Stories from Monday, March 10, 2014

Robert "Bob" Green, age 72, of Lake View, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, following a courageous 19 year battle with cancer. Bob was born on June 14, 1941, in Smithland, to Dale and Vera (Huffman) Green. He attended school in Smithland. On January 7, 1959, Bob enlisted in the United States Navy serving aboard the USS Thomas J. Gary out of Newport, Rhode Island as a boiler room helper. He received an honorable discharge on July 5, 1962...

Ruth E. Miller, age 86, of Storm Lake, died Monday, March 10, at her home in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be Friday, March 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Church of Christ in Storm Lake. Interment will follow in the Storm Lake Cemetery. Visitation will take place Thursday, March 13, from 5-7 p.m. ...

The fiscal budget for 2014/2015 was approved by city council members Monday, March 3 with an increase for employee's wages by 2.5 percent and a decrease in levy rates by $0.53359 from the previous fiscal year. For every thousand dollars of taxable value the levy will be $13.02396...

Lois Colvin, age 72, of Newell, Iowa died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at her home in Newell. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Storm Lake. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. in the Milford Cemetery in Milford, Iowa. Visitation will take place Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

As Storm Lake continues to grow, the effects are starting to be seen in all areas, one of the biggest areas that sees the change is area schools. The public schools could be facing a shortage of rooms in the coming years. A Feb. 19 meeting of the Storm Lake Community School District had Superintendent Dr. Carl Turner outlining some of the issues that the school district could face...

It doesn't run near Iowa, but the Keystone XL pipeline is causing a a ripple effect in Iowa. As the search for energy starts to spread to other areas, Iowa is effected by the pipeline project even though it doesn't come within 250 miles of Storm Lake...

DES MOINES - The undefeated No. 1 seed Newell-Fonda Mustangs took their unblemished season to the State Tournament yesterday, and fell to the hands of the West Lyon, Inwood Wildcats 72-57. Monday morning's quarterfinal match-up was truly a battle for the Mustangs as they just couldn't pull away at any point in the game. ...

City officials announced last week they are looking into an area on the north side of town as a potential subdivision. Council approved an agreement to fund a Bolton & Menk Consulting Engineers and Surveyors to continue preparing rough estimates of cost and design...