The Storm Lake Times

Storm Lake, Iowa and Buena vista county’s hometown newspaper

Headlines from May 16 - Volume 23, Number 39

News • Sports • Family & Friends

Board sets out to rehab high school

Team moves on May 25 to assess facility

Plan to be in place by fall

The Storm Lake Board of Education formally approved the hiring Monday of I&S Group to perform a high school building evaluation.

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IDOT maps BV highway plans

RR crossing arms in Alta, Hwy. 71 paving

The Iowa Department of Transportation has multiple projects slated to occur in Buena Vista County both this summer and next year.

St. Mary’s School celebrates centennial

We’ll give a cheer for our St. Mary’s High June 15-17

Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School is inviting all parishioners, alumni, parents, former educators and friends of St. Mary’s to come home for the school’s Centennial Year kickoff June 15-17. The preK-12 parochial school will be celebrating 100 years of sharing faith and knowledge during the centennial academic year 2012-13.

Calling all LakeFest volunteers

Help needed for June 15-16 event

The LakeFest committee is currently looking for volunteers For the event on June 15-16th. The committee will need plenty of volunteers to help throughout the event from setting up to tearing down.

School Board Notebook

Home on West School site sells for $173,500

Supt. Turner gets contract

The Storm Lake Board of Education on Monday evening approved several agenda items including the sale of a recently constructed home at the former West School site and a contract for Superintendent Carl Turner.

State track list includes many area preps

Nick Wittmaack of Sioux Central will run in two events at the State Track Meet: the 400-memeter hurdles and the shuttle hurdle relay. He is among several area preps heading to State. Also: Buena Vista baseball squad falls in Iowa Conference title game.

My Favorite Recipes

May is Beef Month, so we are featuring active 4-H member Anna Marie Ehlers, who has been involved with beef for several years. The Sioux Central eighth-grader's shares her dynamite recipes for sweet sesame glazed beef kabobs.

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Making a home at Sunken Grove

During an afternoon photo outing Sunday, Beth Wolcott of Newell and her husband Kent came across a young fox den near Sunken Grove. “No mother was around so I was able to get up real close and take the pictures,” Beth said. “They were all just laying down and watching me.”