Stories from Monday, November 12, 2018

Buena Vista University continues an impressive renovation of the underground Forum building. Above is the new stock market trading room, where students can experience live action from the market world. Instead of one vast dining room, space has been divided into several different options for eating, with more restaurant feel. Along with a new shop, the building houses several relaxed new gathering spots for individual and group study, matching the way students tend to learn today...

Kim McCleary, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Physical Therapist presented at the November Young At Heart meeting. The presentation summarized some of the dangers of long-term use of pain medication for chronic pain. Many strategies to help manage ongoing pain were presented, including exercise, relaxation techniques, stress reduction, nutrition, distraction, and promoting restful sleep...

SIOUX CITY – LifeServe Blood Center wants to use this time of gratitude to say thanks for giving! Without generous volunteer blood donors, hospital patients wouldn’t have access to the lifesaving liquid needed to survive. Blood cannot be created in a lab and there’s simply no substitute for it...

UnityPoint Clinic announces the closure of their Orthopedics clinic in Fort Dodge. Dr. James Mueller has been the sole orthopedic surgeon for almost a year. During this time, it has become evident that the facility is unable to provide full orthopedic care to the patients and community...

Amanda Foell of the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center was a special guest of the three St. Mary’s Preschool classrooms. She read a book to the students, brought frosted turkey cookies and brought a gift of books to the preschool. St. Mary’s Preschool enrollment is open to students of all faith backgrounds and tuition assistance is available. ...

STORM LAKE - Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s Physical Therapist Assistant, Russ Chrischilles completed the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Certificate in Aquatic Physical Therapy Clinical Competency (APTCC). Russ recently completed the national APTA aquatic course in Kansas City and fulfilled seven e-learning online modules in order to reach the APTCC certification. Russ is the first therapist in this region who has completed the APTA’s aquatic certification...

On November 9, 1938, the organized beginning of the Holocaust of the Jewish people was carried out by the Nazi rule in Germany. On that night, and into the next day, 267 synagogues were burned to the ground, 7500 Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed and looted, 91 people were murdered, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School drama department presented The Wizard of Oz Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 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...

Where does a preening, pansexual rock god get his powers? The Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” traces his sonorous majesty to an unlikely place: his back teeth. Mercury, nee Farrokh Bulsara, was born with four extra incisors, giving him a bigger mouth. Introducing himself to his future Queen bandmates Mercury, as played by Rami Malek, explains that the added chompers have benefits beyond a provocative, pronounced overbite. It endows him with enhanced vocal range...

It’s no surprise that fervent Hillary Clinton supporter and longtime Democratic Party fundraiser Barbra Streisand doesn’t think much of Donald Trump. The surprise is that the legendary singer chose to devote much of her new album, “Walls,” to a series of laments about the U.S. president’s policies...

“Paris by the Book” by Liam Callahan (The Cloud Atlas) is a novel about a troubled writer who disappears without a trace but leaves behind subtle clues for his family to follow him from Milwaukee, Wis., to Paris. Authored by Liam Callanan, who serves in the English department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and who was previously its chair as well as coordinator of its Ph.D. ...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School hosted one of Des Moine’s most prominent business leaders to share his unique life’s story and offer advice to the St. Mary’s, Alta-Aurelia and Sioux Central High School students. Suku Radia, former CEO of Bankers Trust and former CFO of the Meredith Corporation spoke to the students Wednesday morning about his path to success...

The Little Before Christmas Crawl, a fundraiser for Santa’s Castle, is happening Tuesday, November 13. The fun event promotes Storm Lake and its nightlife entertainment possibilities. Hours are 5 - 9 p.m. for the restaurant/bar crawl. Tickets are $10 for a punch card, good for five visits to the establishments of your choice that evening. ...

Mark Prosser, Public Safety Director / Police Chief with the Storm Lake, Iowa Police Department will join business, faith, law enforcement and other leaders from across the country to discuss how we can advance a constructive way forward on immigration at the National Immigration Forum’s Leading the Way: An American Approach to Immigration...

Storm Lake High School students traveled to Aplington-Parkersburg High School on Thursday, October 4, to attend the Ed Thomas Leadership Academy.  The Leadership Academy was created by The Ed Thomas Family Foundation in order to continue the positive legacy of Coach Ed Thomas, who suffered a tragic and untimely death at the hands of a former student. ...

The nation will pause Sunday to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Great War’s end at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Unfortunately, the peace which followed wasn’t quite soon enough for one Arnolds Park family. Walter “Wave” Miguel was killed while serving in the U.S. Army just a day before the armistice was signed...

Agricultural experts, Dave Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau Research and Commodity Services director, and John Newton, American Farm Bureau Federation chief economist, agree uncertainty created by the expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill has placed some farmers and ranchers in a difficult position in terms of long-term planning. That ambiguity is not expected to be resolved until after the upcoming midterm elections...

The 33rd annual Iowa Culture and Language Conference was held last week at the Coralville Marriott Conference Center. It was attended by over 700 Iowa educators who provide services to English Language Learners in schools and communities. As part of the event, awards were presented in the memory of Dan Chavez, former Bilingual Consultant for Iowa Department of Education, whose spirit inspired the development of the conference. ...

By ELIJAH DECIOUS Pilot-Tribune Staff Buena Vista University delved into the question of what diversity is throughout scheduled events over “Diversity and Inclusion Week.” The results showed attendees how much more there is to Storm Lake’s diversity than what meets the eye...

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday announced her appointment of Angela Doyle as a district court judge in Judicial Election District 2B. Doyle, of Fort Dodge, received her undergraduate and law degrees from Creighton University. She currently serves as a district associate judge in Judicial Election District 2B...

The Storm Lake Mayor’s Committee on Parks, Trails and Urban Forestry met for the first time since July, with three new members, and a familiar agenda - goals the group has discussed since it was formed by former Mayor Jon Kruse, but are yet to be realized...

Plans to develop Russell Street Park in Storm Lake may turn from teeter-totters to food production - at least temporarily. Students from Storm Lake High School have approached city officials about establishing a community gardens site that would produce fresh food for the school’s food pantry effort, Tornado Alley...

With Sergeant Bluff-Luton’s season coming to an end on Thursday night, the 3A-District 1 teams were released. A total of four Storm Lake Tornadoes made the team and four more were honorable mentions. SB-L was the class of the district taking home the offensive MVP award, defensive MVP award and the defensive line MVP award this season. Spencer claimed the offensive line MVP as well as the best kicker and punter...

Wrestling is a hotbed in the state of Iowa. Every winter gyms are packed with fans who want to cheer on their children, friends, family or classmates. For new Buena Vista wrestling coach Mark Rial, he was born into a wrestling family and saw it blossom into a way to go to college and eventually a career path...