Summer is long over in the Iowa Great Lakes, but area children still have a chance to have some lunch and play inside or out thanks Lutheran Lakeside Camp in Spirit Lake. The camp’s programming staff ...

Tim Miller shares the story behind a bench the family recently donated in honor of his dad Stan and his legacy of service to community. It was not only an honor for Stan to serve the community of the ...

A Milford man entered a written “not guilty” plea to allegations that he tried to steal at least $50,000 from a 72-year-old Arnolds Park man in declining health. Steven Donald Sullivan, 74, Milford, ...

“Milford Fire & Rescue are you tired of my voice yet?” The question came from Jarrod Fischer in a playful and supportive post on Facebook. As dispatch administrator for the Dickinson County Sheriff’s ...

The rain didn’t stop Iowa Great Lakes residents from enjoying a day of trick-or-treating across Dickinson County. Creative costumes inspired by a variety of sources made their grand debut, from K-Pop ...

Roger Brockshus of Spirit Lake earned a spot among Iowa's top poets this year. His work, titled "Aunt Betty," featured in the state's longest-running poetry anthology. Brockshus was one of 300 poets ...

Nearly 200 Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. (UDMO) team members came together for a comprehensive all-staff inservice event to focus on organization-wide collaboration. The inservice featured staff ...

Down two sets to visiting Sheldon in a Class 3A quarterfinal on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Spirit Lake volleyball wrestled away the next three to secure a reverse sweep (23-25, 16-25, 25-18, 25-20, 15-11) to ...

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Just in time for Halloween, Iowa Weird Vol. 1 is a tour de force of the strange, bizarre and as the title suggests, downright weird. Editor Nick Nariigon has compiled a collection of 16 stories, ...

The days are growing shorter and chillier, which means now is a good time to find some cozy indoor activities. The Spirit Lake Public Library can help you with that! We have a paperback book and ...