Storm Laker Wendy Broich uses dance to heal
BY DOLORES CULLEN
Wendy Broich’s been dancing since age three. You may have watched her perform with the St. Mary’s Dance team, smiling and energetic. She graduated in the Class of 2013.
Now, at 25, she has her own dance studio...
Local News
06/05/2020 - 10:15am
At least 3 deaths
No county nursing home residents test positive
BY TOM CULLEN
The closing of Storm Lake’s Tyson pork plant hasn’t flattened the growth of COVID-19 in Buena Vista County.
As of Friday morning at 10:15 a.m., there were 1,060 positive...
Sports
06/05/2020 - 11:18am
Tornadoes look to challenge for Lakes Conference title
BY JAMIE KNAPP
Storm Lake won 21 baseball games a year ago and finished second in the Lakes Conference with an 8-4 mark.
The Tornadoes have two big strengths to help improve on that runner-up...
Family & Friends
With love from Varina. Two of the many mask-makers Cheryl Wernimont and Roanna Hatteberg stand with masks ready to send to Minnesota.
06/05/2020 - 11:12am
Thanks, Freedom Quilters for sending over 1K masks to Twin Cities people in need!
BY DOLORES CULLEN
In mid-April I learned from my sister Therese that the organization she works for, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, was in need of...
Opinion
06/05/2020 - 9:22am
EDITORIALS
BY ART CULLEN
Good riddance that Rep. Steve King lost Tuesday night, JD Scholten said. The Democrat from Sioux City helped to bring down the infamous incumbent at the hands of Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, when Scholten came...
Obituaries
06/05/2020 - 9:07am
Dennis Lester Freeman, 81, died from complications of Parkinson’s disease on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at Stratford Specialty Care in Stratford.
Born on March 2, 1939, in Paton, Dennis grew up in Gowrie and moved with his family to Spirit Lake, where he...
