Monday, July 21, will long be remembered in the annals of RAGBRAI. It's the day when the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride ...

Lake City will enjoy the sounds of Okoboji when the Jazzed Up Big Band performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, to help raise funds to restore the iconic bandstand in the historic town square. The benefit ...

When searching for the most expensive communities in which to buy a home throughout the American Midwest, here's a good rule ...

It's time to RAGBRAI as riders journey from Dutch-inflected Orange City to Milford in the scenic Iowa Great Lakes region.

Leaders of Camp Foster on East Okoboji Lake believe it offers the only fully integrated camp for child burn survivors in the United States.

Iowa could become an outdoor recreation sensation if we clean up our waters and follow the lead of Iowa's Great Lakes and ...

In his 1998 memoir with David Harding, titled “I Thought We Were Goners,” Seemann said the sea was so calm that it reminded him of days he spent sailing on Lake Okoboji, Iowa.

He went on to officiate basketball and football in the Big Eight and Missouri Valley conferences until the age of 50, later serving as the Big Eight’s Commissioner of Officials for seven years.

No one, and I mean no one, has ever caught more 10-pound-plus walleyes from West Lake Okoboji than Cap Kennedy. He had a mounted stringer of walleyes which adorned his booth at sports shows.

Iowa’s Great Lakes region (around Lake Okoboji in Dickinson County) became a particularly popular escape; it’s a rural resort area that saw increased interest.