ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa – A century-old Okoboji-area landmark has a connection to Sioux Falls through its new owners. Butch and Debbie Parks, who own Parks Marina in Okoboji and Sioux Falls, bought ...

Co-owner Debbie Parks said that she and husband Butch Parks were influenced by tiki bars in Florida when they were creating Okoboji, Ia.'s Barefoot Bar.

OKOBOJI (KTIV) - Monday morning, we first told you about Parks Marina’s pending sale of several popular properties in the ...

During the 44th annual University of Okoboji Winter Games, an event known as Battle of the Bartenders raised $24,408. The money was raised in just one day alone.

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - “I remember Butch saying, ‘Debbie, it’s going to be the world’s largest fish house,’” says Debbie Parks, co-owner of Parks Marina It all started as 4 walls and a ...

OKOBOJI, Iowa | Businessman Leo "Butch" Parks Jr., who lost his fight to operate a floating marina bar in West Lake Okoboji, also lost his bid for a seat on ...

Growing up in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, Debbie Parks’ favorite movie as a preteen was “Sunshine,” a 1973 docudrama about a pregnant divorcee who falls in love with a… ...

By selling special t-shirts, Parks Marina in Okoboji has raised over $5,000 for victims of flooding in Spencer. KCAU Sioux City. ... we are proud to do so,” Debbie Parks, ...

Okoboji’s Planning and Zoning Commission will meet soon to consider these changes, ... more than 50 new campgrounds and RV parks opened this summer in the United States. (By George Bower, KICD ...

Parks Marina, a staple of East Okoboji Lake in Northwest Iowa, removed lake bed sediment last year near its boat forklift station without a permit — a repeat offense, ...

Sioux Falls-based Parks Marina and Okoboji Boat Works of Okoboji have bought the well-known Central Emporium in Arnolds Park, Iowa. The Central Emporium has overlooked West Lake Okoboji for more ...