Meeting in special session this (Thurs.) morning, the Okoboji school board voted 3 to 2 to approve an agreement with Imagine Iowa Great Lakes, the organization behind the multi-million dollar beautification project of the lakes corridor, to purchase the middle school property in Arnolds Park for $1.1 million.

Authorities in Jackson are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in that city. 

A lakes area water treatment facility was forced to halt operations for a few hours on the 4^th of July.