Stories from Friday, November 13, 2020

Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake) Water clarity is good. Storm Lake has a daily limit of 3 walleye, and all 17- to 22-inch walleye must be released; no more than one walleye longer than 22 inches may be taken per day. Walleye - Good: The bite has been good during the last week. ...

Rainfall in Iowa was almost an inch below normal in October, averaging 1.66 inches over the state, according to the latest Water Summary Update. “While October saw some improvement in conditions in the state, overall the precipitation was below normal,” said Tim Hall, DNR’s coordinator of hydrology resources. ...

Iowa casino officials worry they will lose business when several Nebraska casinos open because voters in that state approved gambling. When casinos are built in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, they could hurt Iowa gaming revenues, especially in Council Bluffs, where four casinos currently operate, officials contend. Other Iowa border towns with casinos include Sioux City, Onawa and Sloan...

The annual Pro Ag Outlook and Management meetings will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19 concerns. With a virtual format, participants will be able to hear from five Iowa State University Extension and Outreach economists. There will be one speaker each day from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., Dec. 7–11...

Junk Rescued in Storm Lake showed of their expanded store during the Storm Lake downtown Holiday Open House. The event was expanded to multiple days for this year to encourage social distancing. Junk Rescued is a cooperative of creatives rescuing and repurposing unusual and vintage finds. ...

In one history of the movies, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz might look like a footnote. The former playwright had a hand in many famous pictures, including “The Wizard of Oz,” but most went uncredited. He was the smartest guy in the room, a drunk and a gambler who was dead at 55. And his kid brother, Joe, who directed and wrote “All About Eve,” would go on to be the better-known Mankiewicz...

The Tank Anthony Band will perform Saturday, November 28, at Shiny Top Brewing, Fort Dodge. The Iowa Falls-based band offers a soulful county sound with influences from multiple genres. Tank is a Texas native and former Marine with five combat tours under his belt. After almost 13 years in the service, he moved to Iowa to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter...

Join Maddie Poppe for an intimate night of music at the Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds Park, Tuesday, Dec. 15. Showtime is 7 p.m. The Clarksville, Iowa native and Season 16 winner of ABC’s American Idol is releasing a Christmas Album later this month and touring Iowa with a just-announced show at the Roof Garden - Maddie’s only stop in northwest Iowa. Maddie Poppe’s Acoustic Christmas is presented at the Roof Garden Ballroom in partnership with The Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association...

Goodwill of the Great Plains is serving veterans and active military members this week during our annual Boots to Suits Program by providing $40 towards clothing and accessories to help prepare for employment. The program runs through November 14th at Goodwill of the Great Plains retail stores. Military ID is required...

Who is ready to win big cash? Storm Lake St. Mary’s 2020-21 Big Raffle is back! Gamblers get your $100 bills ready and purchase your pink $100 raffle tickets before all 400 tickets are sold. There are 11 chances to win! Top prize will be $5,000, there will be four $1,000 prizes drawn, and four $500 prizes! Also, for those who purchase a ticket by December 31, they will be eligible for TWO special $2,000 drawings! All prizes will be drawn March 6, 2021. ...

Bishop R. Walker Nickless, of the Diocese of Sioux City, issued a statement Wednesday following the Vatican investigation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. “While disturbed and saddened by the details released in the Nov. 10 Vatican’s report regarding Theodore McCarrick, I was pleased with the transparency of the Holy See and Pope Francis in their comprehensive abuse investigation and release of information,” Nickless said. ...

When you’re a parent, life can seem to head at you from every direction, especially these days. Never mind making sure that all your kids get to school, and their events on time – as we head into the winter months of a pandemic, are they safe? Given all the worry, and the need to reset your life, in 2020, you would think that the grey matter, in the brain of the average parent, would be shot these days...

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Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s Fitness & Health Center will be requiring masks when 6 feet of distance cannot be maintained effective Friday, November 13. Further details and guidelines will be provided to members and guests upon entry. Every member will be asked screening questions and have temperature taken. Customers must always stay six feet apart from others at all times. Instructions following spacing limitations and cleaning of equipment will be provided at the front desk...

By Kathie Obradovich Iowa Capital Dispatch More than 100 long-term care centers in Iowa have active COVID-19 outbreaks with nearly 3,000 residents and staff infected as of Tuesday morning, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported. The 102 current outbreaks represent an increase of nearly 22% over the 80 outbreaks reported Nov. 2. A total of 900 long-term care residents with COVID-19 have died since the pandemic began...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued new health requirements this week requiring children and adults to wear masks at social or recreational gatherings with 25 people inside or 100 people outside. The new measures, which go into effect at midnight Tuesday, require masks at any “social, community, recreation, leisure or sporting event.” The order expires Nov. 30, according to the proclamation...

In the last several weeks, COVID-19 numbers have skyrocketed throughout the country, and throughout Iowa. This dramatic increase has seen our hospitals fill across the region. The issue is not just with COVID-19 patients, but our hospitals were already filling back up from the many medical problems that were put off or delayed due to COVID-19 over the spring and summer. What this means to us as a hospital system is that it becomes more challenging to transfer the critically ill patients to larger hospitals. Our neighboring critical-access hospitals are keeping an increasing number of COVID-19 patients as well. This is a very alarming trend.. ...

• Buena Vista County new cases: 2,609 to date as of Thursday, up 177 from a week ago. • Recoveries: 2,173 in the county, up 66 in the past week. • COVID-19 deaths: 13 in the county, the most recent on Nov. 7. Area: 3 deaths in O’Brien County Thursday, 2 in Ida...

The Iowa theatre chain behind the Vista III in Storm Lake says that state aid will help to save the movie industry. “Fridley Theatres and other theaters across the state worked very closely with the governor’s office for a grant program to help save Iowa movie theaters,” Fridley VP Russell Vannorsdel told the Pilot-Tribune this week...

Cadets serving the Buena Vista University Army ROTC presented a Veterans Day display remembering a pair of former BVU students who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic service in World War II. The display, detailing the stories of U.S. Army Capt. Darrell Lindsey and U.S. Army Sgt. Ralph G. Neppel, featured their portraits and shadow boxes at BVU’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion. The arrangement served as part of a weeklong series of events during Diversity & Inclusion Week...

A conversation with BVU’s resident political scientist