The IPTV (Iowa Public Television) Series, "Iowa Outdoors", featured the Okoboji Yacht Club's 80th Anniversary recently on its television station. The IPTV crew filmed club races on a windy day, Sunday, July 22. The coverage continued Sunday evening when the club...
YMCA's Camp Foster celebreated 100 years in the Lakes area with an array of events Sept. 21-22. [nggallery id=32]
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa – The Iowa DNR recently collected a single live juvenile zebra mussel from Upper Gar Lake on a sampling plate used to monitor for the presence or absence of zebra mussels. Additional sampling was immediately conducted in Spirit Lake, West Okoboji...
The Clay County Fair is the biggest county fair in the world and over 300,000 people are expected this year! People can enjoy buildings full of exhibits, fair food, retailers, animals, rides, the train, farm machinery, homes, and so much more! You can easily spend an...
The Little Swan Lake Winery, located by Superior and along the Little Swan Lake, hosted it's annual grape festival on Saturday, Sept. 1. Visitors had the pleasure of listening to several bands, grape spitting, grape stomping, buffalo burgers and lots more. You could...
What a weekend it is for rock 'n roll enthusiasts in the Iowa Great Lakes! It began today, Saturday, Sept. 1 with food, an auction, vintage cars, and an opportunity to meet some of the hall of fame inductees. Saturday evening, the Preservation Plaza was packed with...
One fish, two fish Asian carp fish ... no fish. It's not exactly Dr. Seuss’ original story line, but it is what can happen when an invasive species such as Asian carp enters a lake. Asian carp are voracious eaters. They deplete the food supply for native fish, said...
The Nature Center hosted the Monarch Butterfly Festival on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It was a great event for families and children on the rainy day, as they could tag a butterfly to later track its flight south. Children could also create butterfly...
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Aug. 21, 2012 10 years after Lake Independence was declared polluted, frustrated lakeshore owners are suing dairy farmer. By mid-summer, Lake Independence is a slimy, gooey mess that grows greener every year, the result of too much...
Over 30 teams hit the fields this weekend in Milford for the University of Okoboji Slow Pitch Softball Tournament. [nggallery id=27]
Iowa Great Lakes Association Executive Director Phil Petersen presented Sue Westergard with the prize check for her winning entry in the Iowa Great Lakes Association's Photo Contest. Westergard receive $250 for the winning photo. The People's Choice Contest Continues....
Another rainy Saturday morning brought rain at the beginning of the Corvette Show Saturday, August 11. Corvettes lined the road surrounding the Arnold's Park Amusement Park. There were old and new and all sorts of colors. People of all ages were enjoying the annual...