Stories from Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Wanted persons • On the afternoon of Thursday, February 9, at approximately 2:23 p.m., the Storm Lake Police Department was dispatched to the Buena Vista County Attorney’s Office in reference to a wanted person being at that location. Upon arrival of police they located and arrested Adriano Marquez, age 46 of Storm Lake who was wanted out of Buena Vista County on a warrant for Contempt of Court reference Failure to Pay Fines...

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Cherokee and Buena Vista are hosting two free pruning workshops and one windbreak workshop on Feb. 21. The first tree pruning workshop will be hosted at the Cherokee City Community Center (530 W. Bluff Street, Cherokee) from 10 to 11:30 a.m...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach – Buena Vista County will host two adult winter workshops at the Buena Vista County office, 824 Flindt Drive, Storm Lake. The February 22 Crochet workshop will introduce participants to the basics of crochet. ...

Take a step back into the past with the next Living In Iowa program at the Prairie Heritage Center. This presentation will focus on the Native People of Iowa. Learn about some of the tribes that lived in the area prior to Euro-American settlement. There will be an opportunity to look closely at artifacts and even to create an object to take home...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School has two groups that will be honored at the All State Speech Festival in Ames January 18. Top, Radio News with Emily Heitman, Kendall Snyder and Cole Keenan will be performing KKEC Radio News. Bottom, Ben Peters and Gabe Elsden will be honored for Abbot and Costello’s “Who’s on First.” Mrs. Deb Peters is the St. Mary’s Speech Coach...

5th Grade Irelyn Ahlers, Presilla Aldaba, Michael Alford, Oscar Almaraz, Hailey Anderson, Stephany Arbizu, Mubuh Too Ber, Daiton Billings, Kayla Boggs, Jayda Butler, Andrea Carrillo-Morado, Princess Cato, Anoun Chaiyawong, Lizbeth Chavez, Brian Chea, Nelly Cortes, Madison Courtright, Megan Courtright, Lillian Dahlhauser, Nyabiey Dak, Monica David, Nayeli DeLoera, Landon DeMoss, Bruno Figueroa, Crystal Gomez-Ramirez, Mailee Gonzalez, Fernanda Gonzalez-Lopez, Tania Hernandez-Patino, Jude Huss, Jasmine Ioanis, Maryjane Isaac, Fernanda Japa, Shauntez Johnson, Meggie Keller, Tony Khang, Benjamin Langner-Yarosevich, Cierra Lanphear, Tar Ler, Seanna Lincoln, Angel Lopez, Narissa Lovan, Lizzie Lyman, Francisco Magdeleno, Grant Mai, Lizeth Maldonado, Felipe Manriquez, Luiz Martinez, Cole McAtee, Byron Mejia, Israel Mendoza, Miranda Mills, Agustin Morales, Ernesto Morelos, Sahachat Muad-Otton, Angelo Negrete, Joanne Ni, Ulises Olaiz, Jose Oropeza, Jaylena Paengvaen, Thi Ha Phyo, David Praseutsinh, Phillip Preciado, Andrea Ramirez-Alvarez, Saby Ramos, Joseph Rice, Arianna Rios, Athena Rios, Taylor Ripke, Saul Rosales, Jaslyn Saengchanpheng, Leslie Salmeron, Alexis Sanaabia-Manriquez, Christian Sanchez, Emmanuel Sanchez, Katherin Sarabia, Brayden Schreier, Jaiden Sievers, Hershdeep Singh, Lah Soe, Natasha Solem, Kaeden Sounnarath, Adrien Souvongkham, Madison Stull, Claire Taylor, Sunny Thao, Brock Turnquist, Saharat Uppahard,Carlos Vargas, Helen Wobbema, Mason Wunder, Kristina Yang, Shouacua Yang, Angel Zaragoza-DeLaPaz, Ashley Zelaya-Martinez.. ...

Storm Lake High School freshman Lessly Ortega-Luque was selected to represent Storm Lake High School and Iowa at the 2017 Youth Leadership Summit this July in San Francisco. The event is sponsored by GEAR UP, which stands for Gaining Early Access Readiness. Lessly is 1 of 4 students from Iowa that was selected to attend...

Buena Vista University’s student media organizations took home several awards at the 2017 Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) conference held earlier this month in Des Moines. Overall, students in BVU’s campus media organizations – KBVU, the University Cable Network (UCN) and The Tack Online – received 27 awards in numerous categories, including several first place honors...

The Spazmatics will be at the Hard Rock in Sioux City on March 4 at 8 p.m. String Theory to an upstart pupil in front of the entire student body and faculty. As agreed to by both parties, the loser would have to do anything that the winner demanded, and the victorious prodigy demanded that Mr. ...

• On a scale of 5 popcorn buckets, “Split,” earns 4 deliciously wicked tubs of tasty corn. You might want to race to the bottom of the bucket, but just sit back and enjoy the tasty goodness slowly as it leads you to a satisfying end. MPAA rating: PG-13. Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes.

Rebecca Rego, a stalwart favorite from the Chicago indie music scene, will be on stage at Byron’s in Pomeroy on Sunday, March 5, 5-9 p.m. Rego, and her band The Trainmen, are based in Champaign, and have just completed their sophomore CD, “Lay These Weapons Down.” They were recently nominated by The Deli Magazine as best folk/America act of 2016...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley addressed the controversial approval of the U.S. Secretary of Education in a statement sent to the Pilot-Tribune. “First of all, it’s good to see people participate and voice their views on issues of the day. It’s not only a First Amendment right; civic engagement is a fundamental responsibility for self-government. When it comes to policies that affect one’s children and neighborhood schools, it’s a very good sign that people are paying attention,” Grassely said...

Roger Gustafson, a Rembrandt alumnus, has compiled a 153-page book: History of Establishment & Reorganization of Rembrandt Consolidated School District, Rembrandt, Iowa. Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, Pictures, and Notes. It can be read on the website, www.rembrandtschool.com/Main-OtherThingsOfInterest...

Week five of the session is in the books, and it has been a busy week to say the least. Bills are being reported out of committees, and there has even been some important floor debate. Soon we will be bumping up against the first funnel, a self-imposed deadline designed to speed up the process and establish a priority list of legislation to be debated. ...

Throughout the world, lighting candles is a sacred ritual. In the Catholic faith, lighting candles for the deceased is an act of remembrance and/or prayer for the souls of the departed. Candles also symbolize the light of Jesus Christ. Many also use candles to pray for specific people or to pray to the saints...

The number of state patrolmen in Iowa has been on a steady decline since 2000 with approximately 100 fewer active members statewide. The District 6 patrol area, which includes Clay, Dickinson and six other counties, has decreased from 21 total active members in 1995 to 17 at the start of 2017...

Early Achievers 4-H Club hosted a night of romance and good food to celebrate Valentine’s Day. On February 12, Sacred Heart Parish was the location of the 7th Annual Early Achievers Valentine’s Dinner. Student members Megan Drey with the help of Anna Schmitt, Connor Pickhinke, and Alex Movall helped organize the event. ...

18-year-old Aaron Mandernach of Newell faces numerous charges after leading authorities on a 40-minute chase on gravel roads through the county, at speeds exceeding 90 miles per offer. At one point during the chase, the vehicles of Mandernach and a pursuing deputy collided, but Mandernach continued to flee...

Western Iowa Congressman Steve King is battling the Des Moines Public School Board over its immigrant “sanctuary” resolution that King insists violates both the Constitution’s supremacy clause and federal laws. King released a statement calling the school board’s action “blatantly unconstitutional” and warning in a letter to the superintendent and school board that school officials could lose funding or be jailed if they passed the measures...

The Storm Lake Police Department has provided a school resource officer since 2000, with the cost split between the City and the School District. Officer John Bauer provides services at all Storm Lake Schools. “The presence of a school resource officer, armed and in uniform, ensures a timely response to any criminal behavior, or better yet, deters the criminal behavior from taking place,” Assistant Chief Todd Erskine said. ...

Storm Lake Assistant Chief Todd Erskine has announced his retirement from the police department after 33 years of service, effective March 17. A public reception honoring Erskine is planned for Friday, March 17, 2-4 p.m. at the Storm Lake Fire Department...

Storm Lake will be welcoming a new doctor this summer. Dr. Klye Glienke will be joining the staff at Unity Point Clinic Family Medicine Buena Vista and Buena Vista Regional Medical Center. Kyle is a 2005 graduate of Aurelia Community School. He grew up helping his parents Keith and Marcy Glienke on their dairy farm outside Aurelia...

FORT DODGE - Saturday afternoon was a whirlwind of emotions according to Tornado head wrestling coach Ben Seaman. One Storm Lake grappler was able to punch his way to the State Tournament while six other wrestlers finished in third place one spot short of State...

MILFORD - Alta-Aurelia saw two wrestlers punch their ticket to Des Monies while Sioux Central had one fight his way in on Saturday afternoon. Warrior senior Skylar Solko, wrestling at 152, earned his fourth trip to State winning both of his matches on Saturday afternoon. ...

MAPLETON - Ridge View saw both of the grapplers they sent to Districts place on Saturday afternoon. Andres Carbajal, at 138, dropped his first match on the day in the semifinals against Duke Kyle of Missouri by way of pinfall in 4:41. Carbajal then dropped his third place match against Bo Geise of Logan-Magnolia after being pinned in 2:51...

CORRECTIONVILLE - Fourteen different Warriors registered a bucket on Friday night as they handled River Valley, 83-40. The Warriors jumped out to a 10 point advantage after the first quarter, 23-13, and never looked back as they lead at halftime, 46-20...

Warriors see season come to bitter end in districts ALTA - In the first round of the 2A-Region 2 play, Alta-Aurelia suffered a season ending setback to the Hinton Blackhawks, 50-43, on Saturday night. The two teams battled close in the first frame, but the Blackhawks were able to take a three point advantage to the second quarter, 13-10. ...