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Accident claims two more East Sac teens (Local News ~ 08/25/14)
Two East Sac County students were killed in an eary-morning collision at the intersection of 400th St. and Birch Avenue in Sac County Saturday, on the heels of a car-RV crash that claimed the life of another 16-year-old student earlier this month. Bailey Jacobsen and Lindsay Quirk, both 16 and from Wall Lake, died when a Chevrolet Impala driven by Jacobsen reportedly collided in the center of the intersection with a Dodge Ram pickup driven by 17-year old Trevor Feauto, of Lake View... -
Marie Patricia Horan Solberg (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Marie Patricia Horan Solberg Paddy Solberg, 72, passed away surrounded by her family after a short but courageous battle with cancer on August 21, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 1:30 p.m. ... -
Reba M. Adams
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Reba M. Adams, age 87, of Storm Lake, died Friday, August 22, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. A private inurnment will be held at a later date. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...
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Dustin Lee Heacock (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Dustin Lee Heacock, the son of Ron Pixler and Stephanie Mathers, was born on February 11, 1988, in Omaha, Neb. He moved to Storm Lake, in his youth to live with his dad; where he attended Laurens Marathon High School and graduated from Storm Lake High School in 2008... -
Clive Arlo Simpson (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Clive Arlo Simpson, age 99, of Sac City,, died August 21, at Loring Hospital in Sac City. Clive was born May 12, 1915 to William and Ella (Davis) Simpson. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church on April 17, 1949. Clive spent his childhood years on his family's farm near Nemaha. He graduated from the Nemaha High School... -
Ward R. John (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Ward R. John, age 88, of Storm Lake, died Thursday, August 21, at North Lake Manor in Storm Lake. Funeral Mass will be held Monday, August 25, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 10 a.m. until the beginning of the service at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements... -
Sister Ingeborg Blomberg
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Sister Ingeborg Blomberg, age 99, of Albert City, died Saturday, August 23, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 30, at 10:30 a.m. at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Albert City. Burial will follow in the Fairfield Township Cemetery in Albert City. Visitation will take place Friday, August 29, from 4-7 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City is in charge of the arrangements...
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Bernice "Bea" Sutton Kolb (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Bernice "Bea" Sutton Kolb, age 95, of Alta, died Wednesday, August 20, at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 26, at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date in the East Lawn Palms Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements... -
C. Fred Ekstam (Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
C. Fred Ekstam, 83, of North Liberty passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, August 24. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday August 30th at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church or Iowa City Hospice, in care of: PO Box 167, Iowa City, 52244... -
Robert Vesgaard
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Robert Vesgaard, age 41, of Aurelia, died on Sunday, August 24, at his home in Aurelia. Memorial services will be held at a later date. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Robert Vesgaard, the son of Dennis and Alice (Larson) Vesgaard was born in Cherokee, on December 19, 1972. ...
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Barbara Griggs
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Barbara Griggs, age 81, of Marathon, died Saturday, August 23, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place from 9:30 a.m. until the beginning of the service at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...
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Lea Gaes
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Lea Gaes, age 95, of Storm Lake, died Sunday, August 24, at North Lake Manor in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be Friday, August 29, at 10 a.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake. Visitation with the family present will be Thursday, August 28, from 4-8 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...
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Brian Leonard
(Obituary ~ 08/25/14)
Brian Leonard, age 50, of Sarcoxie, Mo. died Friday, August 22, in Sarcoxie. Memorial services will Saturday, August 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...
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Stoltzfus earns District Coach of the Year (Community Sports ~ 08/25/14)
Jason "Moose" Stoltzfus of Storm Lake has been selected as the Class 1-A West All-District Softball District Coach of the Year as coach of the Charter Oak-Ute Bobcats. The Bobcats went 26-6 before losing to Glidden-Ralston in the first round of the 1-A Regional Tournament... -
Buena Vista Volleyball tabbed 6th in IIAC (College Sports ~ 08/25/14)
The Buena Vista Volleyball team was picked to finish sixth in the IIAC this season after a 17-12 season a year ago. The Beavers received 23 points just ahead of Dubuque University and Simpson College who both finished with 22 points. Wartburg College was the leading point getter with 54 points and five first place votes and two second place votes. ... -
East Sac County pulls out of TLC JV Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/14)
SAC CITY - The East Sac County Junior Varsity Volleyball team backed out of the opening Twin Lakes Conference Volleyball Tournament that was held Monday night in Lake City. The Raiders were struck with tragedy last weekend as two young girls were killed in a car accident...
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Tuesday Night Men's League play-offs begin
(Community Sports ~ 08/25/14)
LAKE CREEK - The Tuesday Night Men's League golf play-offs began last week as 16 teams in two divisions began the hunt for the title of champion of Men's league. Both divisions were pretty even up and down and no single team was able to build to substantial of a lead going into the final rounds tonight...
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Thursday night golf results
(Community Sports ~ 08/25/14)
LAKE CREEK - Three man golf league is still swinging and Team 11 of Iordanou, Brock and Team increased their lead by earning five points to give them 48 total points. Team 4 of Ericksen, Clausen, Jorgensen and Gutz earned four points to bring them to 42.5 points...
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2014 Iowa High School preseason volleyball rankings (High School Sports ~ 08/25/14)
The 2014 Preseason High School Volleyball rankings were released Monday afternoon for all classes. No area team found their self in the top 15 but that doesn't mean that won't end there by the end of the season. In class 1A Holy Trinity Catholic last year's runner-up came out in the number one spot after a 47-5 record last year, Janesville the defending state champion is sitting number two with a 38-4 record last season, Central Lyon is third with a 2013 record of 28-7, Grandview Christian is fourth with a 28-11 record last year and rounding out the top five with a 2013 record of 24-12 is LeMars Gehlen Catholic.. ... -
Week one of College football offers intriguing match-ups (College Sports ~ 08/25/14)
The first week of the College Football season has potential to be a very exciting one. According David Fox of athlonsports.com this is why we should or should not watch the big games this week. Week one of the College football season features its fair share of power teams playing other power teams, but we're not quite sure the first week is going to be the most competitive. ... -
Cyclones face streaking NDSU week 1
(College Sports ~ 08/25/14)
As Iowa State gears up for the 2014 football season, here are some notes leading the Cyclones into the season. Iowa State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) opens the 2014 season vs. FCS opponent North Dakota State (0-0, 0-0 MVC) Saturday afternoon in Jack Trice Stadium. ...
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