Lakes Area residents eagerly watch Smiths Bay on West Lake Okoboji as the temperatures climb each year, in hopes of seeing the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary Car finally fall through the ice.
The eighth annual Okoboji Blue Water Festival, billed as the foremost clean water event in the state of Iowa, is set to begin Saturday, Aug. 12. The festival is held on the Preservation Plaza green space in Arnolds Park on the shores of West Lake Okoboji, and organizers expect a huge, all-day clean-water celebration.
The eighth annual Okoboji Blue Water Festival, the foremost clean water event in the state of Iowa. Held at the Preservation Plaza green space in Arnolds Park on the shores of West Lake Okoboji, the free day is one huge all-day clean water celebration.