Every week I read letters by someone who has an argument against wind turbines. Last week's letter extolling the view of the east side of East Lake Okoboji went over the top.
Apparently that person has never looked to the southeast from their place and seen the magnificent view of a huge condominium complex or driven across the bridge south of your place and looked to the west at the backside of an ugly condo project.
•DCN still among Iowa's top three large weekly newspapers
The sound of hammers briefly echoed through the Dickinson County News offices this week, as staff added a number of award plaques to their walls. The newspaper raked in 21 honors placing first in eight competition categories during last week's Iowa Better Newspaper Contest in Des Moines.
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Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday a young bull moose who had been seen making its way across the Spirit Lake area drowned in East Lake Okoboji after venturing out onto the lake's thinly frozen surface. DNR officials decided the best course of action was to leave the moose alone, in hopes it would make its own way to shore. The moose was seen standing on the ice for a number of hours Wednesday and is believed to have fallen through early Thursday.