Like many ideas, good and otherwise, the ingenuity that drives Muff Waders began with booze and a napkin.
Taylor Earl Nees, 30, of Holstein, met his friends at a bar before a high school football game 3 1/2 years ago. He drank and complained that he couldn t sneak alcohol into the stadium. He drank and wished his overalls held an insulated pocket to keep a Busch Light cold. And hidden.
He attended the game, returned to the bar, drank some more with his buddies and jotted down a blueprint with the pen a bartender gave him to leave a tip. The next morning, a hungover Nees found the napkin with the drawing on his nightstand, next to an empty can and a spent cigarette. He called his now-sober friends and they told him the idea still seemed solid.
41st Annual University of Okoboji Winter Games Being Called a Success
February 1, 2021 11:07 am
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Arnolds Park, IA (KICD)– The 2021 University of Okoboji Winter Games have come and gone and Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Blain Andera is calling it a success despite it being to soon to have any kind of official or unofficial crowd estimates.
Andera tells KICD News his thoughts come from seeing traffic patterns and hotels full of people looking to have a good time.
And that crowd descended on Okoboji over the weekend despite the fact many popular indoor activates were cancelled because of the pandemic at this year’s Winter Games.
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Crews continue to set up and prepare for the 2021 Okoboji Winter Games
OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) The University of Okoboji Winter Games are still on for this weekend, but most indoor events are canceled to ensure tourists have a safe experience.
While events like the Chili Cookoff and the Battle of the Bartenders are canceled, some are being moved outdoors.
Director of Membership & Events at the Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce, Kiley Zankowski, said the ice on the lake is almost entirely cleared for the outdoor activities.
She said Thursday and Friday is when the professional kite flyers will come through town, and Friday is when the ice sculptures will be delivered.
Vintage Pinball Tournament Coming to Arnolds Park for Winter Games
January 28, 2021 5:07 am
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Arnolds Park, IA (KICD)– There is going to a blast from the past beginning today with a vintage pinball tournament coming to the Iowa Great Lakes for Winter Games Weekend.
“Pinball Wizard” Tucker Flandrena tells us the available machines date back to long before many electronic games were even thought of.
While the Flandrena’s machines are available to play anytime the museum is open, he decided to have a special tournament this weekend to help celebrate the 41st Annual University of Okoboji Winter Games.
Tournament will run Thursday and Friday from eleven to five each day and Saturday from ten to four. There is a fifteen dollar entry fee to play with each participant taking the best ten scores out of eleven games.