Stories from Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Thomas McCardell, age 64, of Alta, Iowa died on Friday, August 2, at his home in Alta. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, August 8, at 1 p.m. at the Omaha National Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, August 7, from 5 - 7 p.m. with a vigil prayer service at 7:00 p.m. all at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements...

Timothy L. Mills, 68, of Yutan, NE, entered into rest on Friday, August 2, at his home in Yutan, NE. He was born December 1, 1950 in Storm Lake, IA to Frank and Marion (Thompson) Mills. Tim graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1969. On June 12, 1999, he was married to Lori (Gray) in Strawberry, AZ...

Storm Lake police want to share some tips with you regarding the recent counterfeit currency that has been circulating in Storm Lake. Here’s what you need to know: The counterfeit bills were reprinted on real US currency that had been bleached. Therefore the currency WILL have the red and blue fibers in the paper, WILL have watermarks and counterfeit bill markers WILL show that the money is legitimate. ...

Tired of grilling the same old burgers? You can learn a new method of outdoor food preparation in Dutch Oven Cooking 101. The class will be taught Friday, August 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Timber Ridge Campground in the Buena Vista County Conservation Park. ...

CommUNITY Education will be offering its annual COED Adult Volleyball League once again this fall. Games will be played every Wednesday night with the first games of the season starting September 18 and running 12 weeks with a season ending tournament at the end of the season. ...

Recently, 14 youth from Sac County participated in the Candy Company Camp at the Sac County Extension Office. The participants made eight kinds of candy. The participants were split into two groups and each group made a company name and logo up to put on their bags. ...

Clayton Christian enjoyed an internship with the Burlington Bees minor league baseball team. He served as a Minnesota Vikings Game Day intern through an annual BVU internship program. Last summer, he completed an accounting internship with a construction company, Todd & Sargent, then followed that with a three-month work experience at KPMG, one of the “big four” in the accounting trade...

On Monday, July 8th, 6 youth from Sac County participated in the What is a Farmer? camp at the Sac County Extension and Outreach Office. The participants were able to take a personality assessment, had a crossword puzzle with different uses for animal products, learned about the different jobs within the farming industry, played a farming simulation game, and ended the day getting a tour of 2 different farms. ...

Local favorite LD3 returns to Inspiration Wines & Vines in Linn Grove the Friday, August 9. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. The band, with members from Spencer and Manson areas, has grown from a family trio that has been playing together since 1968, to a core group of six performers with many guest musicians. Second generation performer Duane “Deacon” Davis leads the group today...

Hailing from Pickstown, South Dakota, which he describes as, “Just a tiny, rural town of 150 people and a nine-hole golf course,” University of Sioux Falls soon-to-be senior JJ Cooney came from seemingly nowhere to win the 97th Northwest Amateur Tournament Sunday at Spencer Golf and Country Club at 17-under par after finishing his first round on Friday just 1-under...

The 10th Anniversary Season at the Rosemary Clausen Center in Holstein will open in grand style Saturday, September 28, with Ireland’s own Celtic Angels, along with the dynamic Celtic Knight Dancers and the Trinity Band Ensemble of Dublin. The opening night performance begins at 7:30 p.m...

Mark your calendars and save the date for Wood, Wine & Blues, August 16 – 18 in Sunset Park. Wood, Wine & Blues consists of a three day chainsaw carving competition with up to six chainsaw artists from across the country. During this competition, guests are invited to vote on their favorite carving during the People’s Choice Contest sponsored by Vetter Equipment...

Chris Young will be bringing his “Raised On Country World Tour 2019” to the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City on Friday, October 4. Joining Young is special guests Eli Young Band and Matt Stell. Tickets are $39.75, $49.75, $59.75 and go on sale Friday, July 19 at 10 a.m...

Work to establish the Ready, Set, GROW day care on the Methodist Manor campus in Storm Lake continues. Contractor Woodruff Construction is working on phase two of their construction project, which includes connecting the new construction to the former A Hall of the nursing home...

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of workers for temporary jobs available nationwide in advance of the 2020 Census, and applicants in Buena Vista County are encouraged to apply. The 2020 Census Jobs website allows applicants to apply for a range of positions, including recruiting assistants, office operations supervisors, clerks, census field supervisors and census takers. ...

Many witches and wizards came to the Witter Gallery and the Public Library to celebrate the Birthday of one of the most iconic wizards and the author of the popular book series, J.K Rowling, on July 31st. They celebrated by watching the first Harry Potter Movie in the Public Library and partaking in many wizarding activities in the Witter Gallery. Many enjoyed taking pictures with props, making wands, house colored bookmarks, and of course eating sweets from the Honeydukes table...

On August 3, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Daniel Ryan Linderman, 28, of Waukee, IA, was tubing behind a boat being operated by Timothy Heitland of Buffalo Center, IA, when Linderman fell off the tube into the water. According to witnesses, Linderman was swimming back to the boat when he possibly suffered a medical emergency and went face down in the water for a short period of time. ...

One of the three Democratic candidates currently campaigning for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Eddie Mauro met with the Clay County Democrats inside the Spencer Public Library Thursday and introduced himself, discussing a number of issues and political topics...

Storm Lake city leaders saluted the role of wind power during a city council meeting Monday. Marking American Wind Week August 11-17, Mayor Mike Porsch declared a resolution to that effect for the first time, noting that the state projects to produce 40 percent of its electrical power from wind by 2020. The state now has 114 wind farms, and the industry provides nearly 10,000 jobs...

On the afternoon of Saturday, August 3, at approximately 5:45 p.m. the Storm Lake Police Department took a report at the Storm Lake Hy-Vee Store in reference to a theft. Police were advised by the reporting party that at approximately 10:14 p.m. on Friday evening two adult males entered the store and allegedly worked in concert to remove a bottle of alcohol from the liquor section without paying for it...

Thursday, August 8th, Ready, Set, GROW day care will host the Taste of Storm Lake event, 5-7 p.m. at Chautauqua Park shelter. The menu includes turkey fillet sandwich or hot dog, potato salad, baked beans, chips, cupcake or cookie, and a drink for $7. All proceeds go toward providing child care in the area...

A Holstein, Iowa, native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile destroyer, USS Halsey. Seaman Dirk Radke works as a Navy culinary specialist aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer operating out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii...

Environmental groups Food & Water Watch and the Organic Consumer Association have filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. against Tyson Foods, alleging that the protein giant is engaging in deceptive marketing by touting its commitment to environmental stewardship...

Storm Lake will have the distinction of hosting four presidential candidates in a period of three days this week. The latest to schedule a visit is California Senator Kamala Harris, who plans a walking tour of small businesses Friday, starting at 1 p.m. at La Juanita’s. The event is part of her five-day “3 A.M.” bus tour across the state - which she says will address the problems that keep people awake at night...

The Storm Lake City Council on Monday continued discussion of council member suggestions to air condition the Chautauqua Park Shelter and renovate the former snack stand area at the foot of the Awaysis Beach lighthouse, both projects to encourage public rentals of the spaces for private events...

The Iowa State Board of Education has delayed action on new rules that would limit districts from using seclusion rooms to discipline students. Storm Lake Superintendent of Schools Stacey Cole said she is grateful for the delay, hoping for a policy that considers the needs of both school staff and students in troubling situations...

Everyone who is able should do RAGBRAI, at least once. Finding himself with the “luxury of time” - for the first time - former Buena Vista University administrator and chairperson of the Storm Lake Board of Education Peter Steinfeld - scratched that itch...

For an Army Chaplain, tasked with bringing people together, the inflamed state of affairs in Washington, D.C. seems to be anything but that. “It’s sad, really. I’ve always thought you could attack the policy without attacking the person, and we seem to have lost that mindset,” says Jeremy Taylor, Republican candidate for the 4th District House of Representatives seat...