Stories from Wednesday, January 10, 2018

On January 2, at approximately 8:39 p.m., at the intersection of Lake Ave. and E 10th St. in Storm Lake, a vehicle driven by Breanna Platt of Storm Lake, was involved in an accident with a vehicle driven by Ericka Garcia of Strom Lake. The two vehicles collided causing total damages estimated at $2000. Garcia was cited for Failure to Stop in Assured Clear Distance, Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability, and No Valid Driver License.

The SLPD would like to warn citizens of a forgery trend that could rip off the unsuspecting and unobservant. The SLPD recovered a counterfeit $100 bill from a business last month. Several similar bills in other denominations have been recovered across the United States in the past two years. Spotting the fakes isn’t hard.The fake bills have pink or purple Chinese lettering on them. But if you’re not paying attention, you could fall victim...

SAC CITY - A former city councilman in Sac City has been released from jail in an ongoing case involving alleged sexual abuse of a child. Gary Lee Hansen, 75, was arrested on December 15 and had admitted to sexual contact with a child who was 6 years old at the tiime of the incident, according to court documents...

Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa rose just half a cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.42/gallon to start the week. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.48. Storm Lake prices were stable at $2.28 for many stations. Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, prices yesterday were 4.3 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 2.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago...

Heading into the February 6 election on a $25.5 million Iowa Central Community College bond proposal, college officials are promoting turnout with a campaign they are calling “Encouraging Dreams by Building Opportunities.” In an online page on the referendum, ICCC notes limited state aid, which is estimated at $2,417 per pupil for 2017, slightly below levels from 2000, and far below the level for private colleges and regent universities...

Arts On Grand is proud to announce their upcoming exhibit, Barn Art by Julie Hamilton. The exhibit will be open at Arts On Grand from January 13-February 24. Julie is a photographer based out of Willow Pond Farm south of Peterson. Over the years she has taken pictures of thousands of barns in all seasons of the year. ...

It has only been two years since Tom Gustafson first purchased a drone, but in that short amount of time he has made quite a name for himself with his aerial photography. A selection of his drone photography will be on display January through March in the Dickinson County Nature Center’s eARTh exhibit area, and a special opening reception was held 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4...

The Legacy Learning Boone River Valley and All Cultures Equal Community Center will be presenting international cooking on January 13 from 1-7 p.m. at the All Cultures Equal Community Center in Webster City. The cost is $40 per couple. Tickets can be purchased at www.legacylearningbrv.com...

• Miranda Lambert: Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, March 15 at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines • Beauty and The Beast Broadway Musical: January 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 509 8th St. SE, Orange City. Tickets include 2018 Tulip Festival Extravaganza, reserved parade seats and a night show of the musical...

Native American history is complex and requires multiple perspectives—especially the Native perspective—to tell accurately. Until recently, however, Iowa Native history was not a big part of social studies curricula in Iowa’s public schools. That is changing, however, and the University of Iowa is helping drive the change...


Morningside College in Sioux City, awarded 39 bachelor’s degrees and 32 master’s degrees to graduates in December.
 Morningside is a private, coeducational, four-year college with a total enrollment of 2,800 students. Morningside College offers Master of Arts in Teaching degree and Master of Science in Nursing degree...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Unregulated sales of cannabis oil have been ramping up in Iowa even as state officials work to set up a tightly regulated distribution system for medical marijuana products. Several Iowa business are openly selling the oils, known as cannabidiol, or CBD, despite warnings from state officials that it’s illegal to do so in unregulated stores, the Des Moines Register reported...

Michael J. Fox’s quest to find a cure for the Parkinson’s he’s been living with for decades has taken him to the University of Iowa. The Clinical Trials Statistical Data Management Center (CTSDMC) in the UI College of Public Health has been working with the actor’s Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research since 2009, gathering and analyzing data collected during numerous studies the foundation funds to find a treatment for the disease...

On the morning of Saturday January 6, at approximately 12 a.m., SLPD officers were called to the Super 8 motel reference a report of a domestic assault. On arrival police spoke with a female victim who alleged that on that evening her fiancé, identified as John Johnson age 60 of Storm Lake, had pushed her and struck her in the face during an argument...

On the morning of Sunday January 7, at approximately 5:48 a.m., the Storm Lake Fire department was dispatched to Pierce White Hall, located on the Buena Vista University campus, in reference to an automated fire alarm. Upon arrival of fire fighters they determined that a sprinkler pipe had frozen and ruptured on the west side of the building, near the center entrance, causing the alarm...

On the morning of Saturday January 6, at approximately 2 a.m., an SLPD officer on patrol observed a male individual walking in the 700 Block of East Lakeshore Drive. The man was not wearing a shirt in -6 degree weather. The male subject was identified as Darvin Phillip, age 22 of Storm Lake. ...

The 2018 high school district honor band festival was held on Saturday, January 6 in Eppley Auditorium in Sioux City. Guest directors for the day were Dr. Elizabeth Jackson Kirchhoff from Edina, MN and Steve Shanley from Coe College. Students were chosen for the honor band based on an audition where they played scales and etudes for adjudicators...

A Storm Lake man has been arrested after allegedly hitting a co-worker with a shovel. Sunday afternoon, police were called to Zimmy’s on North Lake Avenue, for a report of two employees fighting behind the business. Police arrived and determined that one man, after being punched several times by the other, picked up a shovel and hit his opponent with it...

A wanted Storm Lake man was arrested by police Friday afternoon after attempting to hide in the back seat of his car in the McDonald’s drive-through. Officers had observed Jaime Hernandez, age 24, driving on Seneca Street, and learned that his license was barred and there were two active warrants for his arrest...

Nobody watches the weather more closely than Bret Wilkinson, Buena Vista County Engineer, who is responsible for keeping 1,000 miles of roads in the county passable during the worst winter has to offer. This week, concerns have been building about a potential winter storm...

Headed into each weekend, over 50 Alta elementary students travel home with a little something extra on their backs. At this week’s Alta-Aurelia school board meeting, at-risk staff member Sherie Van Berkum gave the board a unique illustration of the groundbreaking backpack program at the school...

“A lot of times I’ll take a nature picture and people will look at it and say ‘Wow, I wish there was something like that around here,’ and I’ll tell them that it was taken 10 miles from where they’re standing.” Jason Braunschweig, a budding landscape photographer from Newell, is exhibiting his work in a one-man show at the Witter Gallery through January 27th. He’s focused on “turning Iowa’s beauty into fine art.”...

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ATLANTIC - The Alta-Aurelia wrestlers went to the Rollin Dyer Invitational on Saturday and came away with a 10th place finish as a team. They had one first place finisher on the day. “The guys wrestled very tough competition (all 2A and 3A schools but three.) Nick Gaes continued to draw closer to 100 wins securing the title at 220. ...

DES MOINES/SPENCER - Saturday saw the Storm Lake boys swim team compete at the Hoover Invite with some strong finishes from the swimmers. SL junior Cole Keenan swam strong according to Coach Roger Peterson. Keenan won the 200 freestyle, defeating a couple of “strong swimmers from Sioux City and one from Hoover.” Keenan took third in the 100 free and took part in the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay...

SIOUX CITY - The green and white grapplers had a long day on Saturday, competing in five duals and coming out on top in just one of them. The lone dual win came against Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 63-15. The Tornadoes bowed to Sioux City East, Norfolk, Bishop Heelan and Jackson County Central...

SHELDON - The Sioux Central grapplers spent their Saturday on the mats, competing in the Sheldon Orab Duals where they took on Estherville-Lincoln Central, Sioux Central and Lennox (South Dakota.) Against the Midgets, the Rebels dropped a 50-6 dual, fell 66-12 against Sioux Central and then 60-6 dual against the Orioles...

SIOUX RAPIDS - The Rebel boys are 2-0 following the start of the 2018 year, knocking down Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Aryshire on Monday night, 71-63. The Rebels pushed out to a quick nine point lead after the first quarter, 20-11. They continued to build on their advantage in the second quarter, outscoring the Titans by four points, taking a 41-28 lead to the halftime break...

For Newell-Fonda graduate Renee Maneman, January 3 will a hold a place for her in the Northwestern College record books. On that night, Maneman broke the school’s assist record, previously held by Miranda Ridiger, with 4:21 left in the first half, and had 11 assists on the night, matching a career high. For Maneman, basketball has always been a love and being able to set a record felt good...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake and Ridge View girls went to war on Monday night, the two teams going back and forth the entire 32 minutes, but only one team was left standing as Ridge View took a 60-51 victory over the green and white. The Raptors enjoyed a five point advantage after the first frame, 18-13 and saw their lead cut to four at the end of the first half, 29-25. ...

STORM LAKE - The Tornadoes came in like their namesake on Monday night, leaving a path of destruction in their wake, getting off to a quick start against the Raptors for a 72-42 victory. Storm Lake jumped out to an early lead against Ridge View in the first quarter, holding a 10 point advantage after the first handful of minutes and were up by 13 going to the second, 23-10. ...