SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) - The Iowa Great Lakes community is remembering Leo “Butch” Parks, a longtime lakes-area businessman and founder of Parks Marina. He died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the age of 81.

Iowa may not be a state most think of for outdoor lakeside fun, but perhaps it should be, as evidenced by this overlooked ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - The Iowa Great Lakes have come to life this weekend as Walleye opener signifies an unofficial start to the summer fishing season. Okoboji’s Walleye Weekend is in it’s 42nd year, ...

WEST LAKE OKOBOJI, Iowa -- The usually crystal blue waters of West Lake Okoboji were a little cloudy last week and that was a bad sign. It was obvious that the lake was in the process of turning over ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa | Three teenagers were lucky to escape injury after falling the a thin layer of ice on one of the Iowa Great Lakes last weekend.