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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 [...]
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IGLA donates $2300.00 to Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire & Rescue For New Sonar
DNR Extends Deadline For Removing Ice Shelters
Saturday, February 13, 2010
(Spirit Lake)– Good news for ice fishermen…but it’s another sign of the continuation of our brutal winter.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is extending the deadline ice shelters need to be taken off lakes that are north of U.S. Highway 20. The new date is February 28th.
Officials say the extension is to [...]
Arnolds Park City Council Puts Moratorium On Construction Of Wind Turbines
Friday, February 12, 2010
(Arnolds Park)– Don’t look for any wind turbines going up anytime soon in the city of Arnolds Park.
The city council Wednesday voted to implement a moratorium on the erection of wind turbines in order to give the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission some time to come up with some guidelines. City Administrator [...]
Mini-Wakan Restoration Project Awarded Grant
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mini-Wakan State Park shelter house File photo
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(Spirit Lake)– A fundraising effort to restore the historic shelter house at Mini Wakan State Park on the north shore of Big Spirit Lake is now 100-thousand dollars closer to its goal.
Joe Ulman of the Spirit Lake Protective Association tells KUOO news they’ve been awarded the [...]
Dickinson County possible candidate for FEMA aid
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Andrea Kemp – Staff Writer
Christmas storm damage totals to receive consideration
As the result of severe winter storms, Gov. Chet Culver recently asked President Obama to declare 27 Iowa counties federal disaster areas. If approved, Dickinson County could see a much-needed financial boost to keep summer maintenance projects on track.
Combined snowfall totals increase [...]
DNR Sets January Public Hearings on Goals for Clean Lakes
MEDIA CONTACT: Chuck Corell at (515) 281-4582 or chuck.corell@ dnr.iowa. gov
DES MOINES — The public is invited to comment on a proposal that would set goals for how clear Iowa ’s lake water must be to be suitable for swimmers.
The DNR’s goal for lakes is to be able to clearly see things about one yard [...]
Invasive carp threatens Great Lakes
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
Fish and wildlife officials will poison a 6-mile stretch of water near Chicago on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to keep one of the most dangerous invasive species of fish, the Asian carp, out of the Great Lakes.
The Asian carp, a voracious eater that has no predators and negligible worth as [...]
Dickinson Supervisors Accept Option For Lower Gar Outlet
( Spirit Lake )– The Dickinson county board of supervisors Tuesday voted three-to-two to forward one of two options for the Lower Gar Outlet to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Iowa DNR for their approval.
The options, neither intended to prevent another flood from ever taking place, but instead are designed to bring [...]
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