Stories from Friday, September 13, 2019

UnityPoint Clinic® Family Health Center is proud to welcome Elizabeth Dupic, MD, to our team of experienced and dedicated providers. Dr. Dupic received her undergraduate degree from Buena Vista University and went on to receive her Medical Degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. She completed her residency in Des Moines, IA at Broadlawns Medical Center...

Paxtons Jewelry has once again teamed up with BVRMC’s P.I.N.K. for our annual balloon bash and cake dig fundraiser. Every $10 donation gets a chance to bash a balloon and win a gemstone. Each balloon is a winner, with chances to win gemstones like pink tourmaline, blue topaz, peridot, and many more. Winners of the pink pearls will be contestants in our Diamond Cake Dig. Grand prize this year is a spectacular diamond rose gold ring valued at $599...

Godbersen Metal Works has announced the purchase of the facility at 1701 38th Avenue West in Spencer, Iowa. The facility is being updated and will reopen in the near future for contract manufacturing specializing in steel fabrication, welding, machining, painting and assembly for a variety of industries...

Single use plastic containers are no longer flying at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. In an effort to reduce their plastic footprint, the airport has replaced plastic soda bottles in the vending machines with aluminum cans, which are 100% recyclable, which is not true for recycled plastic. ...

Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach invites family caregivers to participate in the five-session Finances of Caregiving course beginning Oct. 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at the ISU Extension and Outreach Cherokee County office. The course focuses on helping caregivers to make decisions and plan ahead...

The Fonda Arts Center welcomes Tammy Voss Lange and Larry Heschke to the stage on Sunday, September 22, starting at 3 p.m. We will enjoy an afternoon of music, bringing back memories of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, and the top hits of the day. All this happening at the Fonda Arts Center on the Northwest corner of Fourth and Main in Fonda. As almost always, free admission, free refreshments. Everyone is welcome...

Come and shop your heart out St. Mary’s annual bazaar and bake sale, Saturday, October 5, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the St. Mary’s High School gym in Storm Lake. One of the largest annual shows in the region, the bazaar features numerous vendors with decor items, sewn goods, jewelry, clothing, books, homemade jams, pumpkins, gourds and more. Stop at the bake sale in the school front hall for plenty of treats, as the whole event helps benefit the local parochial school...

Spencer Community Theatre (SCT) is excited to kick off their 60th Anniversary Mainstage Season with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by John Heimbuch in collaboration with Jon Ferguson. Based on the story by Washington Irving. In the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow, stories of wonder and strangeness abound. When schoolteacher Ichabod Crane vies for the hand of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the townsfolk might protest, but it is ultimately the Horseman who will decide his fate...

Music icon, reality TV star and life-long Type 1 diabetic Bret Michaels is extending his “Unbroken World Tour” to include a series of Hometown Heroes special event concerts, which will include a stop in Sioux City at the Tyson Events Center on Friday, November 8. He’s bringing a multi genre combo of different artists to each town in celebration of Veteran’s Day and to kick off the holiday season...

It can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King’s “It” is not one of those books. Andy Muschietti’s first crack at King’s 1,100-page doorstop, 2017’s “It,” dealt with the first half: the Losers Club, a band of “Stranger Things”-like adolescent outcasts, battling the shape-shifting demon clown Pennywise (a wonderfully gangly Bill Skarsgard) in the Maine town of Derry. ...

Each year the Clay County Fair Veterans Day highlights veterans and a specific branch of the military. This year, the branch highlighted was the United States Merchant Marine, which speaker Brig. Gen. Allen J. Smith, retired commander of the Iowa Air National Guard, said is an often overlooked part of the military which has served in every war since the Revolutionary War yet few who have served as merchant mariners are recognized as veterans for the purpose of receiving veterans benefits...

January 28, 1924 - September 10, 2019

Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling seven of its Hy-Vee Mealtime Asian Entrees after discovering the liquid egg used to make the fried rice contains milk, which is not declared on the product label. The voluntary recall includes seven varieties of Asian dishes in 16-ounce or 20-ounce plastic containers and best if used by dates of Sept. 14, 2019, or Sept. 15, 2019. The expiration date can be found on the label on the top of the plastic lid...

Siouan Questers Chapter #36 and the Sioux Rapids Historical Assn. are hosting an open house Friday, September 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sioux Rapids Theatre Museum at 218 Main Street, Sioux Rapids. Popcorn and cookies will be served. Of special interest are the Sioux Theatre sign, a 1940’s Manley Popcorn popper and the pal TRACTOR. The public is cordially invited to attend. / Photo submitted...

The Buena Vista County Historical Museum always has something new to show off - such as this colorful board tracing visitors from across the country and beyond. A set of hands that once belonged to the Lakeside Presbyterial Church clock tower have been mounted to a wall. There were originally four sets of hands, two are held in private collections and the fate of the final set are currently unknown. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig this week commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Conditions report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Near seasonal temperatures along with the pattern of dry conditions continued across most of the state last week,” said Secretary Naig. “With 4 percent of the corn and 15 percent of the soybeans nearing maturity, farmers are starting to prepare equipment for harvest.”...

Newell-Fonda’s 2019 Homecoming Court includes: (front) Aden Mahler, A.J. Chase, Carter Schachtner-Kramer, Treyton Mahler, (back) Abby Kraft, Beth Greenfield, Megan Morenz, Cali Kuhse. The coronation will be held Thursday, Sept. 26 with a pep rally at 6:45 with the ceremony to follow at 7:30.. / Photo by Dana Larsen...

“The Raccoon River is arguably in such a poor state due to the state’s inaction in enforcing the state’s pollution requirements without restriction. They are likely to be unable to use the Raccoon River in any reasonable, functional manner, without heavy water treatment.” - Judge Robert Hanson

The physical beauty of Buena Vista University attracted Josh Dunsbergen to the Storm Lake campus more than one year ago. The sound of the place has him even more excited about his college choice. Dunsbergen plays trombone for the BVU Marching Blue, the University’s marching band, which makes its first appearance in 21 years on campus while entertaining players and fans as the Beavers host Concordia University in the third annual Community Night football game on Peterson Field at J. ...

One man was killed and three persons injured when a tractor-trailer truck and a passenger van collided Thursday morning at the intersection of West Milwaukee Avenue and Abner Bell Road at the west edge of Storm Lake. Three adult occupants of the van were transported to the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center by ambulance where one of the victims, a 55-year-old male, was pronounced dead. ...

The 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York, Washington, D.C., and other sites on the East Coast fell on Wednesday. Locally, many people were on the Clay County Fairgrounds when the national tragedy forced Americans to stop what they were doing and find the nearest news source to learn more about the devastating assault and subsequent loss of life on United States soil...

Elementary schoolers greet a Storm Lake firefighter Wednesday, on the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies. The schools hosted their own Heroes Parade for local first responders. See today’s LifeStyles page for more from this heartwarming event. / Pilot photo by Katrina Chanthavisouk...

SIBLEY - The Alta-Aurelia cross country teams finally got their season underway on Tuesday night at an invitational at Sibley high school. Both the Warrior girls and boys finished in eighth place out of nine teams. Western Christian took both meets...

LE MARS - The Storm Lake and Ridge View cross country teams were back in action on Tuesday night as they ran at the Gary Meyer Invitational, hosted by LeMars. The Storm Lake girls were 15th out of 16 scoring teams, and the boys were eighth out of 15 teams. The Ridge View boys were 15th overall, and the girls took 12th...

SPENCER - It was a back and forth affair on Tuesday night between the Sioux Central and the Spencer volleyball teams. The Rebels fell behind early, took the lead, allowed the Tigers to tie before taking the fifth and final set to remain unbeaten on the year. The set scores were: 24-26, 25-17, 25-19, 14-25 and 15-13...

NEWELL - The Newell-Fonda volleyball team continued to build some early season momentum on Tuesday night as they welcomed in West Bend-Mallard for a Twin Lakes Conference contest. Newell-Fonda took a three set match against the Wolverines with set scores of: 25-16, 27-25 and 25-18...

STORM LAKE - Tuesday night was a rough night for the green and white volleyball team as they hosted both Humboldt and Manson-NW Webster in a triangular meet. Storm Lake dropped both matches, 2-0 to the Wildcats and the Cougars. “Storm Lake is a team that holds a lot of potential. ...

This Saturday night is the home opener for the Buena Vista University football team as they welcome in Concordia of Nebraska. The Beavers are coming off a dominating performance against the Hamline Pipers in their first game of the year as they took a 51-7 contest on the road...