Stories from Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The Storm Lake Early Childhood programs, located at both East Early Childhood Center and Gingerbread are taking applications for the 2018-2019 school year. They currently provide programming for expectant mothers and children birth to age five. Full-day programming is available for toddlers and children ages 3 to 5. ...

The Cornell College Steel Drum Ensemble will hit the road in February to perform across the Upper Midwest. The tour will include 32 talented students, including: Jacob Luedtke of Storm Lake. The Steel Drum Ensemble is made up of four groups: Panarchy, Pandemonium, Calypso Horns, and the Calypso Singers. They will hold performances at a variety of schools and locations...

The Buena Vista County Soil & Water Conservation District will again be sponsoring the Dr. T.E. Shea Conservation Memorial Scholarship. A $1500 scholarship will be presented to a Buena Vista County high school senior to be used for their first year of education on the college level; studying in any field of agriculture or natural resources. ...

Graduating seniors from Storm Lake High School and St. Mary’s High School as well as graduating Storm Lake charter students continuing on to college, junior college, university, or a vocational school, may apply. Please see your school guidance counselor if you have any questions...

Approximately 40 students from schools in Sioux City, Kingsley-Pierson, Marcus, and Remsen will participate in a World Food Day Event on February 7. The World Food Prize is an international organization that elevates ground-breaking ideas and innovations in the quality, quantity and availability of food across the globe...

As part of Catholic Schools Week, Storm Lake St. Mary’s students delivered baked goods to over 30 community partners as a way to say thank you for their support to the local parochial school. Three cars of middle school students traversed the community to make stops and brighten offices and retail stores throughout Storm Lake as they have done for many years...

There appears to be a website out there from a company www.vitalrecordsonline.com. This particular company isn’t actually a scam, but they are taking advantage of residents. The site says “for the low fee of $65 they will send the inquirer a Vital Application along with instructions and a prepaid envelope made out to the Iowa Department of Public Health.” They tell the inquirer that they just have to complete the application, have the signature notarized, include a copy of their driver’s license and another $20 check make payable to the Iowa Department of Public Health and mail it. ...

ACCIDENTS On February 4, at approximately 7:40 p.m., in the 600 Block of Flindt Dr. in Storm Lake, a vehicle driven by Yorday Leon Perdomo of Storm Lake, was involved in an accident with a vehicle driven by Teklu Kahsay of Storm Lake. The two vehicles collided causing total damages estimated at $1250.

As part of their research for a National History Day project on racism in Iowa, Addisyn Fuchs, Aiden Cady and Kurtis Wood, 6th graders at Albert City - Truesdale Elementary, visited the Buena Vista County Historical Society. The students were assisted by Marlene Hansen in finding information about the Ku Klux Klan in Buena Vista County and Northwest Iowa during the 1920s and 30s...

The Albert City Public Library presents the BV County Freedom Rock on February 20, at 7 p.m. This program is open to everyone in BV County interested in learning more about our Freedom Rock, the history behind it, how we acquired it, and contributing to it...

On the afternoon of Friday, February 2, at approximately 4 p.m., a Storm Lake Police Officer observed a wanted person in the 300 block of West 10th Street. Police made contact with and arrested Dalton Goodman, age 22 of Storm Lake who was wanted out of Buena Vista County on a warrant charging him with Violation of Probation reference Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs...

Sac City Police have taken two men into custody after an armed burglary in mid-January. KCIM radio reported that on Monday, Jan. 15, officers were dispatched to a residents on a report that suspects from an earlier burglary were there. Officers found 21-year-old Jarrett Morgan of Lytton armed inside the home, where he was taken into custody...

On the afternoon of Thursday, February 1, at approximately 2:04 p.m., the Storm Lake Police Department was dispatched to the Storm Lake Middle School in reference to an assault. Upon arrival of police they met with school staff who alleged that a 14 year old male of Storm Lake attempted to strike a teacher during a counseling session. ...

The lead character of Sebastian Lelio’s film “A Fantastic Woman ” is named Marina. She is a nightclub singer and a waitress. She has a boyfriend, Orlando, who is much older than her, but that matters little. They are clearly smitten with one another and in that post-honeymoon phase of the relationship where things are still passionate, but also calm and comforting. ...

Uriah Heep will perform in Sioux City at the Hard Rock Casino March 16 at 8 p.m. Among venerable UK rock institutions, with Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull dispersing, we are, perhaps, really, down to just Deep Purple, Yes and Uriah Heep left to uphold the tradition of quality original progressive hard rock forged at the very beginning of a golden era for this music, late ‘60s into the nexus year that was 1970...

Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. will hold their 16th Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser on Saturday, March 3, featuring comedian Rod Long. The event will be held at the Avalon Ballroom in Remsen. Social hour begins as 6 p.m. with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Following the social ,hour will be a fabulous meal catered by Home Plate Catering at 7 p.m. The entertainment portion of the evening will begin at 8 p.m. where Rod will entertain everyone with his unique humor...

The Pearson Lakes Art Center is excited to announce two performances by Marilyn Mae on August 14 and 15. Tuesday, August 14 will be a 6 p.m. 90th birthday celebration for Marilyn, complete with champagne, birthday cake, hors d’oeuvres, and a 7:30 pm performance...

This weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff. For current information, contact the district fisheries office at the phone number listed at the end of each district report...

Iowa Great Lakes residents and guests will see changes to some of the Lakes Area’s popular natural settings. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources met with the public at Lakeside Lab in Wahpeton on Thursday to discuss planned construction and improvements at Gull State Park, Pikes Point State Park, the Hattie Elston public boat ramp and Marble Beach recreation area and campground...

A fire late Friday afternoon destroyed a house northeast of Ruthven. Firefighters were called to the Art and Kari Hampe residence shortly after 3:30 p.m. where they discovered the structure completely engulfed. A passerby noticed the fire and called 911 after witnessing smoke coming from the structure. Officials say it became engulfed in minutes...

It’s 10 o’clock on a summer night along a gravel road anywhere in Iowa. In the farm pond next to the road a raucous chorus of male frogs are making themselves heard as they vie for mates. A volunteer stands clipboard in hand, ear cocked, mentally sorting out each of the calling species which are using this seemingly ordinary pond...

A 16-year-old Storm Lake High School student has been charged with felony Terrorism Threats after compiling a list of people he planned to kill. “We’ll never really know just what was going to happen in this incident but it’s clear that the possibilities could have been terrible,” Assistant Police Chief Chris Cole said. “This is a good example of people coming forward and providing information that stopped a potential crisis.”...

Storm Lake Police have arrested a teenager and charged him with sexual abuse, alleging that he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl multiple times last summer and fall at a Storm Lake residence. Police took a report January 29. The girl, now 13, alleged that she was sexually abused by Berden John, 18, of Storm Lake...

At the 11th hour in the budgeting process, the Storm Lake City Council saw some spirited debate Monday before deciding on funding for three local outside agencies. The Buena Vista County Historical Society will get the $2,000 it had requested to help with audio-visual equipment. Last year it asked the same amount but received no funding...

For the Buena Vista County Republicans, caucus night Monday was a low-key affair. “It was not a very large turnout. The off years are always a pretty poor showing - it’s hard to fire people up when there isn’t a presidential election,” county party co-chair Denny Weber said...

Alexis Huddleston-Monroy had a memorable day Monday, celebrating her 18th birthday by registering to vote, then attending as the youngest member of the Democratic caucus held in Storm Lake. There, she was pressed into service helping to register participants, and later found herself elected to the county platform committee and named a delegate to the county convention. ...

After receiving strong survey results, volunteers planning to create a recreation center in Storm Lake are enthused to move forward with their project. Monday night, they received a critical boost - a unanimous resolution from the city council in support of the idea...

September 7, 1923 - February 5, 2018

STORM LAKE - Five boys and girls from the Storm Lake area, ages 9-14, were named local champions of the 2018 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the district level. St Mary’s Council 2326 in Storm Lake sponsored the local competition at the Panther Pit. All youngsters ages 9-14 were eligible to participate...

EMMETSBURG - The Alta-Aurelia and Sioux Central wrestling teams both competed in the 1A Section 5 wrestling tournament with the top two finishers in each weight class moving on to regionals on Saturday. After a long day of wrestling, the Warriors moved two on to next Saturday while the Rebels were unable to send a competitor on. Alta-Aurelia’s two that are moving on are Nick Gaes at 220 and Alex De Roos at 170...

HARTLEY - The Sioux Central boys had a sizable lead through most of Monday night’s game against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn but a poor fourth quarter with missed foul shots nearly allowed HMS to come back. The Rebels hung on for a 56-52 win in the end. Sioux Central got off to a quick start against HMS with a 12 point lead after the first quarter, 18-6. The Hawks played with the Rebels a bit more evenly in the second, but Sioux Central had a 13 point lead at the break, 30-17...

IDA GROVE - The Alta-Aurelia boys came together for an overall team effort on Monday night against the OA-BCIG Falcons, taking a 71-49 victory which saw eight different Warriors register a bucket and all 15 boys get some playing time. The first quarter tight between the two teams, Alta-Aurelia taking a slim four point lead after the opening eight minutes of the ball game, 18-14. ...

STORM LAKE - Through most of the first quarter it looked like Ridge View and St. Mary’s would be deadlocked in a tight game, but a 17-0 run changed the complexion as the Raptors took a 65-32 victory over the Panthers. The Panthers had an early 8-7 advantage in the first quarter but their shots stopped fall and the turnover bug kicked in to aid that 17-0 Ridge View run that ran in to the second quarter. ...

STORM LAKE - Monday night was nearly another chapter in a season long story for the St. Mary’s boys of not being able to finish games. Ridge View made an effort in the third and fourth frames to close a big gap, but the Panthers did enough down the stretch to take a 67-64 win on Senior Night...

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