Arnolds Park News

Vowing to take a ride on one of the attractions at the Arnolds Park Amusement Park and grab some candy from the Queen's Court, Iowa's Lt.

Fire departments from Milford and Arnolds Park-Okoboji extinguished a house fire last week near O'Shucks Bait Shop.

Spencer was passed by another suburb and is the state's 33rd largest city, according to new estimates released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa - Each year thousands flock to the Iowa Great Lakes to soak in some sun, take the boat out for a spin and of course take a ride at the Arnolds Park Amusement Park.

The little lake cottages have been replaced by million-dollar homes. Gone are summer evenings when tourists sidled through Arnolds Park crowds to skate at the roller rink or dance at the Roof Garden.

The Landscape Studio of RDG Planning and Design received four design awards from the Iowa chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects at the annual spring conference.

Arnolds Park, Iowa, author Peter Davidson's fiction book 'Murder In Okoboji' was published in late May, featuring many actual businesses and real people from the Okoboji area.

Tired of busting your budget to entertain yourself in the Lakes area? Maybe you're crunching cash this Saturday after taking the family out for a movie - complete with popcorn, sodas and Junior Mints.

The Okoboji Summer Theatre , www.okobojisummertheatre.org , 52nd Season began last week when the OST Box Office opened on Monday, June 8, 2009, and the opening performance is this evening, Tuesday, June 16, 8:00 p.m., followed by the annual opening night post-performance party.

I needed to take a few weeks off from this new blog. I'm busy, busy, busy, and activities for which I don't get paid sometimes have to take a back seat to family, employment, community, and homeowner commitments.

The annual 'Takin' It To The Streets' dance is set for Saturday, June 27 in downtown Cherokee.

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said in Iowa on Wednesday that Republicans can regain their foothold in U.S. politics by staying true to their conservative convictions.

Republican Mike Huckabee will return to Iowa today to speak to a business group and raise money for prospective gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats.

When I was in high school in the 1950's Riverview was the best place to head for a great day of fun! One day my friend and I rode the roller coaster more than thirty times in a row.

If you read the Des Moines Register online, you're probably aware of the "Old-time Photo of the Day" feature we've been offering for the past six months.

Zandbroz Variety, 209 S. Phillips Ave., will host a book signing with two local authors, 2-4 p.m. Saturday Dell Rapids author C.E. Holmes' latest novel, "Excavating Okoboji: To the Beat of the Waves," is a sequel to his last work, "Okoboji: Puppet Show of Memory." The latest work is fiction, but set in the the Arnolds Park area, and punctuated with ...

Just two years after a rare, eye-opening voyage through the Northwest Passage, Iowan David Thoreson is attempting to circumnavigate North and South America in a continuous sailboat trip - something that's never been done before.

Funds raised at the Character Counts bike ride on May 31 will support World Bicycle Relief, an organization that provides durable, sustainable bicycle transportation for community educators, medical support teams and vulnerable, child-led households in Zambia, Africa.

With last year's floods in eastern Iowa and this spring's high water in North Dakota, many Iowa Great Lakes residents are counting their blessings this year.

It's a summer to visit your Iowa neighbors. The economy hasn't recovered yet, and although a few will note positive signs, a frugal mindset lingers among travelers.