When my mother, Joan Clements Wilson, was still able to communicate on an intellectual level, before Alzheimer's disease robbed her of her cognitive abilities, she and I engaged in an ongoing debate, albeit one that neither of us took very seriously.

Funeral services for James Dahl, 81, of Estherville were held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov.

A North Dakota community is reeling tonight after the tragic loss of three Dickinson State University softball players.

Authorities in Dickinson county are looking for the bandit that held up a convenience store Saturday night.

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . When The Rubber Band takes the stage at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Nob Hill Ballroom north of Decorah, Iowa, it symbolizes a return to the '60s. Formed in 1966, The Bubber Band had gone by other names before it settled on that one.

The city of Arnolds Park was awarded a $75,000 REAP grant on Monday for upgrades at the Abbie Gardner City Park.

Retired Wells Dairy president Dan Wells took delivery last week of the rotating barrel and the giant slide from the old Arnolds Park Fun House at West Okoboji Lake in northwest Iowa.

Retired Hinton School teacher Jane Kauzlarich will be in Hinton Wednesday signing copies of her book "Quack." The book went on sale in August.

Decorah resident Darrell Winkie inducted into Iowa Rock + Roll Hall of Fame Posted: Monday, September 21st, 2009 Decorah native Darrell Winkie has been inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

It's the end of a 90-year tradition at Iowa's West Lake Okoboji. Fans of the Black Walnut Candy Shop won't have its locally made taffy to chew on anymore - at least not sticky stuff made on site as it has been by the same Arnolds Park family since 1919.

Recreational trail construction requires skillful engineering and material fabrication.

A fire last Wednesday morning at the ARCO Dehydrating plant in Lake Park destroyed the facility's warehouse.

For Roger Smith's 80th birthday, his daughter bought him a movie star. Smith and his wife, Harriet Danielson, were enjoying a birthday party surrounded by family and friends, when he heard a sound that brought him back to his youth - the unmistakable putter of his first vehicle.

Members of fire departments from Dickens, Spirit Lake and Arnolds Park/Okoboji scale the side of a grain elevator in Dickens as part of a training exercise.

Judge suggests 14-day liquor license suspension The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division is considering a 14-day suspension for Cocktails in Arnolds Park for violations of the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.