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SL Walmart remodeling project underway
(03/04/10)
Storm Lake's Walmart recently began an extensive renovation. The store will receive a full remodel from the inside out and will represent the latest in Walmart's store design and customer experience. The new design is based on feedback from customers and will feature a clean, open and bright new look in the store with wider aisles, low-profile shelving, bright interior paint scheme, and lighting and easy-to-read signage to help customers find the products they need...
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Workshop kicks off 'Cultural District' effort
(03/01/10) The Witter Gallery board is following through on its plans to apply for a Cultural and Entertainment District designation from Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. A special public workshop will be held to launch the process. Witter Gallery invites businesspeople, organizational leaders, artists, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and anyone interested in the betterment of Storm Lake to attend the workshop given by staff from the Department of Cultural Affairs on Monday, March 1st at 5:45 p.m. ...
BV misses out on disaster declaration
(03/01/10) A major disaster declaration was announced this week for the State of Iowa, with 21 counties including several bordering Buena Vista County on the list. This declaration benefits counties that recently suffered significant damage from severe winter weather during storms occurring December 23 -- 27...
Highway 20 project to reach Early by 2013
(03/01/10) After some 50 years of waiting, progress seems to be continuing on four-lane U.S. 20 highway expansion despite the state budget dilemma, according to Shirley Phillips, head of the US 20 Corridor Association. "The Iowa DOT tells us everything is on schedule for four-lane US 20 to reach Early by 2013," she said, adding that the project has long been seen as a key to future area economic development. ...
County Foundation Grant Application Deadline: March 26th
(02/22/10) The Buena Vista County Community Foundation announces that they are seeking grant applications for their Spring 2010 grant program. The Buena Vista County Community Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that seeks to enhance the quality of life in Buena Vista County by awarding cash grants to other not-for-profit agencies and units of government within the county... 
This Winter's Little Miracles: If the season frustrated, it also delivered some faith
(02/19/10)"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein 
Actress-advocate at Women's Night Out event
(03/01/10)Angela Shelton, aclaimed filmmaker, writer, actress and speaker, will headline "Women's Night Out," March 25 at the Clay County Regional Events Center in Spencer. There will be music by area folk singer Chad Elliot, an elegant buffet dinner, door prizes and raffles and more. The event begins at 5:30 p.m., and tickets are available now. Call 712-262-4612 for information...
Fiesta Latina is April 18
(03/01/10) Fiesta Latina, Storm Lake's annual festival to celebrate the Latino culture, will take place Sunday, April 18, 2-7 p.m. at Chautauqua Park. The event includes performers, music, activities, inflatables, and vendors representing Latin America. Activities are free to all. Funds raised at the event will be donated to Haiti relief. To volunteer, contact RAICES at raices@bvu.edu... 
CATS and more
(02/26/10)Traveling to New York may be out of the question this season, but never fear, Broadway quality shows are just an hour's drive from Storm Lake with the Broadway at the Orpheum 2009-2010 Season in full swing. Tickets for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Avenue Q and CATS are now on sale at the Tyson Events Center box office, online at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000...
Northwest Iowa basketball film premieres
(02/22/10) Iowa basketball film, Winning Favor, is set to premiere in Holland Plaza's new Digital Theater this weekend in Orange City, and will run through March 4. The film will then play at Sioux City's Promenade Theater March 12 through March 19 before general release...
SL students invited to participate in dance squad clinic March 12
(02/25/10) The Storm Lake Dance Squad along with their coach Colleen Wabeke will be offering a dance squad clinic on Friday, March 12 at the Storm Lake High School gym for students in grades 1-8. March 12 is an early dismissal day so the clinic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will learn dance routines that they will perform at the Dance Squad Night... |
Strings of Time: Witter's timeless marionette display is a reminder of Howdy's origins, long before the doody hit the fan
(03/08/10)It was an age of dungarees, playing cowboys and indians, dime double sodas and an infant medium called television. But innocence doesn't last forever. Storm Lake native Margo Skewis Rose spent her lifetime making children smile, but after her death, her greatest achievement became a controversial tangle of marionette strings - a twisting, turning story of intrigue, potential riches, and a bizarre legal battle for custody... 
Faust Institute changes hands: New venture begins with an updo attitude
(03/01/10)"Come over and see what the schools are about, see what the education is about, see what the business is about." That's the way Justin Latham remembers the pitch from Ann Smith, the founder of Faust Institute of Cosmetology. As 2009 drew to a close, Smith was ready to scale back her role at the cosmetology schools in Storm Lake and Spirit Lake... |