The Tipsy House at Arnolds Park Amusement Park has brought in guests since the early 1900s. — and many of those guests likely passed underneath the Legend-themed archway dozens of times to get there.

Okoboji’s girls basketball team – after reeling off three straight wins ahead of the holiday break — have yet to pick up a win in 2025, extending their losing streak to seven games with a lopsided ...

Spirit Lake’s sixth-ranked (3A) girls basketball team — after starting the season 10-0 — dropped a second straight contest, this time to fifth-ranked (2A) Rock Valley. The Rockets topped the Indians ...

Supervisor Steve Dullard proposed a resolution setting a deadline for the county to receive information from FEMA by Feb. 10. The board voted unanimously against the resolution, but the supervisors ...

The Spirit Lake Park girls wrestling team put three wrestlers in the finals, earning one first-place and two second-place finishes, and totaled 88 team points to place seventh at a tournament hosted ...

Snowblowers may be fairly idle so far in 2025, but the area will be busier than ever for the 45th University of Okoboji Winter Games. Chair Andy Lux, co-chair Mickey Harrington, the Iowa Great Lakes ...

The Okoboji/HMS girls wrestling team went 3-0 in a home quad held Thursday, Jan. 16 in Milford. The Pioneers earned a 36-30 win over Spirit Lake Park, a 60-18 win over Sibley-Ocheyedan, and a 42-36 ...

State Sen. Mike Bousselot’s plan to shift Iowa’s northern border — by adding nine southern Minnesota counties — drew attention in the first week of the 2025 legislative session. The area’s ...

Spirit Lake’s boys basketball team earned a nonconference home win over Rock Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The Indians defeated the Rockets 53-44 in Spirit Lake.

The framework for the 10th annual Okoboji Blue Water Festival (OBWF) scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Preservation Plaza green space in Arnolds Park is rapidly coming together. Even though it’s ...

Harris-Lake Park’s girls basketball team earned a narrow home win over Gehlen Catholic on Monday, Jan. 13. The Wolves overcame a slow start to edge the Jays 56-53 in Lake Park and extend their win ...

Harris-Lake Park’s boys basketball team dropped a War Eagle Conference home game to Gehlen Catholic on Monday, Jan. 13. The Jays defeated the Wolves 65-42 in Lake Park.