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 [...]
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 [...]
Highway 86 project named in DOT Transportation Improvement Program: Proposal allows improvements to be completed in one year
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Andrea Kemp - Staff Writer
source: www.dickinsoncountynews.com
A release issued by the Iowa DOT on Tuesday, May 11, names the Iowa 86 project in Dickinson County among its funding priorities. A draft of the Iowa Transportation Improvement Program for the fiscal years 2011-2015 awards funds to offset the cost of the county’s Highway 86 project.
According [...]
DNR commission votes down July 4 liquor ban: ‘Notice of Intended Action’ may allow ban for 2011
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Andrea Kemp - Staff Writer
www.dickinsoncountynews.com
A 4-3 vote during the DNR Commissioners meeting held Thursday, May 13 in Des Moines will keep alcohol on the county’s public beaches, but those in support of the ban hope public meetings held as early as this July can set into motion a ban for the holiday in [...]
The ‘ayes’ have it: Combined session between council, supervisors results in Lower Gar agreement
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Andrea Kemp - Staff Writer
Unanimous roll call votes from both the board of supervisors and the Milford City Council may have finally paved the way for an agreement between the two entities for construction of two box culverts at 230th Ave., the site of the Lower Gar Outlet.
The agreement came as the result [...]
Okoboji board approves $2.5 million school addition
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Russ Mitchell - Managing Editor
Dickinson County News
Construction time lines are always subject to change, but if plans remain on track, students could be moving into new classrooms at the Okoboji Elementary building in Milford a year from now.
Members of the Okoboji School Board signed off on the estimated $2.5 million construction project at [...]
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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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