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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host 12 educational Farmland Leasing and Value Meetings for agricultural landowners and tenants throughout Northwest Iowa. The meetings are intended for current and prospective tenants and landlords and are held across the state. ...

As part of Tyson Foods’ (NYSE: TSN) commitment to support its plant communities, the company announced today it will fund $1 million in DonorsChoose.org projects for 46 school districts in 37 Tyson communities. The investment will bring much-needed resources to schools in Tyson communities and introduce teachers to a source of potential support for future projects...

El Mariachi Dance Club will celebrate a grand reopening Saturday after a year’s absence. Owner Harley Bucheli says the dance club will initially be open only on Saturday nights, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., with hopes of expanding in the future. The club features a bar, stage and plenty of seating, after some remodeling work, and a special surprise behind the Puerta Negra (black door). ...

A vacant Kmart Store in Cherokee was not vacant for long as Cherokee Bomgaars Store last week completed the move across the street into the Kmart Store. Aware for months of Sears/Kmart retail woes, a real estate firm representing Bomgaars purchased the Cherokee Kmart building in January 2018 with such future occupancy in mind...

Get ready to catch a great deal during Ridiculous Days. Stop by for “Fish-Tastic” in-store deals, sidewalk sales, and fun drawings at local retailers beginning Thursday, July 18 and going through Saturday, July 20. Shop your favorite Storm Lake Retailers and save a boat load...

Brentwood Roofing has opened a new office in Storm Lake at 125 Flindt Drive. They have been operating out of their Cherokee location since 2011 and specialize in asphalt, steel and flat roofs. Owners Brent and Lyndsay Wolfswinkel have over 20 years of roofing industry experience. ...

The U.S. government is investigating price-fixing charges against some the country’s biggest protein companies, including Tyson Foods, Storm Lake’s largest employer. The Department of Justice tipped its hand last week when it requested a temporary halt to discovery proceedings in a 2016 class-action lawsuit filed by food service distributor Maplevale Farms, the Associated Press reports...

A Storm Lake United ribbon cutting was held for Brentwood Construction Thursday. Brentwood is a Cherokee based contractor with over 20 years of roofing experience. They’ve long served all of northwest Iowa, and owner Brent Wolfswinkel has now opened their new office in Storm Lake on Flindt Drive. The company offers residential, commercial and agricultural services - new construction, additions, remodeling, roofing and more with a licensed, bonded and insured workforce. / Phots Submitted...

Maggie Reyes of Upper Des Moines Opportunity, right, receives a check Wednesday from Monsanto for $4,500. Reyes says the donation will be used to support UDMO’s elderly services. /Photo Submitted

Tyson Fresh Meats, in partnership with Clay County Food For Life recently delivered 1,000 pounds of boneless pork loin roast to Upper Des Moines Opportunity in Spencer to be used to serve the hungry in the county. The meat will be distributed to needy families through UDMO’s food pantry on Highway Blvd. ...

Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach will host a Financial Impairment on the Farm webinar from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on July 30. The webinar is free and open to all those involved in production agriculture, specifically, producers and agri-business personnel...

Lake View Diner is bringing a new flavor of cuisine to town: Macedonian. Sam Ilazi and his daughter, Tima, anticipate opening up the new diner on Lakeshore Drive across from Awaysis Park for all day breakfast, lunch and dinner with a wide variety of family-style American, European and Asian options—a combination of things Ilazi says Storm Lake doesn’t have yet...

The Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake and Early, Iowa is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Porter to Citizens’ lending team as Farm Manager and Jake Heuton to Citizens’ lending team as Vice President, Agricultural & Commercial Lending...

Alliant Energy presented a check for $250 to the Star Spangled Spectacular Committee this week to assist with the finances of the local Independence Day community activities. This donation is from Alliant Energy’s competitive grant program which awarded 145 grants totaling over $400,000. Storm Lake’s Star Spangled Spectacular has enjoyed several years of partnership with Alliant Energy...

Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation CEO Kiley Miller has been a name synonymous with economic development in northwest Iowa since his start with the organization in 2014. Recently he was honored as one of the top 50 economic developers on the continent...

Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) coupons are now available The WIC and Senior FMNPs provide eligible Iowans with checks that can be redeemed for fresh produce at aut) between June 1 and October 31. “The WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs are unique because the vouchers can only be used at Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. “This helps support local food production and makes healthy fruits and veg...

Eating healthy can be a struggle—one that Amanda Walljasper-Tate, owner of The Daily Apple, knows well. At a young age 19 years ago, she used to drink six to eight cans of diet soda each day. She lived off of processed foods and struggled with chronic back pain, hormonal imbalances and depression...

To many of our readers, 25 years old may seem young—an age represented by almost the youngest of Millennials. But in the bar and restaurant business, the quarter-century mark can be a millennium-like achievement in itself. As Malarky’s Bar and Grille turns 25 this week, it celebrates the success brought to it by Storm Lake while recognizing the changing reality of demographics that has forced what was known as a night club to focus more on the table and less on the bar...

Hy-Vee, Inc., today expressed dismay that a new Medicare rule did not provide relief from pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees that inflate senior citizens’ prescription drug costs. A proposal advanced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and supported by Hy-Vee was not included in the final rule published on May 17...

For a small facility, Ben Rumbo’s Energym on Erie Street packs quite a punch. As of January, that could be taken more literally with kickboxing and boxing classes—one of the first of their kind in the area—that have encouraged Storm Lakers to shape up in an engaging, more fun form of fitness that keeps them accountable...

Jensen Funeral Homes, Inc. of Storm Lake received the Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence at the 139th Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) Convention held May 14-16, 2019 at the Prairie Meadows Hotel & Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa...