Stories from Monday, July 16, 2018

Progress continues on the Storm Lake 3rd Addition, a city-owned-and-developed residential neighborhood. The new Magnolia Street was paved last week, and the city is working with energy companies to get gas and electric utilities run to the area. Once the infrastructure is complete, city officials say they will start promoting the addition for home builders...

As rain poured down on Friday, Storm Lake City Manager Keri Navratil was among the local officials keeping a close watch. In recent years, the city has undertaken a series of flood mitigation projects that have leveraged $23 million or more in outside funding into the city...

Congressman Steve King is suggesting that his efforts are responsible for defeating two immigration bills recently in the U.S House - the Securing America's Future Act, and the Border Reform Act. In a press release posted on the congressman's web site, his statement is titled, "King 2, Amnesty 0."...

A community experiment has paid off in spades. Eden Gardens, a venture of retired agroscience researcher Richard Anderson, has managed to re-connect families to the source of their food. Once the dust settles from the nearby gravel roads, visitors to the rural Storm Lake plot find there is nothing forbidden in these gardens of Eden. ...

A Schaller man was arrested after allegedly threatening to blow up an apartment complex in Storm Lake Wednesday. Storm Lake Police were called to 1405 North Seneca Street shortly after noon for a report of a threat. The reporting party told officers that Tony Alfaro, age 55, had entered the manager's office upset over an issue involving a deposit, and had slammed a door that struck a male victim. After threatening to blow the place up, Alfaro left the complex...

A Storm Lake man has been jailed after allegedly chasing several children, telling them he was going to cut them into pieces and eat them, according to police. Shortly before noon Thursday, the SLPD took a report of a harassment incident at an apartment complex at 1405 North Seneca...

Every day, about 20 veterans commit suicide, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' most recent Suicide Data Report. Over the course of a year, that's 7,300 people dead. You can help, by supporting Partners for Patriots' upcoming fundraiser at HyVee on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m....

The Clay County Sheriff's Office continues to investiagte the circumstances of a South Dakota woman's death at a rural location Thursday night. Deputies were called shortly before 10 p.m. to 3140 100th Ave. on a report of an unresponsive female. They found 30-year-old Casey Blaine Eleeson of Huron, South Dakota, deceased in a camper on the property. First responders joined deputies at the location, which is just north of the M22 and U.S. Highway 18 intersection northeast of Everly...

A Storm Lake man has been accused of sexually abusing his 12-year-old stepdaughter multiple times over the past eight years, and tying children up and locking them in a closet for extended periods. Storm Lake Police received information recently from the Sioux Falls Police Department on an alleged sexual assault of a female child that took place in Storm Lake. ...