sky Erickson murder case will have a judge take a fresh look at his prison sentence. Judge David Lester on Feb. 18 ordered a pre-sentence investigation report and an April 21... >>

The area's one-screen downtown movie theater has a little more time. Sharon Mayer on Tuesday confirmed plans to open Pioneer Theatre in Milford for the season on Friday, March 7. "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" will be the feature.... >>

All the Rubeck family can do now is wait. But they aren't waiting alone. April and Ryan's seven-month old son, Roman, is currently on life support waiting for a heart transplant in Rochester, Minn. Several hundred residents... >>