Tom Lane gets a quick hug from his wife Tarla as the election results come in. Councilman-elect Les Mann is at right. Times photo by Tom Cullen

ALTA VOTES TO TONE THINGS DOWN

Mann, Lane, Henderson win council seats by wide margin BY TOM CULLEN Tom Lane moved to Alta 31 years ago the day after he and his wife, Tarla, got married at the Baptist Church in Storm Lake. They decided to put down stakes at Westview mobile home park, which then was the most affordable...

Jeff DeWall and his fiancée Boni Taggart. Times photo by Dolores Cullen

DeWall back from ride of his life, so he’s getting hitched

Cabbie who suffered cardiac arrest behind wheel climbs out of coma, ready for a new life Boni won’t let him out of her sight MORE TIME BEHIND THE DESK, LESS BEHIND THE WHEEL BY DOLORES CULLEN Attention: Jeff DeWall is alive and well! “Some people think I’m a ghost,...

A drone’s-eye view of Iowa Central training center under construction

Work is progressing on the Iowa Central Industrial Training Center just north of town on Old Hwy. 71. The large patch of concrete is a parking lot for the one-story building, which will go up along the dark streak on the far side of the lot. A driveway with a loading dock has been poured on the...

Cheaper by the Dozen tonight

Don’t miss “Cheaper by the Dozen,” produced by the Storm Lake High School drama department Nov. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. in the SLHS auditorium. Father Gilbreth (Reed Wunshel, 11) “dabs a little here” as he shows his children how to take a bath in his effort to speed up...

T.J. got soaked while getting an image of himself at this fall In Oregon. 

Newell brothers head west

Newell photographer T.J. (Jason) Braunschweig and his brother Josh have much to show for their fall trip. They visited six national parks, 11 states and covered 6,034 miles in 13 days, all the while living out of a van. They started in northern California under the giant redwoods. “We had...

Tom Lane gets a quick hug from his wife Tarla as the election results come in. Councilman-elect Les Mann is at right. Times photo by Tom Cullen

Jeff DeWall and his fiancée Boni Taggart. Times photo by Dolores Cullen

T.J. got soaked while getting an image of himself at this fall In Oregon. 

Local News

11/08/2019 - 10:37am
Corn yields good, but wet
Late planting, wet fall mean high drying costs 200-bushels per acre over most of NW Iowa BY TOM CULLEN Nearly all of the corn crop that’s headed to elevators needs significant drying, over twice the amount that elevators process in a typical fall....
Iowa producers do all they can to protect herds from African swine fever
A legacy of service
Police Reports
‘Don’t worry, be happy!’
COURT REPORT

Sports

11/08/2019 - 11:19am
Twenty-nine year streak of BVU home football games ends
KNAPP TIME BY JAMIE KNAPP         Just like that, it’s over. After 29 seasons of never missing a Buena Vista home football game, my streak has come to an end. Not rain nor snow nor brutal cold halted the streak. Nor did a funeral or a wedding or...
BVU CLOSES OUT SEASON WITH DUBUQUE
Newell-Fonda’s quest for first-ever state trip denied by No. 4 Gehlen
REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL SCORES
BVU volleyball season ends in ARC Tournament
Three area players make all-TLC first team for volleyball

Family & Friends

11/08/2019 - 10:50am
Be creative in the Storm Lake Times Christmas Writing Contest
Get in the holiday spirit! BY DOLORES CULLEN “I have nothing for the gift exchange,” moaned Mittens the cat. “I edged closer to the mistletoe, drinking cocoa and looking into Jenny’s eyes at the Christmas party.” “He always hated carriage rides and...
Celebration of life for Mari Cole Becker
Trees
Goodies Donated to Oncology/ Infusion Center at BVRMC
World Food Prize Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary of Global Youth Institute
What’s Cooking

Opinion

11/13/2019 - 9:04am
30 years clean and sober!
EMPTY NEST BY CURT SWARM Nov. 3, 1989, a day I shall never forget. I had fallen drunk through the glass top of my coffee table, cut myself to smithereens, and nearly bled to death. Nov. 3, 2019, to celebrate 30 years of being clean and sober, and...
Alta returns to normal
A BVU football attendance record; rotting leaves and the statehouse
US agriculture and presidential debates
We need to speak up for our farmers and economy
Closing arguments near

Obituaries

11/13/2019 - 8:59am
Bill Frederick
Bill Frederick, 90, of Webb died Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 in Spencer. Funeral services were held on Friday, Nov. 8, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spencer. Burial was on Friday, Nov. 8, at Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux...
Wayne Kies
Wayne Kies
Cora LaVerne Jones
Cora LaVerne Jones
Bill Frederick

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