Alta News

STORM LAKE, Iowa - The premier event for women in agriculture in northwest Iowa will be held Jan.

Buena Vista County Board Supervisors fielded comments and protests on the proposed sale of the county care facility site, but no decision was made and a public hearing planned for this week had to be ...

A woman from the state of Wyoming has died after a train struck a tractor that was stopped on the tracks.

Problems downloading video Attorney's want to examine laptop computer Lawrence Harris' attorneys want to evaluate a laptop comptuer siezed from his home after the murder of his step-daughters as well as get ...

ALTA, Iowa - A train struck a tractor stopped on railroad tracks Saturday afternoon, killing one woman and injuring an infant and the 21-year-old tractor driver.

A 20-year-old woman is dead and an infant and 21-year-old man were injured when a tractor collided with a train on Saturday afternoon in Alta, according to police.

The rated Alta Cyclones ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more on the way to a 36-6 District victory over River Valley here on Oct.

Some Iowa school officials are discussing a move to shorten the school week to four days in order to reduce costs - a strategy that is already being employed by some districts in 17 states.

HS students building home in SL, while earning college credit There is a new house going up in Storm Lake; students from Storm Lake High School are the builders.

Two area school board elections saw incumbents being beat out by opposition Tuesday, and one district welcomes in a new board member from write-in votes.

Merlyn "Dutch" Honsbruch was a successful business owner who had a passion for racing.

The racing careers of Dick and Dorthy Simpson began in 1961 when Algona track promoter Lamont Wellendorf asked Dick to be the pit steward and Dorthy to be the scorekeeper at the Kossuth County track.

A Siouxland pilot escaped serious injury when his crop duster struck a power line, and crashed into a cornfield.

HANOVER, Iowa -- Hanover Threshing Day, sponsored by the Hanover Historical Society, will begin at 11 a.m. Aug.

State officials have warned 60 school districts to cut their budgets, including area districts Alta, Aurelia, Laurens-Marathon and Pomeroy-Palmer, all projected to overspend their budgets for fiscal 2009.

An accused Sioux City drug dealer chose the wrong client Friday evening, and after a foot chase, three suspects were jailed for selling a quantity of marijuana to a Storm Lake Police undercover officer in the ...

An accused Sioux City drug dealer chose the wrong client Friday evening, and after a foot chase, three suspects were jailed for selling a quantity of marijuana to a Storm Lake Police undercover officer in the ...

An accused Sioux City drug dealer chose the wrong client Friday evening, and after a foot chase, three suspects were jailed for selling a quantity of marijuana to a Storm Lake Police undercover officer in the ...

An accused Sioux City drug dealer chose the wrong client Friday evening, and after a foot chase, three suspects were jailed for selling a quantity of marijuana to a Storm Lake Police undercover officer in the ...

An accused Sioux City drug dealer chose the wrong client Friday evening, and after a foot chase, three suspects were jailed for selling a quantity of marijuana to a Storm Lake Police undercover officer in the ...