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Okoboji's choice: Wait for major floods, or build a new bridge
Arnold Garson, a former managing editor of the Register, first posted this essay on his Substack, Second Thoughts. The Okoboji area is Iowa’s largest tourism attraction. Summer tourism spending in the area comes close to $300 million every year. The number of visitors each weekend of the summer ranges from 40,000 to 60,000 in a typical year.
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