(Arnolds Park, IA) — The University of Okoboji Winter Games are underway on the Iowa Great Lakes. Festivities kicked off Thursday and run through Sunday. Okoboji Tourism director Rebecca Peters says the annual event has about a three-million-dollar impact on Dickinson County. The schedule includes broomball, softball, and flag football on the frozen lakes, a polar plunge, the Okoboji Kite Festival, a chili cookoff, live music, fireworks, and a mass burning of Christmas trees.
University of Okoboji Winter Games Begin
By Mandy Billings
Jan 28, 2022 | 12:19 PM

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