Iowa Great Lakes Association

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 [...]

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, [...]

Sunday, July 18, 2010
(Okoboji)– Residents are assessing the damage and beginning to clean up today (Sunday) following violent thunderstorms that tore through the Iowa Great Lakes between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. Saturday.
The storms produced wind that in many areas gusted in excess of 80 miles-per-hour. Boats on West Lake Okoboji were tossed like toys, some [...]

Thursday, July 15, 2010
(Okoboji)– The city of Okoboji is relaxing low impact development requirements in its zoning ordinances.
City Administrator Dennis Daly tells KUOO news the city council took the action Tuesday based on new standards that have come out since the council adopted the original LID requirements several years ago. Daly says those original requirements [...]

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

(Okoboji)– Three people sustained minor injuries Monday evening in a boating mishap on East Lake Okoboji.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says David Pelzer of Dermott, Arkansas was operating a 32-foot Advantage boat on East Lake Okoboji between Mau Marine and the Hattie Elston boat ramp when he lost control, causing the [...]

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Russ Mitchell - Editor – Dickinson County News

Farmsteads throughout Osceola County sustained damage after a strong tornado passed through the area Friday night. Field workers with the National Weather Service think wind speeds from the tornado reached of 166-200 mph at its peak near Sibley.
(Photos Submitted)

Outbuildings were leveled, bark was peeled off trees, [...]

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
(Des Moines)– Cherokee and Sioux counties are among 14 counties included in a disaster proclamation because of severe weather.
Governor Chet Culver’s proclamation will allow the counties to use state resources to deal with the aftermath of the storms.
Grants are eligible to residents of the counties. More information is available at www.dhs.state.ia.us.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
(Undated)– The Fourth of July fireworks display over West Lake Okoboji is getting some national recognition.
An article on the FOX News website mentions the Okoboji display as among the best in the nation according to an informal survey conducted by a reporter.
The Okoboji display was one of 68 nominations received from 27 [...]

Source:  Dickinson County News
By Russ Mitchell/Managing Editor

PHOTO BY RUSS MITCHELL Law enforcement agencies throughout the region continued the search for a missing boater just before noon Monday on West Lake Okoboji. The effort concluded at about 1 p.m. with the recovery of Chad Lenz of Carroll.

The search for a Carroll man who jumped from his boat [...]

Monday, June 28, 2010
(Wahpeton)– The body of a missing boater has been recovered from West Lake Okoboji.
Dickinson County Sheriff Greg Baloun tells KUOO news divers recovered the body of 30-year-old Chad Lenz of Carroll around 1:00 p.m. this (Monday) afternoon. Baloun says the body was recovered in about 39 feet of water south and west [...]