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Friday | Okobojian

Explosive fun, music and flea markets highlight holiday weekend

Fireworks to light Lakes area skies A pair of fireworks displays will highlight the holiday weekend as explosive fun decorates the sky over two of the area's lakes.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Estherville Spirit

Spirit Lake hires two administrator.....

The Spirit Lake School District, which hired a new superintendent earlier this year, will have two more new administrators in the halls.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

ArgusLeader.com

Arnolds Park author to hold book signing today

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.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Spencer Daily Reporter

Annual meeting July 13: Corridor announces directors, officers

ITC company officials in February released a conceptual map of the Green Power Express, a network of transmission lines designed to capture wind energy.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Okobojian

Frugal or Free: 6 inexpensive options for entertainment

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.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Okobojian

Memory Lane

It is wonderful to return to the Iowa Great Lakes each year. We love the area and the many opportunities the area has.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Okobojian

Shoreline Erosion

This photograph taken in late May documents the extent of erosion which has eaten away the natural sand beach and tree roots on Gull Point.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Okobojian

New Opening Nighter's Theatre Club

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.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Judge shuts down NW Iowa preschool

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

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

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Huckabee: Stimulus packages a 'disastrous mistake'

Okoboji, Ia. - The federal stimulus package has been a "big, colossal, utter disastrous mistake." Mike Huckabee said today while in Iowa.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Okobojian

Revised disclaimers & Deidre's "Creative Culture" blog

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.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Okobojian

Conservationists work to open doors of Nature Center

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.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Okobojian

Lower Gar Outlet Comparison

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.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

Des Moines Register

Used boats prove to be big sellers in current economy, retailers report

Central Iowa boat sales have stayed afloat despite troubled economic waters, but retailers say tight credit and uncertain incomes have dramatically changed the type of craft customers crave.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Argus Leader

Zandbroz hosts local authors at Saturday book signing

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 ...

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

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Iowan sets sail on perilous voyage around Americas

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.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Spencer Daily Reporter

Appeals Court hears Castillo-Alvarez case

Juan Humberto Castillo-Alvarez waves to his family before being escorted out of the courtroom by deputies April 25, 2008, at the Clay County Courthouse.

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Sun May 31, 2009

Okobojian

Lower Gar Again

Ha! I had just notified the DCN staff last week that I was afraid I am too busy during the summer to find time to water blog, but here I am.

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Thu May 28, 2009

Des Moines Register

Pleasant Hill F.D. earns top honors

The Iowa Firemen's Association has honored the Pleasant Hill Fire Department for work done annually at the Iowa State Fair.

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Tue May 26, 2009

Des Moines Register

Vacationing in Iowa: Exploring close to home

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.

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