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‘Light Up the Sky on the Fourth of July!’

FREE SSS Commodores select 2024 theme

Holly Schipper and Liz Smith, Sugar Bowl Gift Shop owners and 2024 Star Spangled Spectacular commodores, have chosen “Light Up the Sky on the Fourth of July!” as the theme for this year’s Independence Day events. The committee will take the theme into consideration as they select a Grand Marshal in the coming weeks. The annual poster and coloring contests […]

Self-care helping a good cause

Businesswomen support family grieving child

Local woman-owned businesses pool their resources each month for a Self Care Event in Storm Lake, but for last Saturday’s special day, they enlisted the help of the Easter Bunny to benefit a grieving family. Visitors could choose from permanent jewelry, Henna brows, body sculpting sessions and more at 205 Flindt Dr. They could also photograph their children with a […]

Friend-ly Food Friend-zy nets food pantries $2,300 worth

Lenzmeier wins the Farm Bureau traveling shopping cart trophy

The 11th Annual Buena Vista County Farm Bureau “Friend-ly Food Friend-zy” was a success the morning of March 21 at Fareway in Storm Lake. Food pantries in Newell, Storm Lake and Alta each took home $785 worth of food and other necessities collected by three celebrity shoppers: • KTIV Channel 4 meteorologist and Storm Lake native Ron Demers • Iowa Farm […]

Come to Storm Lake’s first Mariachi Festival


Storm Lake High School will present its first ever Mariachi Festival – Noche de Mariachi – on Saturday, April 6. You’ll enjoy food, fun and local mariachi music. The Storm Lake Music Boosters will cater an authentic hispanic meal. In addition to music by the SLHS ensemble Mariachi Los Tornados, you’ll hear special guests for the evening “Mariachi Reyes del […]

Farm Times: John Deere show and tell

Argotsinger’s Green collection is a history lesson too

John Deere tractors and equipment will fill the grounds at the Albert City Threshermen and Collectors Show in August, but until then, here’s the collection of Storm Laker Terry Argotsinger. Argotsinger, 74, owns about 70 John Deere tractors. His affection for the brand began as a kid growing up on a farm near Kiron. “I cut my teeth on an […]


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