The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will treat an invasive species that was detected in the Iowa Great Lakes last month. Local organizations are coming together to tackle the quick spread of ...

The Okoboji area is Iowa’s largest tourism attraction. Summer tourism spending in the area comes close to $300 million every year. The number of visitors each weekend of the summer ranges from 40,000 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Okoboji Winter Games have just started, and first responders have already rescued multiple ...

An excursion boat that’s been sailing in West Okoboji Lake since 1986 is being restored. Jon Pausley is CEO of Arnolds Park Amusement Park, where people buy the tickets for an hour-long, narrated ...

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 ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KCAU) — Last summer’s floods affected tourism in Okoboji, but this summer the area is rebounding with possibly the best year ever for visitors. Summers in the Iowa Great Lakes are ...

Fewer visitors came to the Okoboji area this summer because of the coronavirus, but those who did come still enjoyed concerts and events with COVID-19 precautions. The coronavirus pandemic fueled a ...

Grant Duhn, sales manager at Okoboji Classic Cars, talks about the scenes depicted by the murals on display with the cars. He also talks about the types of cars collected by owner Toby Shine. John ...

Arnold Garson, a former managing editor of the Register, first posted this essay on his Substack, Second Thoughts. The Okoboji area is Iowa’s largest tourism attraction. Summer tourism spending in the ...