The East Okoboji Lakes Corporation has pledged to commit $50,000. Organization treasurer Terry Wilts said the group wanted to act fast, so there was no potential for the Eurasian watermilfoil’s ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa | State environmental officials are calling an invasive plant’s resurgence at East Lake Okoboji the largest vegetation boom the Iowa Great Lakes have seen in more than 30 years.

Watch as an Iowa teen helps rescue a man from East Okoboji Lake Okoboji High School student Joe Salmon and four others rescued Thomas Lee and his dog from their Jeep after it broke through the ice ...

Nestled in the "soul of Iowa," Okoboji sits just below the border with Minnesota and about 100 miles east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota (one of the Midwest's artsiest cities).What makes Okoboji so ...

by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 26, 2023 The Dickinson County board of adjustment voted last night to deny a permit to Invenergy for a wind farm just a few miles from East Lake Okoboji. That vote ...

Okoboji, in northwest Iowa, is a favorite summer gathering spot for Iowans. Here are seven ways to enjoy a week or weekend in and around the clear, cool water. Visit Arnolds Park.

Joseph Salmon, 17, was ice-fishing with his mom on East Okoboji Lake in Iowa when he saw a Jeep, driven by 83-year-old Thomas Lee, fall through the ice and into the water. Lee was reportedly on ...

A 17-year-old high school athlete helped pull an 83-year-old man and his dog to safety after the man's Jeep fell through the ice on Iowa's East Okoboji Lake.

Iowa Teen Helps Save 83-Year-Old Man and His Dog After Jeep Plunges Into Icy Lake Thomas Lee was heading to a fishing shack with his dog Cooper when the vehicle he was driving entered East Okoboji ...

After a decade of growth and enrollment numbers jumping by 50%, Okoboji Community Schools officially broke ground Monday on two construction projects to reshape education in the lakeside district. ...

East Lake Okoboji in the Iowa Great Lakes is having the biggest resurgence of curly-leaf pondweed since the 1980s. State officials say although the invasive plant is dying off, it can still ...