Stories from Monday, October 7, 2019

Diane Hach, age 63, of Linn Grove, died Thursday, September 19, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City. Diane Lynn Hach, the daughter of Raymond and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Wirkus was born June 17, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota was one of four children. She went to school in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Diane had two children Danny and Michele who she loved very much...

Danny E. Hendricks, age 75, of Storm Lake, died October 2, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. A Celebration of Life will take place Sunday, October 6, from 3 - 5 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will be at a later date in the Plover Cemetery. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Storm Lake Fire Department Assistant Chief Tim Mcatee received a plaque recently from Fire Chief Mike Jones. Mcatee is retiring from the fire department after 38 years of dedicated service.

The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Annual Meeting was held in September in the Kallmer Education Center. The BVRMC Gift Shop gave the Auxiliary a check for $15,000.00 – proceeds from sales in the Gift Shop over the past year. Patti McKenna, Barb Argotsinger, Gift Shop Buyers along with Jean Bennett, Gift Shop Treasurer presented the check. ...

The natural world is filled with color, shape, and design. In 2019, the O’Brien County Conservation Board will be hosting a monthly Nature’s Art series to engage people of all ages in looking at nature through an artistic lens. The next program in the series is “Luscious Leaves” which will be held at the Prairie Heritage Center on Saturday, October 12. The event begins at 2 p.m. Participants will learn about leaves and leaf color. Then, everyone will make a leaf craft to take home with them...

The O’Brien County Conservation Board has been offering a variety of events to celebrate space this year. The next event on the calendar is “Hunter’s Moon Hike.” This event will be held at the Prairie Heritage Center, 4931 Yellow Avenue, on Thursday, October 14 beginning at 7 p.m. Participants will learn more about the practice of naming the moons to match the seasons. Then, head outdoors to enjoy a walk in the full moon light...

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s Casey Orth-Nebitt, Director of OR, became certified (CNOR) in the nurse specialty of perioperative nursing. This certification validates a nurse’s knowledge and skills in their role in the OR. It professionally recognizes a level of achievement, expertise and clinical judgement before, during and after surgery. ...

Dr. Kyle Glienke and Kim MCleary, PT, MTC, will talk about the latest diagnosis and treatment options for headaches in a presentation “Help for Headaches” on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 in the Kallmer Education Center from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Light appetizers will be served. Seating is limited, please call for a reservation at 712.213.8683 by October 21. This event is free and is sponsored by Buena Vista Regional Medical Center...

Local health agencies took part in the first Day of the Child multicultural festival in Storm Lake recently. This booth demonstrated how much sugar that various snacks, cereals and drinks contain, hoping to educate children and parents to make better choices to avoid tooth decay and weight gain. Children also got a new toothbrush to take home...

Four Buena Vista University students participated in the annual Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute (OEI) in August at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory on West Lake Okoboji. Students participating included: Tyler Tennyson, a senior from Truman, Minn.; Hannah Wuebker, a junior from Grimes; Lincoln Rock, a junior from Peterson; and Joe Lind, a senior from Belton, Mo...

The internationally acclaimed Celtic Angels Ireland opened Holstein’s Rosemary Clausen Center’s 10th season with a show clearly up to the celebratory nature of the night. Even before the start of the performance, there was a distinct buzz of anticipation in the audience, which included special guests Roger and Rosemary Clausen...

Holstein’s Oktoberfest celebration is planned for Saturday, October 12, 5-9 p.m. at the Holstein American Legion Post on Main Street. Malek’s Fisherman Band from Duncan, Iowa, will be returning, and SG Edelweiss St. Paul dancers from Minnesota will be performing as well...

The Storm Lake Performing Arts Series for 2019-2020 gets underway with Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver, Saturday, October 19 at Storm Lake High School Auditorium. Tickets, or season passes, are still available from Community Education in Storm Lake...

CASINO BEACH, 2019 On the southwest area of the lake of Storm Lake is Casino Beach. It is a rather secluded, quiet, and upscale residential neighborhood. The homes in that area are privately owned beachfront properties. Very impressive houses, large manicured lawns, usually with boat docks and boats, and all of the other amenities reflecting the persona of the prosperous and successful residents. ...

Wednesday’s driving rains didn’t dampen the spirits of Storm Lake St. Mary’s PreK-12 student body as they forged on with their plans for the Healthy Walk Iowa. Instead of walking outside in the beautiful city parks, they started in the school gym after school President Father Brent Lingle led them in prayer and went up stairs and down hallways for three cycles. ...

Plans are well underway for a big celebration to mark the 50th Annual Show of the Albert City Threshermen and Collectors. The dates for the 2020 show are August 7, 8, 9 and it is shaping up to be an exciting and unique event. Guests, volunteers and exhibitors know that the mission of the Association is to educate and demonstrate the history of farm life from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s and the show has always been quite successful in attracting local, national and international visitors.. ...

Congressman Steve King is railing against a recent resolution to terminate the national emergency that was declared by President Trump in February. Trump declared the national emergency to address the ongoing national security situation on the border with Mexico. When a similar resolution to end the national emergency declaration passed Congress in March, President Trump struck down the measure with his first veto...

Happiness is more valuable than wealth, according to Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and widely credited as inventor of the personal computer. “If I had it all to do again and could be the biggest billionaire, I’d rather be that happy, laughing, joke-player guy.”...

Time. I spend so much time thinking about time. Graceful yet unforgiving. Unique yet repeating. All knowing and never telling. Fleeting yet permanent. The measurement of time doesn’t change. But times… times can. And these days it seems that I’m asking myself approximately every other minute, “When exactly is the time when times will change?”...

CommUnity Education along with Tyson of Storm Lake will be offering a Turkey Shoot Free Throw Contest on Saturday, November 10 at the Storm Lake Elementary School. The Turkey Shoot is a free family activity for parents or grandparents to participate in with their son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter...

CORRECTIONVILLE - It was a long Saturday for the St. Mary’s volleyball team as they played at River Valley’s tournament. The Panthers played five matches and were unable to get a single win on the day, dropping all five. St. Mary’s fell in two sets to Woodbury Central with set scores of 8-21 and 16-21. Sophomore Elli Jensen had six kills while junior Ariana Elsden had five. Sophomore Ellie Bacon had 12 assists, and freshman Crystal Sennert went 7-for-7 serving...

NEWELL - It was a battle of Twin Lakes Conference teams on Thursday night when St. Mary’s hit the road to take on Newell-Fonda. The Mustangs were able to get the better of the Panthers in three set contest with set scores of 25-9, 25-17 and 25-11. N-F junior Ella Larsen had the game high with 10 kills. ...

ALTA - It was Senior Night on Thursday for the Alta-Aurelia spikers as they welcomed in West Bend-Mallard for the evening. The Warriors earned their second straight win after a three set sweep of the Wolverines. The set scores were 25-21, 25-19 and 25-6...

STORM LAKE - Thursday night was a special night for the Storm Lake girls swim team as it was their lone home meet of the season. The green and white welcomed in the Algona Bulldogs and picked the home win, 101-63. “Thank you to everyone that made it to our home meet. ...

FORT DODGE - It was one of those nights for Sioux Central fullback Jayden Harder as the Rebels took on St. Edmond. Harder was able to shoulder the load for Sioux Central as they ruined the Gaels’ Homecoming night with a 37-18 victory. Sioux Central struck first with 4:36 left in the first quarter as Harder plunged in from a yard out and the two point conversion was good to make it 8-0. ...

HOLSTEIN - It was a big night for the Ridge View football team as they continued to look for that elusive first win as Alta-Aurelia rolled into town. The A-District 2 foes battled back and forth all night, but Alta-Aurelia was able to spoil Ridge View’s Homecoming, taking a 27-14 win thanks to a big first half...

WESTSIDE - The Newell-Fonda Mustangs have grown since the start of the season and they continued to show signs of becoming a good defensive team after holding Ar-We-Va to under 200 yards and forcing a handful of turnovers. That helped the Mustangs take a 32-8 victory for their fifth win of the season...

SPENCER - Coming off the heels of last year’s loss to Spencer, Storm Lake showed a lot of fight against the Tigers once again this season. However, three second half turnovers harmed the green and white as the Tiger triple option offense found it’s footing from those turnovers, Spencer taking a 28-0 decision over the Tornadoes...