Stories from Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The list I've carried in my purse for the past month and a half is wrinkled, frayed and blotted with notations, crossed out items and penciled in additions. My freezer is jammed with carefully-packed containers of goodies. I pick up tiny lengths of green and red ribbon that has worked its way into the carpet...

Funeral services for Mr. Ted Ketelsen, 76 of Spirit Lake, formerly of Everly, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at Warner Funeral Home in Everly. Interment will take place at Lone Tree Cemetery in Everly. Mr. Ketelsen passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at his lake home in Spirit Lake...

Funeral services for Marian Carlson, 87 of Spencer will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. C. Peter Maisenbach will officiate the service. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home...

Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Mills, 60 of Spencer will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Bruce Branson will officiate the service. Visitation will take place from 5-8 p.m., with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Funeral services for Jerome Killmar, 92 of Spencer will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the services at the church...

A Clay County Sheriff's investigation into a burglary and theft complaint reported Nov. 30, at 2979 252nd Ave. in Langdon has resulted in the arrest of eight individuals. Upon an extensive investigation it was found that a Green Plains gas card was stolen from a vehicle parked in the garage at the Langdon address. The stolen card was then used several times, charging in excess of $2,300 worth of fuel...

Anyone smelling what they believe to be natural gas in the air should contact Black Hills Energy's 24-hour emergency line, 1-800-694-8989. certain smell did not come from leak A strong gasous odor prompting more than 50 reports, and in some cases building evacuations Monday morning, just before the noon hour was not a natural gas leak...