Stories from Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Simpson College student Addalyn Boettcher of Storm Lake earned Dean’s List honors for the 2019 spring semester, the college recently announced. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.70 for the semester. In all, Simpson placed 227 undergraduate students on the Dean’s List...

Iowa State University hosted 600 youth delegates for three days last week for the 2019 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, themed “A Universe of Possibilities.” Every June, teenagers from across the state gather on the Iowa State campus for three days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, special events and civic engagement activities...

Iowa students enrolled in Iowa Central Community College’s Fall 2019 semester are encouraged to apply for Future Ready Iowa’s Last-Dollar Scholarship before the August 1st deadline. This unique scholarship assists eligible students with any remaining tuition and fee gaps that were not covered by federal or state grants/scholarships. The goal of this new program is to connect Iowa students with education and training opportunities in high-demand career fields...

Iowa Central Community College is completing a new glass access enclosure to the parking ramp facility at the main campus.

Showa Daiichi School High School students from Japan have been coming to Bena Vista University for just over 40 years. July 13 was their first day of English language classes.

Carol Berniece Held Burr was born on March 2, 1918, to Viola Croston Held and Benjamin Franklin Held of Hinton. Some of Carol’s ancestors came to Sioux City in 1855 from the Rhine River Valley in Germany and others emigrated to that area from County Cork, Ireland...

On the morning of Monday, July 15, at approximately 12:37 a.m. the Storm Lake Police Department was dispatched to 601D West 9th Street in reference to a window that had just been broken out. Upon arrival of police they met with the reporting party who alleged that a Rebecca Yalle, age 21 of Storm Lake had just been at the apartment and engaged in a verbal argument with the occupants who had told Yalle to leave earlier in the day and she returned. ...

SLPD is asking for public assistance in identifying the person in the photo. He’s described as a white male, mid 20s with a slender build and curly hair. He was last seen wearing red socks, sandals and a black shirt that says “just do it”. This subject reportedly attempted to pass a counterfeit bill at Casey’s Central on July 10...

On Monday, July 15, Tiffany Wurth, the band director for Buena Vista University, talked about the band program at the University and about the Parade of Bands that will be coming up on July 29. More information on the Parade of Bands can be found on the web at OCI.ORG. She answered a number of questions from Kiwanis members including one about the music degrees offered by Buena Vista University...

The Buena Vista County Historical Society Museum in Storm Lake is featuring a special display of military uniforms including a full World War I uniform, keepsakes and other items donated by or on loan from county veterans or their families. The exhibit will be up until fall. ...

Cast members for Buena Vista Community Theatre’s production of Frozen Jr. have some fun at their first rehearsal at the Roxy Theatre. The 62 young people will present the musical based on Disney’s modern classic, Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m. ...

The Okoboji Summer Theatre presents Beehive – The 60’s Musical created by Larry Gallagher. Running from Tuesday, July 23, through Sunday, July 28, this production is generously sponsored by Anne Thorne Weaver, Judy Thoreson, and Rosemarie and Dennis Ward...

The Usual Suspects, an acoustic blues and rock group from Orange City, will be playing this Friday, July 19, at InnSpiration Vines & Wines in Linn Grove. Showtime is 6:30 ap.m. Joel Westerholm and John Hubers started playing guitars and singing together several years ago. ...

Ithaca, New York Americana singer/songwriter (not to mention nurse) Meghan Hayes will appear Saturday, August 3 at Byron’s in Pomeroy. Showtime is 8:30 p.m. Hayes is touring the midwest in support of her sixth and latest CD, “Seen Enough Leavers” on the Cranky Heartburn Music label...

The Storm Lake City Council has accepted a bid to complete a long-sought project to reconstruct the parking lot at 6th and Michigan. Five bids for the project were received. The low bid accepted was $326,907 from Smith Concrete Services, slightly below the engineer’s estimate...

Iowa gas prices have risen 4.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.64 to start the week. Gas prices in Iowa are 7.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, yet stand 10.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. Storm Lake pumps at most stations were $2.69, after sticking in the $2.59 range in prior recent weeks. ...

The O’Brien County Conservation Board is offering a number of opportunities this summer to for youth to get outdoors and explore. Join the Naturalist for the next youth program. “Prairie Prowl” will be held on Wednesday, July 17 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Children ages 5 through 12 can meet at the Prairie Heritage Center, 4931 Yellow Avenue. They will spend morning exploring the prairie habitat with activities and games...

Andrew Hoffman has witnessed historical sites through Buena Vista University travel opportunities in Greece, Poland, Israel, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. This summer, the BVU senior to-be experiences world history close to home, working as a collections/archives intern for the Carver County Historical Society in Waconia, Minn...

Midwest farmers and their Republican elected officials rarely miss a chance to shower President Donald Trump with praise when he takes actions they believe help agriculture, but they’re now parsing their words over the administration’s policies dealing with ethanol...

Authorities say a 78-year-old man died after a tractor rolled over on top of him in northwest Iowa. The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office says Gary Jungjohan had a mower attached to the tractor Wednesday evening and was mowing the north shoulder of a street in Sutherland when the tractor rolled into the ditch and landed atop him...

The Adopt A Planter effort downtown is going well, Storm Lake city officials said. All of the above-grade planters on Lake Avenue have been adopted, and half of the ground-level flower beds. Signs are being made to mark the groups making the adoptions. ...

A bike path connection between Emerald Park and Casino Beach will be the first step in a larger goal of circling the lake with off-road path, according to two members of the Storm Lake Mayor’s Committee on Parks, Trails and Urban Forestry. “People want to go all the way around the lake someday,” said Mike Thompson. “We’re realizing that people coming in from Lake View, and maybe riding on to the Iowa Lakes Corridor, have a whole different line of thinking than our local riders.”...

By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor The July sky gradually faded into a dramatic shade of pink, while the gentle gurgling of a fountain nearby lent ambiance to an emotional gathering. About 70 people huddled below the American flag in Storm Lake’s Awaysis Park for Lights For Liberty Friday night. The protest/prayer events were being held simultaneously around the country to speak out against treatment of refugees and immigrants being held in detention at the southern U.S. border...

Almost 75 years after the fact, former Storm Laker Glenn McDole, who survived a harrowing escape from the Japanese Palawan Massacre, was posthumously honored with awards for valor that he earned during World War II. Senator Joni Ernst presented the medals, pins and ribbons to McDole’s family in a ceremony Friday in Des Moines. ...

FONDA - Regional finals are a time when teams expect their senior leaders to step up and make the biggest plays of the game. For Newell-Fonda, they had such a senior in Olivia Larsen who’s sixth inning triple cleared the bases and helped the Mustangs rally past Ridge View for a 6-4 win, sending them back to the 1A State Tournament for the second straight year, and 11th time since 2005...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia Head Coach Dave Turnquist may have summed it up best in his post game interview on Monday night. The long tenured Warrior skipper stated that to do it once may have been a fluke, but to make it to State twice, you know it wasn’t. The Alta-Aurelia softball team broke a late tie in the bottom of the sixth against West Sioux to take a 5-3 contest to make their second straight trip to Fort Dodge next Monday...