Historic Clear Lake ballroom celebrates Buddy Holly, ’50s rock-n-roll

The annual Winter Dance Party starts today at the Surf Ballroom and Museum in Clear Lake, the site where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson played their final concert before dying in a plane crash just north of Clear Lake in February of 1959. Jeff Nicholas is the chair and president […]

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Donald Schmitt, 92, Storm Lake

Donald Schmitt, age 92, of Storm Lake, Iowa died March 25, 2026 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral

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