The Central Emporium is used to its share of traffic, but the historic building saw more activity than usual as ice left West Lake Okoboji this spring. Michael Jensen was less than 100 days into his ...

Sherwood Forest Park, located at 3301 Lake Shore Drive in Okoboji, opens June 12 with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. The park offers everything from mountain bike trails to natural prairie lands.

In Iowa, the gap between city and country isn’t just cultural—it’s economic. Over the past 15 years, homebuying patterns in ...

Between 2020 and 2024, millennials reshaped Iowa’s housing market in quiet but powerful ways. While other states wrestled with affordability and lagging ownership rates, Iowa surged ahead—with nearly ...

JACKSON — The Jackson County Library System will host an adult program to learn about the underwater lake environment from scuba divers Tim Hilbert and Dave Swanson from West Lake Okoboji, Iowa. They ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has prepared a plan to improve water quality at Big Hollow Lake in Des Moines County and is now seeking public comments on the plan. Big Hollow Lake was one of ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is extending the deadline for landowners to repair boat docks and other permitted structures on Lake Conway to Dec. 31, 2025. The initial deadline for removal ...

From a game of pickleball to time on the Iowa Great Lakes or a float down the river, here are 14 things to do outside this ...

If you're looking to celebrate summer by heading outdoors, Iowa has plenty to offer all summer long. Try these 14 ideas to make the best of the summer months. Urbandale native Gannon Buhr throws ...

If you're looking to celebrate summer by heading outdoors, Iowa has plenty to offer all summer long. Try these 14 ideas to make the best of the summer months. Get in a nice walk outdoors while ...

The lake is outside of Duhamel's secluded Midwest home, which he calls his “doomsday cabin,” about an hour and a half away from Fargo, N.D. "We're about 40 minutes from civilization," he said ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - A Northwest Iowa tournament will honor a one-of-a-kind woman in June. On Friday, June 27, the Boji Legends Golf Tournament will introduce the first Karlee’s Gift of Hope ...