How to Submit News or Announcements to the Storm Lake Times Pilot

The Storm Lake Times Pilot accepts community submissions through its website's "Send us your news!" section, which lists dedicated forms for anniversary, birth, birthday, engagement, obituary, and wedding announcements, plus letters to the editor and general news reports. You can also use the site's delivery and subscription links for address changes, delivery issues, or vacation stops. The homepage does not publish email addresses or phone numbers for the newsroom, so the on-site forms are the documented path for submitting content.

What you can submit

The navigation menu on stormlake.com groups submissions into these categories:

Separate links cover Change of address, Delivery issues, and Vacation stop — these are subscriber-service requests, not newsroom submissions.

How to submit, step by step

1. Open stormlake.com. The main menu appears at the top of the page, alongside Search, e-Edition, and Subscribe.
2. Select Send us your news! in the main menu. This opens the list of announcement types.
3. Choose the form matching your item — for example, Wedding announcement or Letters to the editor.
4. Complete the form with the details of your announcement or letter. The site does not display the individual fields on the menu page, so fill in what the form asks for, including names, dates, and the text you want published.
5. Submit the form. Expect the newsroom to review the item before it appears in print or online; the site does not state a publication timeline, so plan ahead if your announcement is tied to a date.

Expected result: your announcement or letter enters the newspaper's editorial queue. Because the site lists no confirmation process, keep a copy of what you submitted.

Practical tips and common snags

• Pick the right form. An obituary sent through the general "Report news" link may be routed differently than one sent through Obituary announcement. Use the specific category when one exists.
• Letters to the editor are opinion, not news. If you want to flag an event or issue for coverage, use Report news instead.
• Subscriber issues go elsewhere. Address changes and vacation stops have their own links and are handled as circulation requests, not editorial submissions.
• No published contact details. The homepage excerpt shows no newsroom email or phone number, so don't count on finding one there; the forms are the reliable route.
• Check the e-Edition afterward. Published items appear in the paper and its e-Edition; the site's e-Edition link lets subscribers confirm placement.

When to use a different path

If your goal is reading the paper rather than contributing to it, use Subscribe (stormlake.com/subscribe/) or the e-Edition link. If you need to correct a delivery problem, use Delivery issues rather than a news form. For anything time-sensitive — such as an obituary with a service date — submit as early as possible, since the site gives no stated deadline.