With summer just weeks away, it's time to think about relaxing days on Iowa's Great Lakes. Okoboji, in northwest Iowa, is a favorite summer gathering spot for Iowans. Here are seven ways to enjoy a ...

When Matt Matthiesen and his wife Micaela opened the doors of West O Beer for the first time over Memorial Weekend nine years ago, their main goal was to be accepted as “Okoboji’s local brewery.” At ...

Paddlefish that were stocked in West Okoboji Lake. (DNR photo) The Iowa DNR stocked 2,000 paddlefish in West Lake Okoboji one year ago in an effort to bring them back to what had been a native habitat ...

WEST OKOBOJI, Iowa | One of the most popular public beach settings in the Iowa Great Lakes belongs to one of the smallest cities in this tourism epicenter. Terrace Park Beach, formerly known as ...

Matt Matthieson's particular field of dreams had nothing to do with baseball. Instead, it had everything to do with beer. Specifically, beer made with the crisp, clear water of Lake Okoboji. "There's ...

WEST OKOBOJI -- All along the south edge of West Lake Okoboji Sunday morning, profound signs of the major storm that struck the Iowa Great Lakes area late Saturday night were seen. Small fishing boats ...

An Okoboji lakefront home that includes a movie theater and a replica Irish pub set a record for the most expensive home sold in Iowa. The home on West Okoboji Lake was previously owned by Spirit Lake ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two Sioux Falls men nearly drowned in separate incidents on West Lake Okoboji on July 4, authorities in Dickinson County, Iowa, said. A 21-year-old was transported to a ...