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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July Goes On Record Books As One Of The Wettest
Presidential Disaster Declaration Made For Several NW Iowa Counties
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 [...]
Clean Up Continues From Saturday Night Storm
Monday, July 19, 2010
(Spirit Lake)– Light rain earlier this (Monday) morning hampered those still trying to clean up from Saturday night’s violent storm.
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says the damage that was experienced in the Iowa Great Lakes is indicative of very strong straight line wind. A meteorologist with the National Weather Service [...]
Public Hearing On Controversial Annexation Proposal Set For Tuesday, July 20th
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Okoboji)– A public hearing on a proposed voluntary annexation of some land into the city of Okoboji will be held this coming Tuesday (July 20th).
The 13.3 acres of land located between Bay Rymn Conominiums and Pikes Point State Park has a taxable valuation of roughly 22.5 million dollars. Prospects of losing out [...]
Hopes To Get Lower Gar Project Done This Fall May Be Waning
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
(Spirit Lake)– Prospects of getting improvements made at the Lower Gar Outlet yet this fall aren’t as bright now as they were earlier based on information Dickinson County Engineer Dan Eckert had Tuesday for the board of supervisors.
Eckert reported the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just now put together an agreement with [...]
DNR Holds Hearing On Proposed Alcohol Ban At Lakes Area State Park Beaches Over Future 4th Of July’s
(Wahpeton)– About a dozen or people, in addition to DNR officers, staff members and a DNR Commissioner, were on hand Tuesday evening at the Gull Point lodge for a public hearing on a proposed rule change that would ban the consumption of beer and wine on state park beaches in the Iowa Great Lakes over [...]
IGLA donates $2300.00 to Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire & Rescue For New Sonar
For immediate release
The Arnolds Park – Okoboji Fire and Rescue Department is proud to announce that they have received a donation of $2300 from the Iowa Great Lakes Association to purchase a new Side Imaging Sonar unit. Until this donation there has only been one Side Imaging Sonar unit in the Iowa Great Lakes Region and that unit [...]
Dickinson Co. Supervisors Adopt Resolution Opposing Voluntary Annexation Request
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson county board of supervisors have officially gone on record opposing the proposed voluntary annexation of the Bay Rym area into the city of Okoboji.
The supervisors adopted a resolution to that affect at their meeting Tuesday. It sites several factors behind the county’s opposition, including the fact that vital [...]
Runway Re-Surfacing To Result In Closure Of Spirit Lake Airport
Saturday, May 29, 2010
source: www.exploreokoboji.com
(Spirit Lake)– A long-awaited project at the Spirit Lake Airport is about to get underway.
Dr. John Kracht of the Spirit Lake Airport Authority tells KUOO news a re-surfacing of the runway will begin this coming week. As a result, Kracht says the Spirit Lake Airport will be closed to air traffic [...]
Proposed Voluntary Annexation Sparks Concern Among Dickinson County & Township Officials
Friday, May 28, 2010
source: www.exploreokoboji.com
(Okoboji)– A proposed voluntary annexation of land just north of Okoboji’s current city limits into that city is drawing concern from some of the taxing entities that would be affected.
The 13.3 acres of land lies between the Bay Rym area and Pikes Point State Park. It has a property valuation [...]
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A Threat Hard to Imagine
- Folks In Okoboji Are Hoping To Stop History From Repeating Itself
- DNR Accepting Public Comment On 4th Of July Booze Ban
- Massive Wind Farm Proposed For Clay, Dickinson, Osceola Counties
- Milford, county resume Lower Gar Outlet talks
- Summer second wettest on record…and counting
- Dickinson County Endowment grant, matching gift donation bolster Mini-Wakan momentum
- Energy System Grant Funds Awarded
- Distribution of Foote estate benefits numerous Dickinson County entities
- Leopold Resigns As DNR Head
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