Storm Lake News

A Storm Lake, Iowa man is in jail on charges of sexually assaulting a woman who had passed out from drinking, physically assaulting his girlfriend, knocking her out when she confronted him after catching him in the act, and then fighting with police officers.

Between Exit 135: County Road D51 and Exit 141: 1st Street and Sioux Gateway Airport .

Transportation officials in the Dakotas are cautioning residents and drivers about hazardous travel conditions as a winter storm continues in the northern Great Plains and in parts of Siouxland.

He says it's not an expansion and won't add new jobs at the site, but will improve the efficiency of the plant.

STORM?LAKE - Emmetsburg's Lady E-Hawks earned 25-21 win over Storm Lake St. Mary's Panthers during the Storm Lake Times/Hy-Noon Kiwanis Basketball Jamboree on Nov. 23. Coach Anne Fiene's squad took a 13-12 lead after the first quarter of the scrimmage, and then got eight points from Ashton Connelly to spark the 12-point second quarter to take the ... (more)

Two years ago, the school board decided against closing Whittier, because members didn't want to have to send the students to five different schools.

Often we hear about the woes of schools that have dipping enrollment numbers and too few students.

A 21-year old woman told officers she had been at a post baptism celebration at the Sunrise Pointe Golf Course Club House late Saturday night when a group of uninvited people showed up.

Authorities say it happened around 5:00 p.m. in a farm field at 6153 Highway 71, near Storm Lake.

Storm Lake Superintendent Carl Turner told the Sioux City Journal that his district struggles to find enough bandwidth to accommodate all the students and staff who want to get online.

Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a Storm Lake infant. An autopsy Friday revealed no signs of foul play in the death of the 1-month old child.

The murder trial of Fernando Jaimes-Martinez will go to the jury next week. The evidence portion of the trial ended Friday, but not until Jaimes-Martinez took the stand, himself.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-month-old boy found in an apartment in northwest Iowa.

We were walking through the gym on our way back to class from music class. It was announced over the loud speaker that President Kennedy had been shot.

There's still a multi-million-dollar shortfall in the financing scheme for a new convention hotel near Hy-Vee Hall, but the gap will close and a 450-room hotel definitely will be built, public officials and private business leaders say.

The ethanol industry was in deep hyper-ventilation this week after the Associated Press revealed that -- surprise, surprise -- making fuel from corn has environmental consequences.

By: ABC9 News news@kcautv.com Thursday night was a busy night for Sioux City Police after a stabbing was reported in the 1500 block of Nebraska Street.

Rachele Monroe and Derrick Randall were married on August 31, 2013, in Dysart. Parents of the couple are Scott and Sandy Monroe of Clutier and Scott and Gale Randall of Storm Lake.

After serving as Iowa's attorney general for 31 years, Tom Miller says he still feels a calling to public service and will seek a ninth term in the November 2014 election.

A Storm Lake man has been arrested and charged in a case involving hundreds of fraudulent credit and debit cards.