Storm Lake Times

Storm Lake Times

The Storm Lake Times is a twice-weekly newspaper based in Storm Lake, Iowa covering Buena Vista County and parts of Clay, Pocahontas, Sac, Ida and Cherokee counties. The inaugural issue was published on Friday, June 29, 1990.


Within a year of opening, the weekly newspaper rapidly outgrew its original office and moved to larger quarters at 210 East Fifth Street, across from the Buena Vista County Courthouse. At that time the paper’s circulation had increased from an initial 1,800 to nearly 4,000 copies every Friday. Initially, The Times was printed at Buena Vista Stationery and Printing, but with the growing number of pages and the need for color photographs, printing operations were moved to Le Mars, Iowa.


In March 1993, The Times began publishing daily, a first in Storm Lake's 125-year history. Coinciding with The Times’ switch to daily publication was construction of a new office and printing plant at 220 West Railroad Street.


The Times switched to twice-weekly publication (Wednesday and Saturday) in January 1994. In November 2001 The Times switched from the familiar tabloid format to broadsheet.


The Storm Lake Times was the first newspaper in Iowa to be composed entirely on computer (pagination). In 2004, The Times became the second newspaper in Iowa (after the Des Moines Register) to adopt computer-to-plate electronic imaging.



-May 7, 2008, The Times received national attention for a story written by reporter Jake Kurtz about Dale Davis, a blind, World War II veteran who bowled a perfect 300 game at Century Lanes in Alta, Iowa.


-Nov. 3, 2009, Times editor Art Cullen testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in Washington, D.C., on the impact of health care costs on small businesses in America. The appearance came at the request of a longtime friend, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

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