Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Leonard P. Pickhinke, age 88, of Nemaha, Iowa, died on June 22, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Early. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Early. Visitation will take place on Monday, June 25, 2018 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. with a vigil service at 8:00 p.m. all at the church. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

The Lord called Marvin A. Grote to his heavenly home on June 22, 2018. He passed away at the Newell Good Samaritan Society in Newell, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Storm Lake. ...

Funeral services for Albert W. Glienke, 95, of Aurelia, will be Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 10:30 A.M., at the St. John Lutheran Church in Hanover, with Pastor Ryan Roehrig officiating. Burial will be at the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 Wednesday at the St. John Lutheran Church in Hanover. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

Storm Lake Middle School Vice Principal, Jaymie Bral, is certifying his dog, Dory, to become a therapy dog. Bral knows the positive effect that dogs can have on humans, and he hopes to one day make Dory the school's very own therapy dog. Bral has loved dogs since he was growing up, and he has continued to have dogs in the family. ...

After three days of driving responding to the hardest hit areas in flooding over the weekend, longtime American Red Cross volunteer Gerry Neuroth of LeMars finds that the prevailing sentiment is simply exhaustion. People have spent hours or days trying to get water out of their homes, salvage their possessions, and get ahead of mold problems, and are simony wrung out, she said...

With the dredging era on Storm Lake ended, the Lake Preservation Commission is looking to tie up financial loose ends. The dredge boat and other equipment has been sold, and the purchaser has only the dredge itself yet to move, according to city officials. ...

MANSON - Errors and an early hole put the St. Mary’s girls in an early hole on Monday night against Manson-NW Webster. One bad inning changed the complexion of the game, the Panthers bowing to the Cougars, 12-8. The Panthers drew first blood with a run in the top of the first. ...

ESTHERVILLE - The green and white boys got to see the red hot Estherville-Lincoln Central Midgets, who are ranked fifth in 2A by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association, smack 12 hits over six innings, the Midgets taking a 9-0 decision over the Tornadoes...

HARCOURT - It was tough night offensively for the Mustang ladies. Through the seven inning contest against Southeast Valley, Newell-Fonda only picked up five hits and didn’t draw a single walk in a 3-1 loss to the Jaguars. The Jags struck first in the bottom of the second. ...

ESTHERVILLE - After coming close last year, for the first time in the last eight seasons, the Storm Lake softball team hit the 10 win mark on Monday afternoon on a rainy day. The Tornadoes used two strong innings to power past Estherville-Lincoln Central to get the season sweep over the Midgets...

The current Storm Lake boys soccer coach, Ben Schekirke submitted his resignation last week at the Storm Lake school board meeting. However, a few days later, Schekirke changed his mind and withdrew his resignation, deciding to stay in Storm Lake with his wife and family...