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Bedell home on West Lake Okoboji sells for $9.5 million
A lake front property in northwest Iowa that’s been on the market for a decade has sold for $9.5 million, the highest price on record for an Iowa home. The home in Spirit Lake, located on the shore of West Lake Okoboji, is known as Peace Harbor. It was built in 2004 for Tom Bedell. Bedell is the former CEO of Pure Fishing and son of the late Berkley Bedell, a former Iowa congressman who founded the company in 1937. The home has eight bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a media room named for Spirit Lake’s first movie theater and a replica of an Irish pub that can host up to 300 people.
CCSD Celebrates Successful Summer Meal Program With Over 40,000 Meals Distributed
Members of the Carroll Community School District (CCSD) Food Service Department, Administration, and volunteers faced the 90-plus degree weather today (Wednesday) to hand out packaged meals during the last day of the district’s Summer Grab and Go Feeding Program. This year, CCSD provided 42,575 meals to children and students in the Carroll area, which is expected to increase by 1,400 after today’s (Wednesday’s) distribution. Every Wednesday at Fairview Elementary since June 12, vehicles would line up, waiting their turn to receive five breakfast and lunch entrees, with fruit, vegetables, and healthy snacks for sides to ensure children are fed a nutritious meal while relieving some financial burden for families. CCSD Food Service Director Melanie Girard says some staff members worked 11-hour days to prepare, sort and package the food to have ready to go for pick-ups.
First flight enters new terminal at Mason City Municipal Airport
MASON CITY, Iowa-Incoming at the Mason City Municipal Airport, United Airlines flight 5070 landed around 10:30 a.m. becoming the first flight to use the new 23,000 sq. ft. terminal. Passengers entering the terminal were surprised to see the new facility. Angela Hall, Forest City, says, "It was so surprising I...
Nurse charged in patient death agrees to suspend practice and trial is delayed
A nurse who has been criminally charged with wanton neglect for a patient’s death has agreed to halt her practice amid delays in her case going to trial. Becky Sue Manning, 70, of Lake View, was charged in March with felony wanton neglect of a health care facility resident. According to prosecutors, Manning, a licensed […]
Twin Cities-area man takes plea deal on North Iowa gun crime
MASON CITY, Iowa – A plea deal is reached by a Minnesota man facing gun and drug charges in Cerro Gordo County. Anthony Michael Jungk, 36 of Brooklyn Park, MN, has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon. Charges of person ineligible to carry dangerous weapons and possession of marijuana-1st offense will likely be dismissed when Jungk is sentenced, which is scheduled for August 26.
KLEM News for Wednesday, July 31
It will take a week to clean up the tree damage caused by the severe storm that struck Le Mars early Tuesday. Le Mars Fire Rescue Chief Dave Schipper says heavy rain and a sustained wind of some 52 miles per hour hit the city around midnight Tuesday. The strong wind lasted for 30 minutes, causing branches to crack and fall on every city block. Schipper says six power lines were downed by falling branches. The debris also disconnected power to eleven homes. Three homes suffered roof damage due to falling limbs and branches. Schipper said firefighters, city crews, and private contractors were out in force early Tuesday, working block to block to restore power, and to make streets passable by morning.
Possible Changes to Forest City’s Christmas on the Square
The Winnebago County Courthouse Square has been the traditional site for the annual lighting ceremonies including a 100-plus year-old conifer tree as the Christmas tree. The tree has undergone some maintenance where dead branches and limbs were removed making it shorter and essentially thinner. Forest City Administrator Daisy Huffmann met...
Woman sentenced for financially exploiting disabled adults in eastern Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A woman was sentenced Wednesday for financially exploiting disabled adults in eastern Nebraska. Beth Yeates, 32, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, received five years of probation, 90 days in jail, and was ordered to pay $16,876.31 in restitution to the victims. She was also directed to write apology letters to all the victims, Judge Brian Meismer ruled.
Spanish-language business conference aims to empower Latino entrepreneurs
Lincoln, Neb. — An initiative to support local Latino small businesses is coming to parts of Nebraska next month. University of Nebraska announced that the third annual Latino small business conference will take place in Grand Island, Omaha, Lincoln and Gering in August and October. The Spanish-language conference aims...
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