Stories from Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Spirit Lake and Okoboji cross country teams kicked off the 2014 season with a meet at Spencer on Tuesday and each school placed highly among the 12 teams present. The Spirit Lake boys and Okoboji girls each placed third in their respective divisions, while the Spirit Lake girls placed fifth and the Okoboji boys took 12th place overall...

An Okoboji woman was transported to the Clay County Jail on numerous drug charges. The investigation began when a Clay County deputy made a traffic stop at about 1:28 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. The deputy smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and confronted the driver. Upon further investigation, marijuana was located and 22-year-old Asia Re Naye Visocsky was placed under arrest...

The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance with a burglary investigation. Numerous items have been recovered that were believed to be stolen from the areas of East Lake Okoboji, Center Lake, and in and around the city of Spirit Lake, on the night of Saturday, Aug. 23 into Sunday, Aug. 24...