Stories from Monday, August 18, 2014

When Sam Kelley isn't putting on the pads as a 230-pound lineman for the Storm Lake Tornado football team, he's strapping on a six-string. The 16-year-old will appear in his first local performance Thursday at the Taste of Storm Lake fundraiser for Witter Gallery at Chautauqua Park...

Elizabeth LaPole will run against her former boss, Dave Patton, for Buena Vista County Attorney. LaPole, who lives in Albert City, is originally from Des Moines. She received her undergraduate degree in Social Sciences from Central College in Pella, and a law degree from Creighton University. She joined the Buena Vista County Attorney's office in May, 2011...

Bronwen Dean may be a 37-year-old stay-at-home mother of five, just coming off a 1,550-mile driving vacation in an SUV filled with seven kids, but when it comes to the Storm Lake HyNoon Kiwanis Storm the Lake Triathlon, this athlete is untouchable. Saturday morning, she waited out a fog delay with the rest of the field to defend her women's title, ripping off a 01:13:17.7 finish, cutting more than two minutes off her winning time in 2013...

Andy Klindt from Colfax was named as the winner in the Wood Wine & Blues chainsaw carving competition in Storm Lake over the weekend, creating a western totem with a native American face intertwined with animals such as a bear and a wolf in three days of work - often with his full beard filled with flying wood shavings. He also received the People's Choice Award, walking away with a huge trophy and a finish chainsaw...

Storm Lake Police were called to 719 Erie Street Sunday afternoon on a report of an intruder in the residence. The reporting party told police that they had gone into the basement of their home and encountered an intruder - described as an adult male in his 40's with olive complexion. The suspect was 5'6", 120 pounds with short black hair and a mustache. The suspect was wearing a dark blue T-shirt...

Manure from Summit Dairy, located in southwest O'Brien County, caused a fish kill that will probably number in the thousands in a one-mile stretch of an unnamed tributary and five miles or more of Mill Creek. The discharge apparently occurred Friday, August 15, during rainfall in the area. ...

Richard "Dick" Merle Bennett, 69, passed away on Friday, August 15, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Services will be held on Tuesday, August 19, at 10 a.m. at Hamilton's on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines. Visitation will follow the service...

The Iowa Sharks finished their 2014 season August 2nd with a 38-7 loss in the first round of the Midwest Football Alliance play-offs to the Midwest Titans. Despite the loss at the end of the season it did bring some light at the end of the tunnel, with the announcement that a team owned by two shark players, Zach Nixon and Clint Corderman would be coming to Aurelia. ...

Virginia L. Meyer, age 92, of Alta, passed away on Saturday, August 16, at the Sunset Knoll Care & Rehab Center of Aurelia. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 19, at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Alta with the Rev. B.J. Ukena officiating. ...

Dennis Holmstrom, age 68, of Storm Lake, Iowa died Friday, August 15, 2014 at his home in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the Storm Lake Cemetery in Storm Lake. ...

Richard K. Stone, age 60, of Early, died on Sunday, August 17, at the Loring Hospital in Sac City. A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, August 21, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Sliefert Funeral Home of Storm Lake is in charge of arrangements...

STORM LAKE - The Hy-Noon Kiwanis annual Storm Lake Triathlon was ran on Saturday in Storm Lake as competitors from all over came to Storm Lake to support the battle against Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus. The event is not just a individual event but also a team event...