Stories from Monday, April 28, 2014

An early morning domestic dispute in a vehicle Sunday quickly evolved into a violent scene with a man accused of biting a woman, a car striking a house and other vehicles before rolling over in the street, an innocent home occupant assaulted, and a brief police foot chase...

Unusual play helps good causes, offers a whopping door prize of a $600 bicycle

A 17-year manhunt came to an end Wednesday when a long-wanted drug suspect out of Arizona was tracked to Storm Lake, where he has been living and working under an assumed identity. Storm Lake Police received word Wednesday from the Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff's Department that the FBI suspected that Jesus Carlos Soto, age 40, may be living in Storm Lake. ...

There's a stalking going on in the Bel Air Beach neighborhood near Lakeside, but its not "that" kind of stalking. Homes and lawns in the neighborhood are being covered in drifts of cornstalks from the farm fields that run behind the neighborhood from the outlet dam to near the beach boat ramp area, and residents say a lot of the debris is finding its way into the lake...

Storm Lake City council members approved an engineering agreement with Bolton and Menk to provide plans for the project of extending a trail along the bank of the lake. This is possible through the donation of land to the city from the Prichard family that occurred last year...

LAKE CREAK - The Storm Lake girls golf team lost a close one to Emmetsburg last Friday, as Emmetsburg won the triangluar with a 211 team score, the Tornadoes finished second with a 212 and Spirit Lake finished third with a team score of 239. The loss is the first team loss for Storm Lake, as they are now 4-1 on the season, the Tornadoes were led by runner-up medalist Grace Dierenfield, who carded a 50 on the day, Rylee James also shot a 50 for the Tornadoes. ...

POCAHONTAS - Eighteen schools between three classes showed up to Pocahontas on Friday, April 25th for the 79th annual Pocahontas Relays, including five area schools, Storm Lake, Sioux Central, Alta-Aurelia, Newell-Fonda and Laurens-Marathon. The Tornadoes finished sixth out of six with a total of 22 team points, which only included five top five finishes. ...

The regular season Iowa Conference campaign came to an end on Saturday afternoon for the Buena Vista softball team, but the Beavers came up on the short end of a pair of games at home to #10 Luther College by scores of 8-0 (5) and 4-3. The Norse held a 1-0 lead in the opener heading to the fourth inning when they were able to take advantage of some sloppy BVU defense and break the game open with five runs. They then added two more in the fifth. The Beavers committed six errors in the contest...

The Buena Vista baseball team was one big inning away from a big doubleheader sweep on Saturday at Wartburg College, but for the second straight day the two teams split their Iowa Conference doubleheader, leaving the Beavers alone in first by one game...

ESTHERVILLE - Sioux Central girls track team put on a show case at the Estherville/Lincoln Central invite as they set three meet records. The Rebels had 25 top five finishes, with six first place finishes, finishing with a total of 163 team points. Darma Tripp set the first meet record on the day as she jumped 16'6.75" in the long jump, finishing first. ...

LEMARS - The Storm Lake seventh grade boys' track team won the LeMars triangular scoring 85.50 team points, 24 ahead of LeMars. The Tornadoes had 27 top five finishes, including 10 first place finishes on the afternoon, Dustin Ebel placed first in the shot put with a toss of 36'11", Ebel also won the discus with a throw of 101'2", Jose Martinez won the long jump with a jump of 16'1". ...

The Alta-Aurelia Warriors soccer team traveled to Spencer Monday evening despite the numerous schools arcoss the area postponing athletic events due to the incliment weather. The Warriors lost the battle with Spencer 5-0. The field was soggy and the air was cold for Monday's contest, but that didn't stop Spencer's offense. ...

CHEROKEE - The Alta-Aurelia girls junior high track team got their third team victory on Friday as they scored 80 team points ahead of Cherokee and Kingsley-Pierson. The Warriors had 25 top five finishes on the afternoon which included eight first place finishes. ...

The Storm Lake Albatross traveled to Sioux Falls, SD to take on the Sioux Falls Crow this past Saturday. The rugby action got started early on in the match as the Albatross put up a great defensive stand for the first 10 minutes of the match. The Crow found a way through the young and inexperienced backline of the Albatross though and scored first. ...

CHEROKEE - The Alta-Aurelia Warriors junior high track team won the Cherokee Triangular with 75 team points, just four points ahead of Cherokee. The Warriors were highlighted by 31 top five finishes which included seven first place finishes. Ricky Pizano won the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.12 seconds, Kaleb Sleezer won the 400 meter dash with a time of 57.41 seconds, Pizano also won the 200 meter dash with a time of 29.09 seconds, Jacob Hull won the shot put with a toss of 35'1"...