Backyard Bach & Blues will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, at Walnut Lane Farm, the home of Dr. Rick and Barb Wilkerson Tickets: $40 for Arts on Grand members, $50 for nonmembers. A considerable amount of work has gone into... >>

Use of the Spencer Family Aquatic Center is in decline according to Spencer Parks Director Delray Bredehoeft. As of July 16, approximately 4,600 residents have utilized the aquatic center this summer. "When we first opened... >>

A musician from the band The David Mayfield Parade joined with members of the audience for an impromptu dance during the Rocket Suzie Music Festival on Saturday. More photos from the event are on Page 1B. (Photo by Paula... >>

Heavy traffic on Grand Avenue Monday morning and afternoon marked the mass exodus of RAGBRAI support teams from the Lakes region to Emmetsburg for the day two stop. Southbound traffic on Grand backed up at times, blocking... >>

To kick off Royal Fun Days, the Clay Central-Everly FFA conducted a 5K color race beginning at the CC-E football field. Participants were clouded in colored powder at certain checkpoints throughout the race. After everyone... >>

Julie Wurr, owner and creative designer of Heart 'n Home in Laurens, knows retail. "I think it started out when I was in high school and worked for a store in Spencer," Wurr said. "There is something so thrilling about... >>

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." While the veracity of that quote, attributed to Walt Whitman, is in doubt, baseball's influence on... >>

As the demolition efforts continue at Reynolds School in Spencer, Knox Campbell watches. He found himself compelled to reach into a pile of the rubble and retrieve a keepsake. "I've got mixed feelings about it," Campbell... >>

OKOBOJI -- As thousands of bikers will complete their ride from Rock Valley to Okoboji Sunday, they will be arriving hungry and thirsty. The local RAGBRAI committee has put together a wide variety of places and foods for... >>

The Rocket Suzie Music Festival will return to the green space outside Gary's on the River July 18-19. Bands performing include headliners The Pines and He's My Brother, She's My Sister alongside musical acts Comfort Kings,... >>

Headeast is set to appear on Preservation Plaza at Arnolds Park Amusement Park on Saturday, July 19. Hairball with Flash Mob will welcome the Okoboji RAGBRAI 2014 riders and the Iowa Great Lakes community. Headeast is a... >>

Thinking about making healthy choices is easy. But putting those thoughts into action during a weekly trip to the grocery store is much harder. According to the Blue Zones Project, making small, healthy decisions throughout... >>

It's not hard to miss the musical influences of "He's My Brother, She's My Sister" in listening to their most recent album, "Nobody Dances in This Town." Even from the first track, "Tales That I Tell," the rhythms and... >>

At 10 years old, June Melby's schoolteacher parents decided to purchase the Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course in Door County, Wis. For the next 30 years they drive from their school-year home in Iowa to Wisconsin and run the... >>

Three men tied to a methamphetamine distribution ring running between northwest Iowa and the Mankato, Minnesota, region have been sentenced to federal prison. The most recent of three sentences was handed down July 8 in U.S.... >>

FONDA -- Time is running out for the former Fonda school building, and those who had hoped to see it turned into a community building. Five years after the doors to the school were closed, there is still no group organized... >>

Two collisions, within a 24-hour window, occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday at the intersection of West Fourth Street and 32nd Avenue. At approximately 12:51 p.m. Tuesday, a 2001 Ford Taurus driven by 17-year-old... >>

The newest musical at Treasure Village Family Theatre has a quest for a true princess. As the prince searches the kingdom for a true princess, he meets a lovely young lady who is really a witch in disguise. Will he be able... >>

Set 10 years after, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the second film exploring the rise to power of the apes population and the fall of mankind finds us in dark times ... literally. A group of rag tag survivors, lead by... >>

When asked where his passion for coffee began, Joe Kuehler goes all the way back to high school. "I was kind of a troubled teen," he said. "Unfortunately, I graduated high school because my mom wanted me to." Though he... >>