Dickinson County News

Shaun Arnseon from the Iowa Lakes Corridor gave the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors the results on the Industry Call Program.

The Iowa Legislature has spent three legislative sessions struggling to rewrite the state's open-meetings and open-records laws, generating reams of proposed legislation in the process.

They came from all walks of life, volunteers with the single-minded purpose of protecting the lakes.

While many of the Lakes area's soldiers returned from deployment last July, many still remain overseas fighting for freedom, keeping the peace and protecting the rights and lives of citizens of the world.

Pat McNorton of the planning and zoning commission began the Spirit Lake City Council meeting Tuesday evening by introducing the 2009 comprehensive plan.

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.

On Wednesday, a Dickinson County judge informed Appletree Preschool and Daycare that an injunction had been filed, permanently keeping its owner from providing child care in Iowa.

On Wednesday, a Dickinson County judge informed Appletree Preschool and Daycare that an injunction had been filed, permanently keeping its owner from providing child care in Iowa.

On Wednesday, a Dickinson County judge informed Appletree Preschool and Daycare that an injunction had been filed, permanently keeping its owner from providing child care in Iowa.

Sioux City's attempt to encourage folks to spend time and money in the city may have paid off.

On Wednesday, a Dickinson County judge informed Appletree Preschool and Daycare that an injunction had been filed, permanently keeping its owner from providing child care in Iowa.

On Wednesday, a Dickinson County judge informed Appletree Preschool and Daycare that an injunction had been filed, permanently keeping its owner from providing child care in Iowa.

A 19-year-old Sioux City man, charged in the death of his four-month-old daughter in February has bonded out of jail.

Cell phones have become an integral part of many of our lives for basic communication and much more.

A 5-year-old girl almost hanged herself with a jump-rope going down a slide at her preschool in Milford in northwest Iowa, authorities said.

With the exterior renovation complete on the Dickinson County Nature Center, members of the Dickinson County Conservation Board are now trying to find the funds to complete the interior of the structure.

Tuesday evening's Spirit Lake city council meeting was brief, yet yielded favorable results.

Many people believe the road, not the Lower Gar weir, controls the lake levels, and are therefore concerned that any of options presented in the 1999 USACE report would lower lake levels, such that in a normal year water levels would lower faster and by June fall as low as they normally are in August.

VOLUNTEERS ARE ORGANIZING THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S PLYMOUTH COUNTY "RELAY FOR LIFE." . THE 2009 RELAY STARTS AT SIX FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE OPENING CEREMONY.

Two members of the Meneyata Park Association in Wahpeton are taking the city to court over the rights to three beaches they claim the landowners have maintained for over 60 years.