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A routine traffic stop turned into a high-speed pursuit Sunday afternoon in downtown Spencer, resulting in a subsequent accident outside of Milford and the arrest of a Fairmont, Minnesota, man. Authorities said 31-year-old Shawn Phillip Gaston was arrested after a high-speed chase that ended west of Milford...

Jan. 24, 1932 – Oct. 22, 2021 A funeral service for Ernestine Larson, age 89, of Milford, was held Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Burial was at Milford Cemetery.  Ernestine Ramona Larson, the daughter of Manville and Eleanor Lindeman, was born Jan. ...

Aug. 2, 1931 – Oct. 18, 2021 A funeral service was held Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Lotts Creek Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Lone Rock with Pastor Duane Miesner officiating. Howard Henry Krause was born Aug. 2, 1931, at the farm in rural Lone Rock, the son of Walter and Rose (Kressin) Krause. He attended Parochial School at Lotts Creek through the eighth grade where he often rode his horse or bicycle to school. Howard then attended Fenton High School where he graduated from in 1949...

April 25, 1939 – Oct. 23, 2021 A funeral service for Jerry "Badger" Fastenow, age 82, of Spirit Lake was held Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at Crosswinds Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Okoboji.  Jerry Fastenow was born in Cherokee on April 25, 1939, to Jesse and Lillian Fastenow. He grew up on a farm in Peterson and graduated from Brooke Consolidated School in 1957...

March 2, 1939 – Oct. 23, 2021 The memorial service will be held on Thursday Oct. 28, 2021, at the Warner Funeral Chapel in Spencer. A private interment will be held at a later date. Joann Erickson, the daughter of Francis and Julia (Elsen) Foreman was born March 2, 1939, in Council Bluffs. Her childhood years were spent in the Council Bluffs area where she attended school and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1957...

Dec. 6, 1951 - Oct. 20, 2021 A memorial service was held on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, at Emerald Hills Golf Course in Arnolds Park for Jan (Bennett) Despain, age 69, of Milford. Jan “Jonnie” B. Despain died unexpectedly from cardiac arrest on Oct. 20, 2021, at Sanford Worthington Medical Center. She was born Dec. 6, 1951, in Spencer, the daughter of Oliver “Ollie” P. Bennett and Rowena “Row” D. Burson Bennett...

Feb. 18, 1946 – Oct. 12, 2021 Memorial Mass for Christina "Tina" Sattler, age 75, of Arnolds Park, was held on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. Christina “Tina” Helen Sattler, of Arnold’s Park died on Oct.12, 2021. Tina was born Feb. ...

May 26, 1930 – Sept. 16, 2021 A memorial service for Gene Rouse, age 91, of Spirit Lake was held Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at United Methodist Church in Spirit Lake. Interment was at Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire. Eugene Robert Rouse was born May 26, 1930, in Emmetsburg to Bruce and Helen Rouse and spent his youth on a farm outside Ayrshire. ...

Oct. 1, 1950 – Oct. 14, 2021 Sherry Katie Kooker, daughter of Edward and Mary (Lomax) Keller, was born on Oct. 1, 1950, in Marceline, Missouri. She passed away on Oct. 14, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the age of 71...

July 8, 1942 – Oct. 12, 2021 A visitation for Jeanette Iversen, age 79, was held Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Jeanette Iversen passed from this world peacefully at 4:39 p.m. Oct 12, 2021, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Estherville...

Jan. 13, 1927 – Oct. 3, 2021 Alberta “Bertie” Nolan, age 94, of Okoboji passed away on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Accura Healthcare of Milford. A Mass of Christian Burial for Bertie was held Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milford. ...