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Okoboji, Iowa is located in Dickinson County. Zip codes in Okoboji, IA include 51355. More Okoboji information.

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Monday Nov 9 | Des Moines Register

Teachers' accusers gain protection

State officials who oversee teacher licensing expressed frustration Friday about Iowa law, which fueled their decision to protect the names of Iowans who accuse teachers of abuse and other violations.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Le Mars Daily Sentinel

Le Mars native plunges into professional modeling company

The Boji Babes of Okoboji are more than a group of pretty women whose images light up the pages of a calendar.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

KSFY

How You Can Escape From A Sinking Car

A North Dakota community is reeling tonight after the tragic loss of three Dickinson State University softball players.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Okobojian

Templar Park

Wow! "A sword." What could be more exciting to two nine year old boys than discover a sword in a sheath in my cousin's grandparent's attic? Sam Holcomb is my 1st cousin and lived in Osage, Iowa but both of his grandparents lived in my hometown.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Estherville Spirit

Fahrmann new dietary supervisor at .....

The Estherville Good Samaritan Society took a big leap toward joining ultra-upscale care facilities last month when it hired Aaron Fahrmann, former executive chef at The Inn of Okoboji, as its dietary supervisor.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Messenger

Fishing for the past

This is no fish tale. Algona resident Bill Dau donated his collection of 257 lures and plugs to the Water's Edge Nature Center at Smith Lake, three miles north of Algona.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Gazette

Hits of a 69 and The Rubber Band

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . When The Rubber Band takes the stage at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Nob Hill Ballroom north of Decorah, Iowa, it symbolizes a return to the '60s. Formed in 1966, The Bubber Band had gone by other names before it settled on that one.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Okobojian

Fear Factory: Mainsail opens annual haunted house

Gore will be the focus of a nine-year tradition for Spirit Lake as the Mainsail Organization prepares to kick off its annual haunted house fundraiser.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

Des Moines Register

Biz Buzz: Ex-Wells Dairy chief adds pizazz to pavilion with Fun House finds

Retired Wells Dairy president Dan Wells took delivery last week of the rotating barrel and the giant slide from the old Arnolds Park Fun House at West Okoboji Lake in northwest Iowa.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

The Estherville Spirit

Indians runners take second at Algo.....

Both Spirit Lake cross country teams took second place in windy conditions at the Algona Inviational in Whittermore on Monday.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

Des Moines Register

Biz Buzz: National food columnist praises 3 D.M.-area eateries

The Wall Street Journal's Eating Out columnist, Raymond Sokolov, dropped into Des Moines during the Iowa State Fair and wound up praising the fare at three local restaurants.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

Okobojian

Get into fall with annual Oktoberfest bike ride

The University of Okoboji invites residents and visitors to a weekend of fall fun Saturday, Sept.

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Wed Sep 23, 2009

Okobojian

Ballots set for city election

With the Sept. 17 filing deadline past, the ballots are now set for Dickinson County's city elections.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

Okobojian

Highway 86 trail construction ahead of schedule

Recreational trail construction requires skillful engineering and material fabrication.

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Sun Sep 20, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

Sweet memories are fading

It's the end of a 90-year tradition at Iowa's West Lake Okoboji. Fans of the Black Walnut Candy Shop won't have its locally made taffy to chew on anymore - at least not sticky stuff made on site as it has been by the same Arnolds Park family since 1919.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

Okobojian

Top 20 things to do this fall in the Iowa Great Lakes

Although summer and its sunny stream of fun events has past, the promise of a warm fall means the fun doesn't have to be over.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

Okobojian

Okoboji Cemetery

A stroll down memory lane is really somehting if you go to the Okoboji Cemetery in Arnolds Park.

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Okobojian

Lake Park fire destroys warehouse

A fire last Wednesday morning at the ARCO Dehydrating plant in Lake Park destroyed the facility's warehouse.

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Tue Sep 15, 2009

The Estherville Spirit

No fish tale here

Ask Peter Van Der Linden what it is that Iowa Lakeside Lab does. Then get ready for a long answer.

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Sun Sep 13, 2009

KICD-AM Spencer

Highway 86 Road Work

The Dickinson County Trails Board, with the cooperation of the Iowa Department of Transportation has closed Iowa 86 in Dickinson County to complete trail construction on the west side of West Lake Okoboji.

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