Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation (Corridor) is partnering with Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) and Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Corridor region. The study gathers information for the major employment center in each county across the state. ...

POCAHONTAS – PRO Cooperative presented a check to the Iowa 4-H Foundation for $10,000 to go to 4-H Programs in six Iowa counties on Thursday, January 10. The donation will be divided amongst the counties PRO Cooperative serves; Calhoun, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Palo Alto and Pocahontas. A $5,000 gift from PRO Cooperative was matched by the Land O’Lakes Foundation to give local 4-H Programs the resources they need to continue to provide high quality youth development opportunities...

Regatta’s atmosphere is being stripped down and modernized with a renovation. Their target re-opening date is Wednesday, Jan. 30. Since a new management company took over in 2017, Regatta has performed below expectations, losing money on food and beverage service overall and creating cash flow issues. /Photos by Elijah Decious...

La Original has moved from its old location next to Morales Auto (across from Pizza Ranch) to the recently vacated spot next to the new Curry Express Indian restaurant on Flindt Drive. Their new location was previously used by El Salvador and Little Vientiane. /Photos by Elijah Decious...

La Yola, another pupuseria in town, may find a bit more breathing room after La Original’s move a bit further down the road. Pupusas are a traditional Salvadoran dish. They look and feel like thick corn tortillas, and are stuffed with a variety of savory fillings...

David “Biscuit” Miller will be featured at Byron’s in Pomeroy, Sunday, February 24. The show starts at 5 p.m. “Wishbone” is the eagerly awaited third studio recording of 2012 Blues Music Award Winner for Bassist of the Year, Biscuit Miller. The title track was inspired by Biscuit’s two grandsons Jordan and Josh who were excited about making a wish when they got their hands on the turkey wishbone during Thanksgiving dinner. ...

Tickets go on sale this week for a concert by The Band Perry, at the Hard Rock Resort in Sioux City. Showtime is March 1, 8 p.m., at Anthem auditorium. Grammy® Award-winning superstar sibling trio The Band Perry are an unstoppable presence in modern music. Now, after selling two and a half million albums, 12 million singles, and racking up over a 1.75 billion combined streams of their songs, the story of Kimberly, Reid, and Neil is again evolving in incredible new ways...

Metal band Saul out of Sioux City has quickly been building a following among hard rock fans. The group will make a local appearance Friday, March 1, at the VFW in Cherokee. Saul is the result of a profound passion for music shared by brothers Blake and Zach Bedsaul. ...

Storm Lake Police were called to Storm Lake High School Monday morning after school officials reported they had received a written note indicating that a student in the school might have a bomb. The note also claimed that the same student was armed with a gun and a knife...

Congressman Steve King plans to begin his series of town hall meetings in each of the counties he represents, despite recent controversies. King will begin with a meeting on Saturday, January 26 in O’Brien County. The event is open to the public and to the media - though no press availability with King before or after his comments will be allowed, according to King staff...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s Schools will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week 2019 with the theme “Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed,” and a myriad of activities for the entire school from January 27 through February 2. The school family is celebrating the choice in a faith-based education since 1912...

The performers of tomorrow got a taste of the stage Tuesday night at Buena Vista University, in a concert that culminates the annual “How to Become a Recording Star” January interim class. Everyone has had the dream at one point or another of becoming a famous musician. ...

Updates from the Storm Lake Police Department, the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office and the Storm Lake Fire Department.

On Wednesday, January 23, eight students from Storm Lake St. Mary’s School participated in the Diocese of Sioux City Band Festival held at Buena Vista University. St. Mary’s Music Educator Mrs. Gayle Strom directed two pieces for the combined diocesan middle school honor band – Legend of Danny Boy and American Patrol. The St. Mary’s students joined 70 other students from across the diocese to learn exciting music and participate together in an evening concert open to the public...

Treat yourself to a Valentine’s Comedy Banquet featuring Phil Callaway on Thursday, February 14, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Summit Church in Alta. You’ll love his clean, inspiring comedy, jammed with laughter and award-winning anecdotes of hope! Callaway is a best-selling author of 25 books and hosts a daily radio program “Laugh Again” which is broadcast across North America, the UK, and English-speaking Africa. His humorous perspectives on life and family have gained him a worldwide audience...

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DES MOINES — The Iowa Court of Appeals has elected Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel, of Spirit Lake, as the court’s chief judge. Vogel has served on the court since 1996 and is the ninth chief judge since the state legislature established the Iowa Court of Appeals in 1976. She replaces Chief Judge David Danilson, who recently retired...

For more than two years, Vainceur and his five boys lived in an 8’x10’ tin shack with a tarp roof after Hurricane Matthew destroyed their home. Today, this Haitian family of six has a new place to call home, marking GoServ Global’s 300th Sukup Safe T Home® built in Haiti. ...

LAST DIVE - Commanding Officer Jake Wadsley, of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Nebraska, was honored with an End of Tour Award in a change of command ceremony at the Undersea Museum in Keyport, Wash. Jan. 23. The Alta native said, “It has been my honor and privilege to serve on Nebraska. ...

Storm Lake firefighters were called to a house fire at 519 Superior Street shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday night, where a passer by had spotted flames through a living room window. By the time they arrived, heavy flames had blown out the windows and were consuming the front of the house, and could be seen in the basement and attic spaces as well...

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the Newlon family, after father and son Zachary and Blaire were lost in a tragic accident on the lake last Sunday. Nearly $6,000 had been raised in the first 48 hours after the page was posted, to assist with funerals and medical expenses...

As the partial federal government shutdown passed the 30-day mark this week, with President Trump warning, “This will go on for a while,” schools began to worry about the the ability to provide food for their students. Child nutrition programs are funded quarterly and are fully funded into March, according to Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, but the clock is ticking...

WAVERLY — Waverly-Shell Rock High School played host to Iowa’s first ever high school girls state wrestling tournament this past weekend with backing from the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association. A total of 87 Iowa girls took to the mats at the school with state titles on the line in the following weight classes: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 152, 170, 195 and 285...

SIOUX FALLS – The GK Storm gymnastics teams competed at the Rumble in the Jungle meet in Sioux Falls, SD Jan. 18-20. Across the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum divisions, individual gymnasts brought home seven top-three all-around finishes, and the teams all took three first places...

STORM LAKE - Basketball is a four quarter sport, and for the St. Mary’s girls, they found that out on Tuesday night against Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Aryshire. The Panthers were in the game for three out of the fourth frames, but just a lone bad one led to a 55-42 setback...

CHEROKEE - It was a rough night for the green and white girls on Tuesday night as they headed west to take on Cherokee. The Braves ran roughshod all over the Tornadoes, taking an 82-23 decision. Storm Lake put their best foot forward in the first quarter, but trailed by 12 going to the second quarter, 21-9. A big 27-0 run by Cherokee blew the doors off of the game as the green and white trailed by 43 at the break, 55-12. Storm Lake continued to struggle against Cherokee for the rest of the game...

NEWELL - The frigid temperatures on Tuesday night matched the shooting from the Newell-Fonda boys as they welcomed in Emmetsburg. Despite connecting on just 34 percent on their shots, defense took over as the Mustangs forced 27 turnovers on their way to a 62-36 win over the E-Hawks...

NEWELL - It was another night of strong defense from the Newell-Fonda girls on Tuesday night when they welcomed in Emmetsburg for a Twin Lakes Conference contest. The Mustang defense did its usually suffocating job against the E-Hawks, aiding them to take a 64-27 decision to get their 16th win...

STORM LAKE - The St. Mary’s boys were on the cusp of their second win on Tuesday night and found themselves unable to seal the deal against Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Aryshire. They normal 32 minutes weren’t enough as the two schools needed overtime to decide the winner. The Titans did a bit more in the extra frame to take a 63-55 decision over the Panthers...

ALTA - It was a tale of two halves on Tuesday night in the Twin Lakes Conference contest between Alta-Aurelia and Sioux Central. The first half was a close contest between the two teams, and the second half saw the Rebels run away against the Warriors, taking a 61-29 decision...

ALTA - For the first three quarters on Tuesday night, the Sioux Central boys locked up the Alta-Aurelia offense, holding them to 29 percent shooting for the entire game despite a hot fourth quarter from the Warriors. Sioux Central pulled out a season sweep of A-A, taking a 55-44 decision for their 14th win of the year to remain undefeated in the Twin Lakes Conference...

CHEROKEE - It was another high scoring contest between the Storm Lake Tornadoes and the Cherokee Braves on Tuesday night even if it did not reach the heights their first game did this season. Behind a 22 point effort from senior Malga Yanga in the second half, Storm Lake got a season sweep of the Braves, taking a 76-65 decision...