Stories from Monday, July 7, 2014

A former Alta resident was gunned down in a Louisiana town after the noise he reportedly made banging on a door awoke an angry neighbor. Police in Houma, La., say 29-year-old James Rube, now of Gray, LA, was shot at approximately 3 a.m. Sunday after he was knocking at the door of his ex-girlfriend. ...

After 15 years in prison, Rene Zarate is looking for an a chance to possibly go free someday. Zarate was 15 was he was arrested for first degree murder in 2001, after a Storm Lake man was stabbed 50 times in a trailer park. Zarate was sentenced to life without possibility of parole, standard policy in first degree murder cases in Iowa. ...

EARLY-The Ridge View Raptors baseball team received a hard loss thursday losing 7-5 to East Sac County. All of the scoring took place in the first three innings of this game. Zeros from the 4th inning on. The Raptors scored four in the second and one in the third...

HOLSTEIN- The Ridge View baseball team fought hard for the 4-3 win Thursday over Westwood, Sloan. Getting the win on the mound for the Raptors was Josh Gross who pitched five and 1/3 innings giving up one unearned run, four hits, two bases on balls and striking out three. Also contributing on the mound for the Raptors was Matt Wandrey who pitched one and 2/3 innings giving up two earned runs, a hit, five bases on balls and struck out two...

LAWTON- The Ridge View Raptors Softball team travelled to Lawton to compete in the Western Valley Conference Tourney, where they competed against River Valley. It was a good game both ways as River Valley came out on the winning end with a hard fought 4-3 win in 12 innings at Thursday night's game...

FONDA- The Newell-Fonda Mustangs softball team defeated Sioux Central 10-0 Thursday night. Newell-Fonda wasn't able to get anything done in the first or second innings. In the bottom of the third, Maddi Morenz lead off the inning with a single. She was advanced to third on a Sioux Central error. She later scored on a ground out by Renee Maneman to end the inning with the Mustangs up 1-0...

STORM LAKE-The St. Mary's softball team was defeated 6-1 Thursday night by the Alta-Aurelia Warriors. The scoring didn't start until the fifth when Alta-Aurelia scored six in the top of the fifth and St. Mary's scored one in the bottom. That was all the scoring that was done...

STORM LAKE- The St. Mary's Panthers baseball team fought hard, despite the 5-2 loss to Alta-Aurelia Thursday night. Thursday night was considered Wordekemper night because they were retiring his jersey. The Panthers took the lead in the first after Eric Broich walked, Ryan Peters singled, and Cole Feltner walked to load the bases with one out. Josh Demers grounded into a fielder's choice that allowed a run to score...

Jeff Scharn is a big guy. Standing at 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, he towers over most people let alone the baseball players he coaches for Sioux Central. In his 30th season at the helm of the baseball program he has a win total that does the same. Last Saturday, the Rebels took out West Monona in tournament play in Granville. ...

For five to ten minutes the only thing that is visible amongst the smoky blackness is a neon creature on the wall, and the occasional red. or green line being pointed right at the enemy. In intense action, intruders pop up from every corner and crevice, no one place is truly safe from the Christmas colored lasers that are aimed everywhere...

Leading by a few car links over his brother, David Smith needed to drive three perfect laps to collect his second win of the season at Buena Vista Raceway Wednesday night. His brother, Devin, would take the high line in turns one and two, but swing down low in three into four. Meanwhile David stayed true to his line in the middle of the racetrack...

A massive western style barn appears to have sprung up amid the business district lining West Milwaukee. It isn't livestock or farming gear inside though, this barn will soon be filled with customers devouring pizza, as the location is home to Pizza Ranch's newest location, and the first Pizza Ranch in Storm Lake...