Stories from Friday, July 25, 2014

Tyson Foods Inc. says it's closing three U.S. plants, employing a total 950 workers, which have struggled financially as the company's product needs have changed. Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat processor, announced Friday the planned closures of the plants in Cherokee, Iowa; Buffalo, New York; and Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The company said the action will enable it to move some of the operations and equipment at the plants to other, more cost-efficient Tyson plants...

The Holstein branch of the United Bank of Iowa was robbed Thursday afternoon at about 4 p.m. Details remain sketchy. Officials say a lone suspect, a black male thought to be in his 20s, entered the bank, displayed a handgun, and demanded money from the teller. He fled the bank area on foot and remained at large Thursday night despite an intense manhunt. No injuries were reported...

Area baseball players were named All-Area players for the 2014 season

Football season is just around the corner and to kick off the fall sports season, CommUNITY Education will be offering an Adult Men's Flag Football League. Games will be played every Thursday with the first games of the season starting September 4, 2014 and running for six weeks with a season ending tournament the last week. ...

CommUNITY Education will be offering its annual COED Adult Volleyball League once again this fall. Games will be played every Wednesday night with the first games of the season starting September 10, 2014 and running through mid-December with a season ending tournament at the end of the season. ...

SIOUX RAPIDS- The Northwest Iowa Senior Golf Association held a meet in Sioux Rapids on Monday. Lynn Krogstud, Kim Mittelstadt and White Leonard golfed a 37 for first place. Ken Schau and Don Spaulkine golfed a 38, followed by Dean Christiansen with a 39. ...

Beuna Vista head men's basketball coach Brian Van Haaften has announced that former Newell-Fonda boy's basketball coach Paul Loos will be joining his staff beginning this fall. Loos had served as head coach for the Mustangs the last 24 years after serving two years as the Fonda boys couch before the schools merged. During his tenure, he compiled a career record of 434-192, guided teams to nine state tournaments and captured four state titles...

Many have called it the best race of the season so far at Buena Vista Raceway, as the final race of the night left fans with several thrills and the track championship in one event wide open. The final race of the night was the stock car race. Before the race even started one car, the pole sitter of Josh Mahler had to drop out. As a result Stefan Sybesma became the pole sitter...

Just over ago, when the store located on 125 Flindt drive opened up, the central theme behind the store was to bring rustic antique home decor items to a shop in Storm Lake. "This is how we have always decorated our house," said Traci Glienke, who is a co-owner of the store. "We wanted a chance for other people to be able to decorate their house like we have decorated out house."...