Stories from Tuesday, August 5, 2014

James "Jim" Sliefert, age 75, of Storm Lake, died August 3, at his home in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Storm Lake Cemetery with full Military Rites by the Alta VFW. Visitation will take place Wednesday, August 6, from 5-8 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...

Never before have this many new teachers entered Storm Lake schools. At least in the three years that Carl Turner has been the superintendent. When school starts up on the 25 of August there will be a total of 25 new teachers will be coming to area classrooms for the first time in Storm Lake...

After years of being in the original location from when they were first brought to Storm Lake, Bomgaars is moving to a bigger store. They aren't moving very far though. "Location is going to be important," said Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Torrey Wingert. "With the new location being next to HyVee then traffic will help with traffic, because there are a lot of people that go to HyVee and this will make it easier for them to move and come into our store as well."...

Ken Patten, age 66, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa died August 3, at Spencer Hospital in Spencer. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 6, at 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Webb. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. ...