Tracy News

Velta, Mildred a oeLoua C. Mildred "Lou" C. Velta, age 99, of Tracy, died Sunday, October 11, 2009, at the Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye.

A Sheldon man is dead following a Sioux County ATV accident. Iowa State Patrol records state that 62-year-old Rodney VanMeeteren was going south in the east ditch of Log Avenue.

Two men from Worthington, Minn., were killed and four people were hurt Friday in a crash in southwestern Minnesota.

The 82nd Tracy Area Chamber's Box Car Days is set for Friday through Monday and will include burgers, airplanes, bulls, karaoke, Miss Tracy and a parade on Labor Day, said Val Roskens Lubben, chamber director.

What: Adapted by Randy Sue Latimer. Music by Gary Rue. When: 3 p.m. today, Sat. and next Sun.; 10 a.m. & noon Tue.-Thu.; 7 p.m. Fri.

When the wind blows, the fire could grow. Firefighters from Marshall, Milroy, Tracy, Balaton and Garvin fought a fire and the wind Wednesday morning on a Lyon County farm site owned by Greg Vroman on 220th Ave.