Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2018

We are well aware of and understand the public, our parishioners’ and victims’ dismay at the information released in the Associated Press (AP) article dated October 31, 2018 regarding Jerry Coyle. We know that the AP reporter is now investigating all of our past and present actions at the Diocese of Sioux City, in order to create his next story. ...

It’s a card shower! The family of Ed Schramm, longtime Early resident and WW II veteran, requests that you join us in honoring Ed for his service to our country and his great milestone 95th birthday, which will be November 18. Ed is currently residing with his son Colin in Kansas City. Please send your cards and memories to Ed at 5517 Crestwood Drive, Kansas City, MO 64110. Thank you for remembering Ed - we know that he will love hearing from you! - from Ed’s children and grandchildren...

Gerald and Ruth Richter of Newell will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on November 8. Congratulations to them on celebrating 60 years together. May God bless you with many more. Love you, Faith, Randy & Rhonda, Chris & Melissa, and all the grandchildren and great grandchildren...

On the evening of Friday, November 2, at approximately 10:55 p.m. a Storm Lake Police Officer while on patrol observed a vehicle allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed on Sunrise Park Road. The officer further allegedly observed the vehicle nearly hit a center median at which time the officer stopped the vehicle in the 300 block of Flindt Drive...

Beula Millard, age 89, of Storm Lake, Iowa died on Saturday, November 3, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Storm Lake Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Friday, November 9, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Ruth Wirkus, age 81, of Linn Grove, Iowa died on Sunday, November 4, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 9, at 1 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Linn Grove. Burial will be in the Barnes Township Cemetery in Linn Grove. Visitation will take place on Thursday, November 8, from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements...

The following students have been named to the Dean’s List at Buena Vista University for terms five and six: • Joseph Heiberger, of Alta, who attends BVU’s Unknown site. • Andrea McDonald, of Alta, who attends BVU’s Spencer site. • Maria Zaragoza, of Storm Lake, who attends BVU’s Spencer site...

The following students recently graduated from Buena Vista University: • Jasmine Demers of Storm Lake graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. • Lori Ohlson-Townsend of Storm Lake graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree through BVU’s online programs...

WAVERLY - The Wartburg Players will offer “The Man from Earth” on Nov. 9 and 10. The show will begin nightly at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for those 18 and younger and free for Wartburg students with an ID. Tickets are available at the door, and all are general admission...

St. Mary’s School will host a Scholastic Book Fair beginning Saturday, Nov. 10, and running through Thursday, Nov. 15. The dates encourage early holiday shopping that will in turn result in earned new books for the school library! Families, faculty, and the community are invited to attend this fun reading event that helps inspire children to become lifelong readers...

On September 17, Buena Vista University students from the Student Chapter of Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) organization traveled to the University of Iowa to interact and learn about the Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER). ...

Taylor Cavanaugh of Sioux Central received first place for Region 2 in the conservation poster contest. Taylor received $35.00 from Grinnell Mutual for her efforts. Colleen Schwanz, with the Buena Vista County Soil & Water Conservation District presented Taylor with her awards. Taylor is a student at Sioux Central Community School and is the daughter of Bart and Penny Cavanaugh...

On October 23, several members of the Ridge View FFA chapter travelled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 91st National FFA Convention and Expo. Those who attended include Kael Wiese, Natasha Regennitter, Travis Wiese, Logan Pickhinke, Viv Leonard, Rayann Volkert, Russell Brummer, and, advisor, Clay Drenth. On the way to Indianapolis, they toured the Herbert Hoover Library, Arsenal Island, John Deere Pavilion, and Thyssenkrupp Presta...

On Monday, November 5, Todd Lorensen, head men’s basketball coach at BVU, talked about his experience in various places before coming to Buena Vista University as head basketball coach. He talked about his philosophy of coaching and about the team he would be working with this season...

Anne-Marie Pietersma is a New York City-based actress, writer, and director who specializes in bringing equal parts empathy and a sense of humor to every project. She has trained and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University, the National Theatre Insitute, and the New York Film Academy’s Musical Theatre Conservatory...

ORANGE CITY – On Saturday, October 27, 2018, 93 community members came together to raise slightly more than $28,000 in Orange City, at a dessert auction to support northwest Iowa children. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser will benefit Camp Autumn, a therapeutic camp for children ages 4-21 located near Sutherland, Iowa. ...

The Storm Lake Fall Craft & Vendor Show, hosted by Sulit Boutique, will be held Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The event includes unavailable pulled pork sandwich lunch ($5) and a bake sake on site. The medical center will be serving the lunch as a fundraiser for A.W.A.R.E...

Tables are now available for a Dueling Pianos show scheduled for Saturday, February 2, at the Storm Lake Knights of Columbus Hall. Showtime is 6-11 p.m. Andy Anderson and Mike Leeds, based out of Des Moines, provide dueling piano entertainment which is very high-energy and family friendly. Shows are request driven and involve guests in sing-alongs, dancing, and mild comedic skits and routines...

Jill Brees Barr will return to Inspiration Wines & Vines for a concert, Friday, November 30. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Barr, from Spencer, was Mrs. Iowa International in 2015 and performed at the 2016 Mrs. Universal pageant, as well as trying out for The Voice television show...

Mitch McVicker will be in concert at the Alta Church of Christ, Friday, Nov. 9. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., admission is free will offering and no tickets will be sold. Mitch’s live show is MacGyver meets Mark Twain, with stories of real life, hope, and love woven into songs performed on multiple instruments and a junkyard drum set that features kitchen items, a hubcap, and a pink plastic yard flamingo affectionately known as “Flossie,” among other things. ...

Holiday icons Mannheim Steamroller will perform Friday, November 23 at the Orpheum Theater in Sioux City. Showtime is 8 p.m. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, now in its 31st year, is still met by sold-out audiences and was one of the top 20 concert tours last year. ...

Projects are wrapping up for the season around Storm Lake, including efforts to control storm water issues, City code officer Scott Olesen told the Storm Water Advisory Board last week. Methodist Manor’s new facility is occupied, and seeding has been done around the structure. ...

The Spencer Historic Preservation Committee recently met to discuss current efforts to establish new design guidelines for the city’s historic downtown district. During the last Spencer Committee of the Whole meeting, Historic Preservation Commission Chairperson Sheriffa Jones discussed the possibility to seek grant funding in August for the creation of new design guidelines which would potentially include guidelines for murals in the city’s historic district. ...

A new byproducts outloading building takes share at Tyson Pork.

CARTER LAKE — The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has opened its new casino on the Iowa-Nebraska border. The tribe held a ribbon-cutting Thursday for the Prairie Flower Casino on tribal land in Carter Lake, Iowa, an Omaha suburb. The casino will be open all year, around the clock for patrons who are at least 21 years old...

Once in a while “Storm“ Lake does not live up to its name. Calm on Nov. 1.

IOWA CITY — A lawyer representing a notorious Iowa murder suspect removed a Facebook post Friday in which he called another client an “idiot” and “terrible criminal” who deserved to be jailed. Marshalltown defense attorney Chad Frese said his post was being misinterpreted by other lawyers, who said the rant was highly inappropriate and likely violated ethics rules governing the profession. He said he shared the post only with his Facebook friends and that he didn’t think it crossed any lines...

In October, the Storm Lake Community School District and Board of Education held two public forums focused on the district’s capacity needs, the process used to address those needs and the solution the board has presented to the community in the form of a December 11 bond vote...

Storm Lake city officials have revealed that they have a potential buyer and an “active offer” for city-owned land just beyond the golf course and Lakeside Blacktop. The city council acted to rezone the property to commercial to make way for development, but officials had previously said only that some interest had been shown...

Storm Lake Police Department has collected over $13,000 toward its efforts to obtain and train a K9 unit dog, toward the $20,000 goal. “It’s been a real community effort,” says Police Chief Mark Prosser. “We’ve had kids get involved, schools, businesses doing Blue Jean Friday collections, some really creative ideas.”...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School drama department presented The Wizard of Oz Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 with senior Lizzie Lenhart as Dorothy, Gabe Elsden as Scarecrow, Kendall Snyder as Tinman and Cole Keenan as the Cowardly Lion. The classic tale had a hilarious twist with Logan Merten playing the Wicked Witch of the West alongside fellow witches Evie AlSaffar and Ariana Elsden. This production was sponsored by the St. Mary’s Fine Arts Department...

A mild form of bird flu detected in one flock of turkeys in a west-central Minnesota county is not the same virus that caused a devastating outbreak in 2015 that decimated the Buena Vista County turkey and chicken industry, and poses no public health or food safety risk, officials said Tuesday...

Members of the Storm Lake Friends of the Library gathered Monday night to assemble “literary baskets” from donated items, a tradition in the community and an important fundraiser for the library. About 25 unique baskets will be available to bid on starting tomorrow, through Dec. 12. Themes for both children and adults are offered - making for ideal Christmas gifts...

The Storm Lake City Council hesitated this week before approving contracts for engineering services with ISG and Bolton and Menk engineering firms for the coming two years. Council member Tyson Rice noted that the Bolton and Menk contract allows for a wide range of hourly charges for service, from $65 to $195. He felt such a wide range was “tacky.” A representative of the firm said that the range reflects varying pay levels for the company employees who might be assigned to a given task...

He spoke of observing a case in an elementary school where a second grader had “gone off” in the lunchroom. The kid told the lunch supervisor what she could do in graphic terms no second grader should know. Tried to overturn tables, but wasn’t strong enough. Out of control...

Turnout was 54.8 percent of eligible voters in the midterm election for Buena Vista County, slightly above the norm of 48 percent for past gubernatorial election years. In the one local contested race, Republican Kelly Snyder, a longtime sheriff’s department member, was elected to the BV Board of Supervisors with almost 54 percent of the vote, to nearly 35 percent for Steven O’Bannon. ...

After a four year absence of intramurals at the high school, high school seniors Demetrio Gracia and Mickey Phompong led an initiative to get them back. Because of their hard work, Community Education help organize the volleyball tournament. BVU Women’s Volleyball Team volunteered to court monitor and keep score...

The 8-Player-District 1 football teams have been announced for the 2018 and three Newell-Fonda Mustangs found themselves named to the first team. Senior R.J. Rojas along with juniors Bryce Coppock and Treyton Mahler all took home the first team honors this season. ...

The Class A-District 2 football teams have been announced and the three Pilot-Tribune area schools made up a majority of the teams this season along with getting some special honors. The A-D2 Offense Player of the Year went to Sioux Central senior fullback Ben Hargens. In the district games, Hargens had 841 yards and 11 touchdowns to lead those two categories...

The Casey's Central convenience store was robbed by a man brandishing a handgun Tuesday night. Police arrived on the scene minutes later, but were unable to locate a suspect. A hold up alarm was received at 9:46 p.m. Staff at the store told arriving officers that a a black male had entered the store, pulled out a gun and demanded money from the cash register. ...