Spirit Lake’s football team spit and sputtered for most of the first half of Friday’s second-round matchup with Osage, but the Indians found a spark when they needed it most.

Spirit Lake’s dynamic senior duo of Brandon Hughes and Dietrich Dirks proved to be among the state’s best runners Saturday, Nov. 2 at the 2024 Iowa High School Cross Country Championships held at ...

Okoboji’s boys cross country team, after earning back-to-back runner-up finishes at the state meet the last two seasons, capped its year with a 12th-place team finish at the 2024 Iowa High School ...

With the 2024 pheasant opener in the books, let’s take a look at how things went over the expanse of 16 counties in northwest Iowa. According to District 1 Captain, Greg Harson, DNR law enforcement ...

After record low precipitation in September and October, drought conditions have reappeared across much of Iowa, causing river and stream flows to drop to similar levels as in 2023. Heading into ...

Iowa snowmobilers are no longer required to purchase and display an annual trail user permit, according to a new law that went into effect July 1, 2024. The law folded the trail user permit into the ...

Pheasants Forever is one of those unique organizations that is about both conservation and the people that are part of this conservation organization. There is a reason that it is nicknamed “The ...

Pretty much all of Iowa is under some degree of drought. It is hard to believe we have come from late June’s intense flooding in northwest Iowa to the abnormally dry condition we are experiencing ...

What a long and beautiful fall Iowans have experienced, and it appears there will be more. Fall is a great time to catch fish in Iowa’s rivers. A unique angling challenge is hidden around every bend.

Despite warm weather persisting in much of the state, roughly 6,000 deer have been registered so far through the youth and disabled hunter seasons, and the opening of the archery and early ...

Entering Friday night’s first-round playoff matchup with Cherokee, Spirit Lake head football coach Josh Bolluyt said his team needed a challenge. To that point, the Indians had dominated their last ...

Okoboji’s historic football season came to an end Friday, Oct. 25 with a loss to Western Christian in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs. The Wolfpack defeated the Pioneers 41-28 in Milford.