Buena Vista County News

On eve of his trial in 1998, man had disappeared and had lived under a false identity ever since, officials say.

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, may face a primary challenge from a northwest Iowa man, who says his platform would be to legalize marijuana.

A Saturday afternoon one pickup accident lands a Linn Grove woman in the hospital.

A Storm Lake man lands a five year prison term after pleading guilty to firearm, theft, and drug charges.

A western Iowa boy given his mother's last name at birth because the father was unknown should keep the mother's surname, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today.

Two from Storm Lake are arrested by Police after execution of a search warrant Thursday by the Storm Lake Police Department Entry Team.

The Storm Lake Police Department and Buena Vista County Sheriff's Department announce twenty two arrests were made on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 in connection with a series of drug related investigations that spanned the past seven months.

A joint drug investigation by Storm Lake Police and the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office has culminated in the arrests of 22 people.

Jose Ramon De Leon Tavarez, 23, Paullina, was charged with driving while suspended and failure to file SR-22 insurance at 8:05 a.m. Monday, Sept.

Authorities said Tuesday it's impossible to know whether 15-year-old Alyssa Jo Vanderhoff of Marathon was reading or writing a text message when she crashed her pickup truck two weeks ago.

A Labor day accident in Buena Vista County resulted in severe injuries to an Oto woman.

The land market is more fraught with uncertainty than any other time in the past two decades, according to Charles Gilliland, a research economist at Texas A&M. "On the negative side, there is a very real threat of significant economic damage ahead that is unlikely to bypass agriculture if further job losses spread." On the positive side, he notes: ...

Felony charges, including vehicular homicide, have been filed against a Rembrandt man involved in a head-on collision earlier this summer.

Join the Little Sioux Red Power Tractor Club on their Labor Day Weekend activities.

A computer program designed in Cerro Gordo County is expected to speed up voting by helping poll workers cut time spent processing voters.

A Marathon teenager is dead after a one vehicle accident in Buena Vista County. Sheriff Gary Launderville says deputies, Sioux Rapids police, fire and ambulance crews along with an ambulance from the Buena Vista Regional medical center were paged out around 7:15 Thursday night.

Hanover Historical Village - This gas station is just one of the historic sites at the Hanover Historical Village, located at the junction of M-27 and C-65. Photo contributed The 5th Annual Hanover Tractor Ride will be held on Saturday, August 22, beginning at 8 a.m. Tractors and drivers will be assembling at the Hanover Corner to begin their ride.

Residents of one, normally quiet Northwest Iowa town heard more than a few sirens Tuesday evening.

One person is dead after a head-on collision in Buena Vista county Sunday. It happened just before 6:00 a.m. half a mile south of Highway 10 on U.S. Highway 71.

A Storm Lake man is dead after being run over by a car near Newell, Iowa. Buena Vista County authorities say the unidentified 55-year-old man was a passenger in William Harms' car when it went into the ditch.