Stories from Monday, June 11, 2012

A deputy with the state fire marshal's office is still trying to determine the cause of a fire that lit up the sky over Arnolds Park and destroyed a well known restaurant early Monday morning. Firefighters were paged at about 1:56 a.m. to Mineral City Mill and Grill near East Lake Okoboji. Milford and Spirit Lake firefighters were called for additional manpower and equipment, according to Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire Chief Christ Yungbluth...

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel for an Estherville woman who disappeared in the waters of East Lake Okoboji over the weekend. The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office said 26-year-old Jennifer Johnson was one of eight passengers on a boat making a slow cruise back to shore. ...