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Masterworks concert to feature Iowa State choirs and orchestra – LAS News
Iowa State University’s Department of Music and Theatre will present Masterworks on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Stephens Auditorium. The Masterworks concert will be the ISU choirs’ and ISU Symphony Orchestra’s final performance of the year as they present Italian-Baroque composer Francesco Durante’s setting of the “Magnificat.” This beloved and time-honored text will be cushioned by two movements from two grand oratorios, “Elijah” and “The Creation.”
Two notable works by Minneapolis composer Jake Runestad will also be performed. “A Silence Haunts Me” will be sung by guest artists from the Des Moines Choral Society. The piece is based on Beethoven’s “Heiligenstadt Testament,” a letter Beethoven wrote, but never sent, in which he confessed his struggles with deafness.
Runestad’s “Come to the Woods” uses texts by naturalist and author John Muir. Upon his first visit to Yosemite at about age 30, Muir was captured by the beauty of the redwoods and sequoias of central California and wrote extensively about his experiences there. The performance will feature pianist Amanda Jennings.
Madison Mayfield (’24 music), a member of the Cantamus ensemble, said the nature-focused piece is meaningful to her personally.
“‘Come to the Woods’ takes this lovely poem by John Muir about the beauty and grandeur of nature and creates a beautiful soundscape of voices and piano,” Mayfield said. “I think I connect well with this piece since I’ve been to Muir Woods, and I’ve been able to experience the very same landscape that John Muir wrote about. Runestad excellently captures the beauty, peace, and character of the woods in this song.”
The ISU Symphony Orchestra, led by Borivoj Martinić-Jerčić, associate professor of music, will round out the program, playing the final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. The ISU choirs, featuring Lyrica, Cantamus, the Iowa Statesmen, and Iowa State Singers, will sing with the ISU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Rodde, professor of music, and Jennifer Rodgers, assistant teaching professor of music.
General admission is $10 and $5 for children 18 and under, Iowa State students, and seniors ages 65 and older. Tickets can be purchased at the door prior to the performance or ahead of time through the Stephens Auditorium ticket office.
For more information about Iowa State University Department of Music and Theatre events and programs, visit music.iastate.edu.
Published: April 22, 2024
TAMA COUNTY, Iowa — A pair of power outages left more than 700 people without power in Tama County Friday afternoon.
Alliant Energy says the larger outage, just north of Garwin, was caused by a semi-truck striking one of their power poles. That outages impacted 690 customers as of 5 p.m. Friday.
The smaller outage impacted roughly 36 people in Tama. The outage was caused by equipment needing repairs.
Alliant says crews are on site and working to fix both outages.
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) – The Iowa Great Lakes community is remembering Leo “Butch” Parks, a longtime lakes-area businessman and founder of Parks Marina.
He died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the age of 81.
Parks established the marina on East Lake Okoboji in 1983, growing it from a small fishing boat operation into a business with marinas, sales, service, rentals, storage, and popular destinations like the Barefoot Bar.
Parks and his wife, Debbie, also owned Okoboji Boat Works for 23 years.
Funeral services are set for Friday, Jan. 16, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. It will be followed by a celebration of life at Snapper’s restaurant in Okoboji that evening.
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Iowa woman accused of pandering for prostitution and harassment after incidents at Casey’s and a daycare
AURELIA, Iowa (KTIV) – A Northwest Iowa woman is facing charges of harassment and pandering for prostitution after two incidents took place in December 2025.
Forty-seven-year-old Kristal Miller of Odebolt was taken into custody on an arrest warrant and faces three charges: one count of pandering for prostitution and two counts of first-degree harassment, according to court documents.
The charges stem from two separate incidents that took place on Thursday, Dec. 18. 2025.
According to court documents, at 6:15 a.m., Miller reportedly went to the Casey’s General Store, located at 100 Pearl St. in Aurelia. Documents state Miller approached an employee and customers, requesting money from them.
Authorities state Miller claimed she was wanted by the FBI and told people, if anyone called the police, “she would kill them.”
During this encounter, she also allegedly asked an employee to remove the string from her hooded sweatshirt. Documents state when the employee refused this request, she threatened to strangle them.
That same day at 7 a.m., Miller reportedly approached a female employee outside an Aurelia daycare and asked them for money.
Court documents stated Miller suggested the unnamed employee leave her boyfriend. Miller reportedly told the employee, if she did, then she and Miller would both be paid.
Authorities say when she was told no by the employee, Miller became upset and started yelling at them.
Miller also allegedly threatened to “steal her car” and ”take her away to her guys to start a new life.”
She was booked into the Cherokee County Jail on a cash-only bond of $5,000. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in Cherokee for Friday, Jan. 9, at 10 a.m.
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