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In the first of a new series of monthly “Pay It Forward” themed events at Our Place Multicultural Center in Storm Lake, two local immigrants told a small crowd Thursday night about their tasks of working with migrant families arriving in the community...

The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune swept to 20 awards in the 2019 Iowa Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contests. Awards were presented last weekend in a gala ceremony in Des Moines. The Pilot-Tribune claimed first place honors in the state in Best News Story for staff writer Elijah Decious for poignant coverage of a parent’s plea on behalf of an overdose victim at an area summit on opioids...

On November 9th the operators of the Malibu Nature Preserve knew they were in trouble! Just days before, the Woosley wildfire had jumped the 101 Freeway and headed toward the ocean. Firefighters were struggling to contain the fire and rain was nowhere to be seen. ...

BVU dedicates new Center for Diversity and Inclusion “This is a big deal,” Buena Vista University President Joshua Merchant said, scanning the crowd of campus and community members who came out Monday to help christen a new Center for Diversity and Inclusion in the University Forum...

Just about everybody has that drawer, stuffed with old t-shirts that don’t fit or never get worn any more. A group of local volunteers is turning those cast-offs into new dresses and shorts for impoverished children in Haiti. They were inspired by the We Sew Love ministry, founded by former Storm Lake resident Linda Jacobson, in Birmingham, Alabama...

“I loved to write,” said Marjorie Miller, reflecting over her career as a writer and reporter for respected newspapers all over Iowa after celebrating her 102nd birthday in January. Through the good times and the bad, her pencil and can-do attitude kept her moving through an entire career in northwestern Iowa as she wrote for The Sac City Sun, Odebolt Chronicle, Sioux City Journal, Des Moines Register and Pilot-Tribune...

National FFA Week is celebrated each year during President’s week. This year celebrations will take place from February 16 - February 23.  “Just One,” is this year’s theme for FFA. Everyone has that one decision, one risk, one conversation that makes all the difference in their lives. The National FFA wants us to imagine the impact combining each of our “Just Ones” can have.   ...

Late-winter ice anglers are finding success on Storm Lake, according to local experts, but concern over ice safety continues. “The fishing is pretty good. People are bringing in walleyes, perch, crappies, a few white bass,” says Josh Schwartz of Gone Fish’n, the outfitting business now based out of the marina at Casino Beach. ...

An environmental activist who has publicly admitted to vandalism along the route of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Iowa and South Dakota - including $2.5 million in sabotage damages in Buena Vista County alone - is asking a judge to dismiss her as a defendant in a $1 billion federal racketeering lawsuit filed by the pipeline developer...

For proponents of recreational marijuana, a Storm Lake legislator has a buzzkill message. “It isn’t going to happen.” Iowa Senator Joe Bolckom, Democrat from Iowa City, recently introduced legislation to end the prohibition on marijuana and legalize use statewide...