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On behalf of the Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, we would like to thank you so many for making our 45th Annual University of Okoboji Winter Games another success for our business community.

The Okoboji/HMS boys wrestling team placed 11th at the two-day Herb Irgens Invitational held Friday-Saturday, Jan. 23-24 at OABCIG High School in Ida Grove.

Okoboji’s girls basketball team dropped a Siouxland Conference road game to Unity Christian on Friday, Jan. 24. The Pioneers fell 70-55 to the Knights in Orange City.

The farm crisis of the 1980s fundamentally changed the Midwest in multiple ways, as did the large-scale loss of habitat on farm land leading up to it, which was the circumstance that ultimately ...

Valentine’s day is around the corner. Growing up, my grandmother would give me a love gift for Valentine’s Day. I would receive a box of candy conversation hearts and a pair of red socks. Grandma was ...

Some event sponsors are tabulating the results from competitions at the 45th Annual University of Okoboji Winter Games. Check back with uofowintergames.com for the latest list of winners.

After suffering its first Lakes Conference loss of the season to No. 2 (3A) Estherville Lincoln Central on Jan. 17, Spirit Lake’s girls basketball team suffered another conference loss on Jan. 21. The ...

The Spirit Lake Park boys wrestling team went 0-3 in duals against West Lyoyn, Sergeant Bluff-Luton and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Indians fell 60-22 to West Lyon, 76-6 to ...

The Okoboji/HMS boys wrestling team went 1-1 in a pair of duals in Orange City on Thursday, Jan. 23. The Pioneers earned a 53-18 win over MOC-Floyd Valley but fell 41-33 to Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley.

Okoboji’s boys basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a Siouxland Conference home win over Sibley-Ocheyedan on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Pioneers defeated the Generals 64-45 in Milford.

The second annual Center Lake Yellow Bass Beatdown is scheduled for Saturday Feb. 8 on Central Lake.