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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The department advises against swimming at nine beaches across the state due to unsafe water quality conditions.

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - “I remember Butch saying, ‘Debbie, it’s going to be the world’s largest fish house,’” says Debbie Parks, co-owner of Parks Marina It all started as 4 walls and a ...

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.