Part of the Okoboji Summer Theatre experience is seeing how costumes help bring a production to life. In that spirit, attendees can expect an evening of flapper dresses, cloche hats, long necklaces, ...

West Okoboji’s official date of incorporation was Dec. 17, 1924, but centennial planners felt a celebration during the summer season was a better way to bring the city’s year-round and seasonal ...

This scene has become a monthly ritual thanks to Animal House, a local business at the Central Emporium that organizes beach cleanups on the last Wednesday of each month throughout the summer.

Clay County Tourism joined the Clay County Trails Association for the ribbon cutting of the newest section of the Iowa Great Lakes Connection Trail on Monday, June 9. This brand new, eight-mile ...

DC3 filed a petition in May challenging the county board's unanimous approval of Invenergy Red Rock Wind Energy farm. The project would place industrial turbines across agricultural land near Lake ...

Jean Louise Boekhout, 75, of Spirit Lake passed away June 15, in her Spirit Lake home. A Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Visitation is two hours ...

As we approach the end of June, there are still so many activities and events going on at the Spirit Lake Public Library! Please join us for a very special Story Time at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 23.

A national protest gained local traction as several hundred demonstrators gathered Saturday, June 14, for a “No Kings” rally at the Dickinson County Courthouse in Spirit Lake.

Thomas Herbert Crane, son of Harry and Rebecca (Henderson) Crane, was born Dec. 31, 1930, in Dickens. He graduated from Gillett Grove High School with the Class of 1948. Tom then worked as an auto ...

Magistrate Judge Tobias Cosgrove has set a 2 p.m. hearing Friday, June 27, for a Milford man accused of scaling ceiling tiles as part of a late-night Sibley convenience store caper.

Sunday, June 22, begins the final month countdown as the city of Milford prepares for RAGBRAI, the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa.

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation has announced the hire of Jenny Dykema as Office Coordinator for the regional economic development organization serving Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson and ...