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Joshua Rydell Rome, age 38, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was charged with public intoxication and criminal mischief at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 in the area of Fillenwarth Beach in Arnolds Park. A criminal complaint said Rome threw his mother's laptop computer into the nearby lake "then got into the lake and got it. He then broke it into pieces." Rome was booked into the Dickinson County Jail at 5:13 p.m. the same day...

Nov. 2, 1945 – June 7, 2021 Warren Truman, age 75, of Spirit Lake passed away on Monday, June 7, 2021, at Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake. A memorial service was held on Saturday, June 12, 2021, followed by military funeral honors conducted by the American Legion Timpe Post #23 and VFW John W. ...

1951 - Jan. 27, 2021 A memorial service for Mark Steven Handeland, 69, of Milford, will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake, followed by a Celebration of Life Gathering in Gull Point Lodge, at Gull Point State Park...

March 5, 1932 – June 11, 2021 Joe Cormack, age 89, died on Friday, June 11, 2021, at Bethany Home in Brandon, South Dakota. Son of Edward and Roxie (Jewell) (Cormack) Mileham, Joe Don Cormack was born March 5, 1932, in Charleston, Arkansas. He graduated from Milford High School in Milford in 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War 1952-1954. ...

June 25, 1925 – June 2, 2021 A funeral service for June Goldman, age 95, of Spirit Lake, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 11 at the Spirit Lake United Methodist Church. Interment will be at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. June 10 at the Turner-Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake...

Jan. 19, 1965 – June 1, 2021 Leslie Dean Wright, son of Melvin and Darlyne (Stanford) Wright was born on Jan. 19, 1965, in Estherville. He died on June 1, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the age of 56 years. A service for Les will be held later this summer...

Nov. 23, 1939 – May 21, 2021 Lois “Loiy” Faye Ihnen was born Nov. 23, 1939, in Sibley to Vernon and Erma Ihnen. She attended 12 years of school in Everly graduating in 1957. After earning her BA from Westmar College, she taught elementary school in Sioux Valley, Ocheyedan and Spirit Lake School districts, retiring in 1998 after teaching 38 years. She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church in Everly and taught Sunday School for 18 years. She became a member of First Lutheran in Milford in 1990...

Jan. 14, 1933 – May 25, 2021 Graveside services for Lowell Tifft, age 88, of Spirit Lake will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in the Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Okoboji. Lowell passed away May 25, 2021 at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake...

Sept. 7, 1942 – June 3, 2021 A graveside service for Donna Sperry, age 78, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Silver Lake Cemetery in Lake Park under the direction of Farber & Otteman Funeral Home of Wall Lake. Donna Bell Sperry was born on Sept. 7, 1942, to parents Howard and Bertha (Rusch) Sperry in Lake Park. She and her brother Dennis were raised in both Lake Park and Hartley. Donna graduated from Lake Park High School in 1961...

Oct. 7, 1951 – Feb. 24, 2021 Visitation for Jane Tentiger Schmidt will be held on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake from 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. with the Mass beginning at noon, which will be held in her honor. Interment will be at St. Margaret Cemetery in Spirit Lake. ...

Oct. 7, 2015 – April 19, 2021 It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Emersen. Emersen Omega Karl passed away at age 5, surrounded by his family, on April 19, 2021, after a 14-month battle with liver cancer. Emersen was born on Oct. 7, 2015, to parents Seth and Brittany Karl, in Bondurant...