Stories from Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Clay County Sheriff's deputies, Iowa DNR conservation officers and local emergency personnel responded to a report of a hunting incident southeast of Royal in Clay County Sunday morning. Kirk Struve, 47, of Granville, Iowa was struck by a round believed to be fired from another member of his hunting party, while Struve was sitting in his truck. ...

Storm Lake St. Mary's retired the jersey of Kyle Drey during homecoming festivities. Drey, a standout former player, passed away in June when the agricultural sprayer he was driving collided with a train. The 2003 graduate was to have been co-coach of the Panthers boys basketball team this season with his brother Kennedy. The family participated in the moving ceremony. / Photo by Patti Demers...

The Polar Plunge on West Okoboji was once again a highlight of the University of Okoboji Winter Games Saturday. Proceeds from the frigid fun go back to Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire and Rescue, whose volunteers were on stand by to aid any jumpers in need during the event...

By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor Putting a high emphasis on child care and charity, the Storm Lake City Council divvied up the pie of available funding Monday for six "outside agencies" that had made requests for the coming fiscal year. The requests totaled over $113,000, but according to the City staff, only $86,000 is available to hand out. ...

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The Buena Vista County Conservation Board celebrated its 60th anniversary out on the ice Saturday at Sturchler Pit in Newell by releasing 1,000-1,500 rainbow trout for public ice fishing this season. Over 50 people in attendance bundled up and baited their hooks, winning prizes donated by Gone Fish'n and Bomgaars...

The O'Brien County Conservation Board and Prairie Heritage Center will host an Bald Eagle Watch event Saturday, March 2. This event is a come-and-go opportunity to observe eagles throughout the day. At 2 p.m., Iowa author/photographer, Ty Smedes, will be presenting information about raptors. ...

The gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) conducted a change of command ceremony at the Keyport Undersea Museum, Jan. 23. Cmdr. Alexander Baerg, from Everett, Washington, relieved Cmdr. Jake Wadsley, from Alta, Iowa, and assumed the duties and responsibilities of commanding officer for the Nebraska gold crew...

REMSEN - Since the start of 2019, the St. Mary's girls basketball team has been unable to register their name in the win column all that much, dropping seven of their first eight games this calendar year. They were able to buck that trend and put an end to a five game skid on Monday night, besting St. Mary's Remsen, 42-35...

PRIMGHAR -- Constituents applauded Republican Rep. Steve King on Saturday at the Iowa congressman's first public event since being rebuked by his House colleagues over racist comments he had made to a newspaper earlier this month. King told the roughly 75 people who showed up for the first of 39 planned town hall meetings in his sprawling district that he doesn't adhere to a white supremacist ideology and he repeated his assertion that he's not racist...