IGLA Executive Director Phil Petersen presents APO Fire & Rescue Captain Mike Hawkins with a check for $100 in support of the Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fore & Rescue Department’s Annual Pancake Fundraiser. APO Fire & Rescue was established as a joint department...
Monday, April 30th's morning thunderstorm took out what ice was left in the Iowa Great Lakes. Kirk Ewen of Arnolds Park keeps track of the official freeze-thaw dates of the lakes. He told KUOO News the ice went out of East Lake Okoboji Sunday (April 29th) and this...
The Okoboji Blue Water Festival announced their entertainment for the weekend celebrating the natural environment that makes the Iowa Great Lakes so unique to the Midwest. Michael McDonald featuring the Atlanta Rhythm Section and opening act The Firm! We are all in...
The Iowa Great Lakes Association welcomes Rob Waterhouse as the new President of the Okoboji Foundation. A lakes area philanthropical organization has a new leader. The Okoboji Foundation announced this (Mon.) morning the hiring of Rob Waterhouse as its new President....
(Spirit Lake)-- A countersuit has now been filed in connection with litigation pertaining to the East Loch Estates development proposed on some 66 acres of land just north of Chalstrom Beach near East Lake Okoboji. The owner of that land, Butch Parks, has filed a...
(Orleans)-- Officials say it isn't a question IF curly leaf pond weed will be back in some of the Iowa Great Lakes this coming season, but how bad it will be. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources tells KUOO news they know...
Parks personnel with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources hosted a public informational meeting Thursday evening on various improvements either currently underway or that soon will be getting started at several state parks in the Iowa Great Lakes Area. They...
Crews on Thursday, November 2 installed a new sculpture welcoming people to the City of Spirit Lake at the intersection of Highways 9 and 71. The stunning welded sculpture was constructed by students in the J-Term program at Spirit Lake High School under the guidance...
Iowa Great Lakes Association approves resolution to protect watershed Local board votes to reaffirm effort to preserve lakes area Spirit Lake, Iowa – Oct. 31, 2017 – Recently, the Iowa Great Lakes Association (IGLA) voted on a resolution reaffirming the original 2008...
President Bill VanOrsdel and community leaders were in Sioux City to present Vision Iowa with a grant request for their "Restore the Park" campaign. Visit www.arnoldspark.com to learn more about this exciting campaign to restore our park back to its glory days. ...
Thank you to J.J. Hesnard and the entire team at Hy-Vee for joining the Iowa Great Lakes Association. I had a wonderful conversation with this enthusiastic Store Director and how Hy-Vee values not only the pristine environment of Dickinson County, yet how IGLA...
A panel of state and local experts presented the Iowa Great Lakes Community with a plan to address Curlyleaf Pond Weed utilizing increased harvesting with two test areas in early spring with herbicide to retard the plant's dense mat-like growth. Please click the link...