Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2014

As a young man, he took up boxing while in Washington, D.C. He says he was taught one thing - push your opponent back into his corner and hammer away with jabs until he's worn down. "When the hands fall, the head's ripe for the picking," he says. Jonathon Narcisse plans the same barrage as he challenges entrenched Democrat Jack Hatch in a primary, and if he survives that, longtime Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in a general election. ...

"Save the Cobblestone Ballroom" Facebook-based campaign seems to be picking up steam in a hurry. Just days after announcing the project in the Pilot-Tribune, organizer and former Storm Laker Clinton Bydo says that the group has been in contact with the owner of the vacant Cobblestone, Dr. W.M. Petty, a former local resident now retired in Colorado, and that he is on board with a project to preserve the site...

Storm Lake Police are asking for assistance in locating a person in connection with an alleged attempted abduction of a child in Storm Lake. Police were dispatched to the intersection of East 13th Street and Seneca Street in reference to a possible attempted abduction of a child at 3:45 on Friday...

NEWELL - Despite a first quarter plagued by turnovers and missed free throws, the Newell-Fonda Mustangs forged a 10-point early lead Friday night and went on to win handily over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire, 74-28. The teams were knotted at 5-all, but then Newell-Fonda went on a 15-0 run to lead 20-10 after one period...