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Okoboji for newbies: Where to stay, eat and play around Iowa's Great Lakes Laura Rowley Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2018. For some families, summers at Okoboji have been a tradition for generations. But if you’ve never made the trip, you’ll find plenty of fun on the Iowa Great Lakes. This area of northwest Iowa includes five glacier-carved, interconnected lakes spanning about 15,000 acres: West Okoboji, East Okoboji, Upper Gar, Lower Gar and Minnewashta. Here are tips on where to stay, dine and play. Where to stay near the Iowa Great Lakes Fille...

Wills honored with Circle of Excellence Award from the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance Wed 4-7-2021 Ankeny, IA (Ankeny)-John Wills, Dickinson County Clean Water Alliance Coordinator, has been honored with the Circle of Excellence award from the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA) as part of the fourth annual IAWA Iowa Watershed Awards program. Wills was honored with five other watershed coordinators who also received a 2021 IAWA Iowa Watershed Award. The recipients were announced at the 2021 Iowa Water Conference.  “In these challenging times, it’s important to recognize these...