Okoboji News

The reopening of a popular campground at a state park in the Iowa Great Lakes is being pushed back due to the abnormally cold, wet spring.

WEST OKOBOJI, Iowa - Officials are delaying plans to reopen a popular campground at a state park in northwest Iowa due to grass conditions.

It could be a bad idea and it could be a good idea depending on which side of the fence you're standing on.

At an injunction Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court says the city of Okoboji acted appropriately when it took action to close the Fish House Lounge floating lakeside bar, on a popular marina, owned by Butch Parks.

In celebration of Earth Month, Body and Soul Salon and Spa employees and volunteers cleaned up the city's streets and sidewalks, Sunday.

The morning started with a choice of three "breakout" speakers from the fields of business, athletics and coaching, or education.

OKOBOJI, Iowa -- A northwest Iowa school district superintendent says the Okoboji Pioneers team will phase out its use of an "O'' logo after receiving complaints from the University of Oregon.

It will be held Saturday, April 27th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at six different Sioux City locations.

Three elementary-age boys have been charged with attempted sexual assault, with authorities saying the boys pinned down a classmate on the school playground and tried to remove her clothes.

The Iowa Supreme Court says the city of Okoboji acted appropriately when it took action to close a floating, lakeside bar at a popular marina.

The Dickinson County Nature Center and the County Conservation Board have announced plans to put in such a course at Kenue Park between Spirit Lake and Okoboji.

Northwest Iowa was represented quite well at the Iowa Jazz Championships last week in Des Moines.