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Lakes Regional Healthcare has been named among the Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals in the United States by the Chartis Center of Rural Health. This marks the seventh year for the distinction.

Most of Iowa is under a Red Flag Warning from noon today through six o’clock this evening, as open burning is strongly discouraged. National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff says there’s a critical risk as any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.

Hollywood is lining up to pay tribute to Academy-award winner Gene Hackman. The city of Storm Lake can boast that Hackman was a resident of the community briefly in the 1940s.

The Chicago man who knocked off the bank in Sanborn last year has plead guilty and has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa says she supports the work Elon Musk is doing on behalf of the administration.

A Sioux County jury has found a Maurice couple not guilty in a case involving a foster child.

Storm Lake Police have made an additional arrest after a stabbing earlier this month.

The Department of Natural Resources held their annual Hunter Listening in Spencer, and DNR Enforcement Officer Joe Yarkowski gives a recap.

Storm Lake Fire Chief Glenn Schlesser has the respect of his fellow members of the Iowa Society of Fire Service.

Voting is now open for the Big Idea Entrepreneurial challenge, a competition hosted by The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation.