Spring 2025

Prepare Your Yard for Summer Beauty In the Upper Midwest, winter generally brings unending gray skies, freezing temperatures and large drifts slumbering against the landscape. Many days, a gloom settles over the air—everyone waiting for life to exist outside again. Then March hits, the snow begins to melt, the sun shows its face, and green…

Stunning comfortability! Tony and Sheila Thelen’s beautiful home remodel, located in West Okoboji with Jones Beach on one side and Garlock Slough on the other, has become their family’s Okoboji Haven. Initially purchased as a vacation home in August 2019, while beautiful, much of the residence remained in the early 1990s. Many rooms were dark…

For those who desire a new hangout in the Iowa Great Lakes area, the Icebox at the Hi-Lo Supper Club in Lakefield, MN will provide a fun, new alternative. An atmosphere developed out of the roaring twenties; the Icebox’s welcoming intrigue is something not found anywhere nearby. This retro style speakeasy bar was envisioned by…

Astro City— It’s a child’s dreamland! Colorful critters and a huge slide sit atop an island that draw the eye to anyone visiting Crescent Beach Family Resort on the west side of West Lake Okoboji. The rocket is one of only a few remaining in the United States. This historical playground was originally built in…

Adapt Coatings transforms concrete, creating incredible basement floors to polishing school hallways. Because bare concrete is not only unattractive, it can also damage quickly and is impossible to keep clean. From protective coatings to polished concrete, Adapt Coatings guarantees to have a solution for any concrete slab. Conversation with Jonny Fiddelke, President of Adapt Coatings…

Finding innovative and creative solutions in a fast-paced environment sounds like a potential job description, but for members of Lakes Area Robotics it’s a part of regular conversation. Every year, these Spirit Lake High School students receive a challenge to solve real-world problems through the means of robotics. The students spend the winter developing, designing…

Support Local Farmers and Save Thousands of Dollars with Roof Maxx’s Soy-Biobased Rejuvenation Treatment Roofs in the Midwest can take a beating, from hail in the summer to ice in the winter. Shingles become brittle and start breaking from the variety of weather conditions and extreme temperature fluctuations within 15-20 years of age. The sudden…