Summer second wettest on record…and counting

by Editor on 22. Aug, 2010 in High Water, Lower Gar

Thursday, August 19, 2010
SOURCE:  Randy M. Cauthron, Managing Editor, www.spencerdailyreporter.com
The three summer months of June, July and August in 2010 moved into the classification as the second wettest summer on record Tuesday when the numbers surpassed the 1902 three-month total of 22.57 inches. Across the state rain totals average 22.6 inches for the summer so [...]

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Dickinson County Endowment grant, matching gift donation bolster Mini-Wakan momentum

by Editor on 22. Aug, 2010 in Mini-Wakan

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
source:  Andrea Kemp - Staff Writer, www.dickinsoncountynews.com
s funds continue to roll in for the Mini-Wakan Shelter restoration project, volunteers such as Joe Ulman, a chairperson of the Mini-Wakan Committee, are finding there is nothing small about the community support rallying behind the cause.
Last week, the project was named as a $20,000 beneficiary from [...]

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Energy System Grant Funds Awarded

by Editor on 22. Aug, 2010 in Uncategorized

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

(Undated)– Projects to develop renewable energy systems and to assist farmers, ranchers and small businesses in rural areas in making energy efficiency improvements to their operations are getting some federal funding.
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin says 3.6 million dollars in loan guarantees and 2.9 million in grants will be coming to 61 Iowa [...]

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Distribution of Foote estate benefits numerous Dickinson County entities

by Editor on 22. Aug, 2010 in Dickinson County Nature Center

Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Source:  www.dickinsoncountynews.com  Andrea Kemp - Staff Writer
Dickinson County environmental organizations will get a boost with the estate distribution of a Lakes area nature lover.
Local organizations including the Dickinson County Nature Center, Lakeside Labs, the Spirit Lake Library and the Mini-Wakan Shelter House were the recipients of monies of LaVonne Foote, whose $4.5 million [...]

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Leopold Resigns As DNR Head

by Editor on 22. Aug, 2010 in DNR

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
(Des Moines)– Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Richard Leopold is resigning to take a job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Minnesota.
Leopold will become the Midwest Assistant Regional Director for Science Applications, with a tentative start date of September 12th. He had been state DNR Director since January [...]

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Lakes Area Woman Leaves Substantial Financial Gifts To Various Organizations

by Editor on 06. Aug, 2010 in DNR

Thursday, August 05, 2010
(Okoboji)– A number of local organizations got some unexpected good news this (Thursday) afternoon.
It was announced in a brief ceremony at the Dickinson County Nature Center that a local woman who passed away last year has left behind some four and-a-half million dollars in bequests through her estate.
David Vanbuskirke, a nephew of [...]

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EPA Issues Impaired Waters List

by Editor on 06. Aug, 2010 in Clean Water

Thursday, August 05, 2010
(Des Moines)– The Environmental Protection Agency has approved Iowa’s list of impaired waters, a step that will help the state’s Department of Natural Resources set its priorities for improving water quality in coming years.
EPA Administrator Karl Brooks says it’s an important first step toward reducing sources of water pollution in the state [...]

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Walleye Weekend Raises $20K For Easter Seals

by Editor on 06. Aug, 2010 in Uncategorized

Tuesday, August 03, 2010
(Arnolds Park)– This year’s Walleye Weekend in the Iowa Great Lakes raised more than 20-thousand dollars for the Iowa Easter Seals Society.
Jen Johnson, Program Director for the Iowa Great Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, presented a check to the organization last Thursday in the amount of $20,362.
The chamber thanks all the anglers, [...]

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July Goes On Record Books As One Of The Wettest

by Editor on 06. Aug, 2010 in City of Milford, City of Okoboji, City of Spirit Lake, City of West Okoboji, Dickinson County Board of Supervisors, Lower Gar

Tuesday, August 03, 2010
(Spirit Lake)– This past July will go on the record books as being one of the wettest ever in the Iowa Great Lakes.
According to records compiled here at the KUOO studios, 7.53 inches of rain fell in July. That compares with 6.21 inches in July of 1993, which saw severe flooding in [...]

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Presidential Disaster Declaration Made For Several NW Iowa Counties

by Editor on 06. Aug, 2010 in City of Milford, City of Okoboji, City of Spirit Lake, City of West Okoboji

Friday, July 30, 2010
(Des Moines)– Governor Chet Culver says President Barack Obama has authorized a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 32 Iowa counties affected by flooding and severe storms since June 1st.
The declaration provides federal funding to rebuild roads and bridges and other public facilities and help cover the cost of debris removal or emergency work [...]

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