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Swans stun on the water (4/1/21)A number of swans were spotted while some of the seasons' remaining snow still covered the ground. The distinct white waterfowl were joined by other species of feathery fliers as they swam and...
2021 Harris-Lake Park Boys Track (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake Boys Track (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Okoboji Boys Track (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Okoboji Girls Track (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake-Okoboji Boys Tennis (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake-Okoboji Girls Tennis (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji Boys Soccer (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji Girls Soccer (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2021 Spirit Lake Girls Golf (3/30/21)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire Department training exercise (3/15/21)Fires were ignited and extinguished several times before the Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire Department was ready to let the Okoboji Bible Conference's Mission Manor burn in earnest the morning of March 6....
2021 State Wrestling Tournament — Day 3 (2/21/21)
2021 State Wrestling Tournament — Day 2 (2/20/21)
2021 State Wrestling Tournament — Day 1 (2/19/21)
Iowa Lakes Community College Jazz Band Contest 2021 (2/17/21)Student musicians in four divisions competed for top marks over two separate days at the Iowa Lakes Community College Jazz Band Contest. The Okoboji Jazz Band took second place in the 2A under the...
Vintage snowmobile drag races (2/8/21)
2021 Winter Games (1/30/21)Some events had to be called off, and some events had to be changed, but nothing could stop the fun of the annual University of Okoboji Winter Games over the weekend. Many of the staple events...
Okoboji 100 snowmobile races (1/25/21)East Lake Okoboji hosted the "NASCAR of snowmobile racing" Jan. 23-24 near Parks Marina. The inaugural Okoboji 100 Cor PowerSports races included a 10-mile circuit, which started east of the marina....
A YEAR IN IMAGES (1/6/21)This past year created more memorable sports images than can fit on a single page, but here are just a few of DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs' favorite snapshots from 2020.
Hoarfrost introduces a spectacle of white (1/5/21)Dense freezing fog can make night travel more difficult in northwest Iowa, but under the right conditions, it can also add a beautiful white tint to the winter landscape. Sunday was an example of...
2020-21 Harris-Lake Park Girls Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Harris-Lake Park Boys Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Okoboji Girls Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Okoboji Boys Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Okoboji/HMS Wrestling (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Spirit Lake Girls Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Spirit Lake Boys Basketball (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
2020-21 Spirit Lake Park Wrestling (11/23/20)If you would like to purchase any of these photos, contact DCN Sports Editor Matt Heinrichs at sports@dickinsoncountynews.com. This entire gallery will be for sale at the end of the season. The...
H-LP homecoming coronation 2020 (10/1/20)There was plenty of school pep and proud parents Wednesday night as Harris-Lake Park held its homecoming pep rally and coronation. Members of the community joined a full student section in the H-LP...
University of Okoboji Oktoberfest 2020 (9/30/20)Oktobertest rolled through the area Saturday, Sept. 26 with activities centered around Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park. Riders started the morning off with a 24-mile bike ride around West Lake...
Spirit Lake Homecoming 2020 (9/25/20)Homecoming festivities at Spirit Lake High School were a little different this year, but just as colorful. With the COVID-19 pandemic still on, the homecoming court was crowned outside Friday...
Okoboji Homecoming 2020 (9/17/20)Some socially distant fun was on the Okoboji High School's schedule Wednesday. The district's homecoming coronation ceremony was held outdoors on the high school football field. Seniors Caleb Miller...
Berkley Bedell State Pier dedication (9/8/20)Beatification efforts had been in full swing at the State Pier in Arnolds Park for some time, but the project was capped off Saturday with a ceremony renaming the pier after Lakes Area icon Berkley...
Bee and Butterfly Festival 2020 (9/3/20)The Dickinson County Nature Center's annual Bee and Butterfly Festival was spread out over the course of four days due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors were asked to sign up for one-hour...
2020 Harris-Lake Park Cross Country (8/27/20)
2020 Okoboji Cross Country (8/27/20)
2020 Spirit Lake Cross Country (8/27/20)
2020 Harris-Lake Park Volleyball (8/27/20)
2020 Okoboji Volleyball (8/27/20)
2020 Spirit Lake Volleyball (8/27/20)
2020 Harris-Lake Park Football (8/27/20)
2020 Okoboji Football (8/27/20)
2020 Spirit Lake Football (8/27/20)
Shayla Bee cruises West Lake Okoboji (8/24/20)The Shayla Bee Fund typically partners with Okoboji Classic Cars to host the nonprofit's Black Tie Black Leather fundraiser. With large gatherings falling out of style during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Lake Park Farmers Appreciation Days 2020 (8/5/20)Residents in and around Lake Park came together for an annual tradition in the Iowa Great Lakes. The 36th Annual Lake Park Farmer Appreciation Days featured food and fun over three days at the start...
Corvette and wooden boat show - 2020 (7/28/20)Area residents and visitors still had a chance to see Corvettes and classic boats over the weekend, but organizers adjusted plans to minimize the risk of illness amid the COVID-19 pandemic....
Dickinson County Fair 2020 (7/20/20)The events were closed to the public, but area youth still had some blue ribbon opportunities at the Dickinson County Fair this year. The swine show took place July 22. Poultry exhibits were...
Lakes come alive for the Fourth of July (7/7/20)Roads, trails and campsites began to fill up quickly as residents and guests celebrated the 4th of July this past weekend. The Iowa Great Lakes buzzed in anticipation of fireworks shows over...
Harris-Lake Park Graduation 2020 (6/28/20)The Harris-Lake Park commencement took place at 2 p.m.Sunday, June 28, at the high school football field in Lake Park. Like all seniors in 2020, the H-LP graduating class had to forgo some rites of...
Spirit Lake Graduation 2020 (6/23/20)Members of Spirit Lake's Class of 2020 had to wait until the first day of summer to receive their diplomas, but a few raindrops didn't keep them for capping an unconventional year. Commencement...
2020 Harris-Lake Park Softball (6/16/20)
2020 Harris-Lake Park Baseball (6/16/20)
2020 Okoboji Softball (6/16/20)
2020 Okoboji Baseball (6/16/20)
2020 Spirit Lake Softball (6/16/20)
2020 Spirit Lake Baseball (6/16/20)
Harris-Lake Park Class of 2020 Cruise the Loop (6/15/20)With a little less than two weeks until graduation, the Harris-Lake Park class of 2020 set up socially distant tables along North Market Street in Lake Park. Cars, trucks, UTVs and even a boat...
Okoboji High School graduation 2020 (6/15/20)Strong winds prematurely turned tassels — and occasionally flung mortar boards from graduates' heads — as the Okoboji class of 2020 prepared for their graduation ceremony in Preservation Plaza near...
Hundreds 'March for Justice' in Spencer (6/10/20)The June 4 March for Justice brought hundreds of people to East Leach Park in Spencer. The group walked from the park to the Spencer Police Station and back to protest police brutality after the...
March for Justice (6/5/20)Nearly 600 people showed up to a March for Justice event in Spencer, Iowa Thursday to protest police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in...
Kite surfing (5/1/20)
Pelicans return to region (4/29/20)
A SHINING LIGHT (4/28/20)Arnolds Park Amusement Park is honoring local high school senior classes by lighting its arches in the color schemes of area schools. Each night, the park spotlights a different school district in...
