Stories from Friday, October 9, 2020

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has extended the relaxed fishing regulations at Spring Lake at Koser Spring Lake Park until Oct. 26. Anglers with a valid sport fishing license may harvest all sizes and unlimited quantities of any species of fish from Spring Lake. ...

The IowaHousingSearch.org website offers Iowans searching for rental housing, including those that may be temporarily displaced due to natural disaster, a resource of up-to-date rental units with current vacancies. The website offers detailed listings of 56,000 housing units, including more than 2,200 immediately available units in the 27 counties declared disaster areas after the August derecho...

Rosecrance is pleased to announce Julie Enockson has been named Regional President of Rosecrance Jackson Centers. Enockson is a Siouxland native whose commitment to service began on her family’s farm, where she still remains involved today. After 20 years in the local manufacturing sector, she held the position of director of finance/controller at Mercy Medical Center. Enockson assumed the CFO role at Jackson seven years ago...

The Storm Lake SOS Thrift Store presented a check for $20,000 to St. Mary’s School on Thursday. The contribution is raised through sales at the local thrift store, run by volunteers. The Storm Lake SOS Thrift Store has donated $100,000 since January 2020 to the St. ...

The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly. The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound. Some experts believe the man is Abraham Lincoln, captured hours after the nation’s beloved 16th president succumbed to an assassin’s bullet on April 15, 1865, a heretofore unknown photo of incalculable emotional and historic value...

When pioneers set out to do something in a particular field, for the most part, they don’t conscientiously realize that they are paving a new path. All Eddie Van Halen was doing, according to him, was making up for the fact that he couldn’t afford new equipment, such as effects pedals, several amps, or a nice, new electric guitar, to play music gigs. ...

Paranormal Night at Bango Haunted Crib will be held Friday, October 23, 7-11 p.m. Bango Haunted Crib, the Halloween season haunted house attraction in Schaller, and Raven Rose Paranormal, a Storm Lake-based paranormal investigation group, will host the event in honor of the late Roland Gerodias, co-founder of Raven Rose, who passed away in June. This night is a collaboration with Bango Haunted Crib to honor Roland and give the public a chance to meet some people from the paranormal field...

The public is invited to join the Sioux Rapids Area Historical Association as they honor the first cemetery in Buena Vista County , the Dailey Family Pioneer Cemetery, Sunday, October 11, 2 p.m. Beginning with a presentation in the Sioux Theatre by Dick “Slider” Gilmore, the presentation we will then travel to the cemetery where Charlie “Chopper” Gilmore will lead a dedication service. ...

Storm Lake issued safety recommendations for Halloween trick-or-treating behavior in a proclamation read by Mayor Mike Porsch during a city council meeting this week. “In this unplanned, pandemic time in our community, the City is offering recommendations to ensure Halloween will be as safe and fun as possible,” Porsch says...

A Sac County sheriff’s deputy received minor injuries when the patrol car he was driving collided with another vehicle that was attempting to elude law enforcement. The crash occurred at the intersection of county roads D-59 and M-68 south of Lake View, around 11:00 p.m. ...

October 15 is the universal day of remembrance of Pregnancy and Infant Loss. Buena Vista Regional Medical Center invites those who have been touched by the loss of a baby before or after birth to join them on their Facebook Page for a short video on Thursday, October 15 at 6:50 p.m. Have a candle ready during the event and together we will honor the babies that live on in our hearts...

On Wednesday, September 30th, Grand Master Tom Rice of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Iowa had the honor of presenting Russell Pepper with his 75 year pin at Otsego Place. Russell is a member of Storm Lake IOOF Lodge #221. Storm Lake Lodge Noble Grand Shirley Nattress and members of the Storm Lake Lodge were also there for the presentation. ...

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Buena Vista County Recorder, Shari O’Bannon, would like to remind owners of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), offroad utility vehicles (ORV/UTVs), off-road motorcycles (ORMs} and snowmobiles registered with the Iowa DNR that they may renew their registrations this season...

The new Greehey Family Student Success Center has opened on the main campus of Iowa Central Community College. Admissions, Advising, Distance Learning, Counseling, Housing, Career Services, Financial Aid, and administrative and business offices will be located in the new space. The building is named for Fort Dodge native Bill Greehey, former CEO of Valero Energy, who donated $3 million toward the $8.5 million project. /Contributed...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently confirmed that zebra mussels are in Black Hawk Lake. A marina operator reported finding zebra mussels on boat lifts removed from the lake for winter storage. Investigation by DNR staff discovered low numbers of zebra mussels on additional boat lifts. DNR staff will conduct surveys at Black Hawk Lake next summer to monitor the abundance and distribution of zebra mussels in the lake...

One of two Spencer residents accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Spirit Lake girl pleaded not guiltyrecently. Amanda Cox and 21-year-old Jack Hess of Spencer were charged last month for an incident authorities believe took place in February. Criminal complaints filed in both cases said Hess forced the girl — who was 13-years-old at the time — to commit a sex act at a trailer home Cox owned in the 1400 block of Sixth Street in Milford. ...

The O’Brien County Conservation Board recently assisted the Iowa DNR with placing neck collars on trumpeter swans at the Negus area near Sutherland. One of these collars is a GPS tracking device which will monitor the movement of the bird every 15 minutes. Updates on the information gathered will be shared on the conservation board/Prairie Heritage Center website and Facebook page. /Contributed...

A Storm Lake man has surrendered himself to police after allegedly pointing a loaded handgun toward a fellow motorist. Storm Lake Police were called out around 1 a.m. Monday on a report of a driver who had displayed a loaded gun outside a vehicle in the 900 block of West 5th Street. Police located the suspect vehicle on Vestel Street shortly after receiving a description of the vehicle...

Starting Monday, October 12 Buena Vista Regional Medical Center will take over Test Iowa testing for Storm Lake. People wanting a COVID-19 test will continue to go to www.testiowa.com and register. Everyone must register via the website. No walk-ins will receive a test...

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in the area. Thursday, 40 new cases were reported in Buena Vista County, the highest one-day increase in months. Over the past week, 98 new cases have been confirmed. A total of 2,103 cases have been confirmed to date in the county - about 106 cases per 1,000 population or 10 percent of the population...

Somewhere, as Iowa State was beating mighty Oklahoma Saturday in Ames for the first time in forever, you might imagine The Rabbit was smiling. Everett Kischer, a 150-pound dynamo out of tiny Albert City, was the original big man on campus. And he won everything but that Oklahoma game in his storied career as State’s first All-America signal-caller...

Pontoon, paddleboard, kayak rentals planned next season

Builders are “going to town” laying the concrete block to form the new Storm Lake Early Elementary School on the west edge of the city, says school district COO Jeff Tollefsen. Dry weather has put the project ahead of schedule, since breaking ground in July. ...

Election season is off to a solid start in Buena Vista County. Early voting began Monday with about 50 people casting their ballots on day one at the courthouse. “It’s going good. We had people in right away at 8:05 a.m. Monday waiting to vote,” auditor and election commissioner Sue Lloyd said...