Stories from Wednesday, October 15, 2014

For Community Education, it's nice to see the sunshine. In July, the agency tasked with meeting the community's recreation and continuing education needs moved out of its longtime home in the subterranean bowels of the school administration building, and took up residence in three former portable classrooms adjacent to East School...

"We need to stop the flights that are coming in from the Ebola parts of the world," according to a post by Congressman Steve King on his Facebook page this week. Buena Vista County Public Health Director Pam Bogue feels such a policy could be a problem...

The Iowa Supreme Court justices came to Storm Lake Wednesday night to hear oral arguments in two cases, including a high profile case on whether traffic cameras violate constitutional rights. The Storm Lake visit is one of four trips the high court will make out into the state this session to hear cases in front of live audiences in the evening...

Janet Anderson, age 72, of Laurens, formerly of Marathon, died Tuesday, October 14, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas. Funeral services were held Friday, October 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Marathon Community Center in Marathon. A private family burial will be held at the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon. ...

BVU's Bobby Brown stands one touchdown pass away from being the career leader for touchdown passes for the Beavers

SPENCER-The Tornado swimmers were in a pinked out pool for a rematch of their home meet. The results were very similar, as expected, but the Pink Out event made for a great crowd and several Principals took a plunge in the pink tinted pool-with a little help from some of their students to raise money for fighting breast cancer. It was all in honor of a mother of a Spencer swimmer who is fighting the disease...

Playoff chances will be made depending on who wins and loses this week as the season enters the penultimate game

All season long the Storm Lake boys cross country team were just waiting to be healthy so they could put together a full meet. It finally happened and it happened at one of the biggest meets of the year for the Tornadoes. They were healthy ran well and put together their first full meet of the year at the Conference Tournament in Emmetsburg...

CommUNITY Education will be offering Start Smart Tennis for children between the ages of 5-7 years old who can attend sessions with a parent or another adult and want to prepare for future organized tennis activities. Start Smart Tennis is a six-session instructional program that helps parents work one-on-one with their children in key fundamental areas: serving, returning and hand-eye coordination...

The Tornado Youth Wrestling program, for boys in 1st-6th grade, is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 4th from 6:30-7:30 pm. The program will be held in the wrestling room at Storm Lake High School where Coach Ben Seaman will teach the kids some basic skills involved in wrestling. ...

Jr. Dribblers, a basketball program for 1st & 2nd graders will begin on Saturday, November 8th at the Storm Lake Middle School. This three week program teaches basic ball handling skills through drills and fun activities. The program will meet on November 8, 15 and 22...

CommUNITY Education will be offering the NBA Amateurs Youth Basketball Program for boys in grades 3-6. This two week program will be held on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at the Storm Lake Elementary School Gym starting on Monday, November 3. Mondays and Thursdays practice will be from: 5:30-6:30 p.m. ...

IDA GROVE - History continues to be made by the Alta-Aurelia cross country team in 2014. On Monday the runners in both the boys and girls side made history again. The fourth win of the season for the Alta-Aurelia boys cross country was one of the biggest for morale, but came on one of the slimmest margins so far...

LAKE VIEW - Alta-Aurelia came out strong on Tuesday night getting their pool play out of the way. They played East Sac county to start off the night. East Sac was able to host the tournament being among the top three teams in the conference prior to the conference tournament. During the night they showed why they were able to host a section of play on the night by finishing undefeated...

Early round struggles doomed the St. Mary's Panthers on Tuesday night as they opened up the Twin Lakes Conference Tournament in Rockwell City. Three matches resulted in six straight losses for the Panthers as they were matched up with several of the Twin Lakes Conference best teams. It started with a match against nearby Newell-Fonda who had beaten the Panthers in an early season game...

SIOUX RAPIDS - The first round of the Twin Lakes Conference tournament was an easy for the Lady Rebels. In their two matches they came out on top in both only giving up one set loss. "We came out a little slow tonight but still managed to pick up a couple of wins," said Sioux Central Head Coach Sue Mattson. "These girls are determined to wn and can come from behind to win."...

Paula Ruth Kirby Adkins age 76 of Clinton, formerly of Eureka Springs, Ark., passed away Sunday Oct. 12, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. According to her wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and memorial services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Eureka Springs, Ark., at 2 p.m. ...