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Trench art at Witter honors veterans (Local News ~ 07/09/14)
Out of the ugliest scenes in American history, still comes something beautiful. This month's exhibit at the Witter Art Gallery in Storm Lake is "Trench Art," a collection of art pieces made from military hardware by soldiers dating to World War I. Many of the pieces are made from spent shell casings, fired by friend or foe, picked up from the battlefields around the world. ... -
BVRMC breaks ground on new building project (Local News ~ 07/09/14)
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center invites the public to a ground breaking ceremony on Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 a.m. The ceremony will take place outside by the Bistro garden area. There will be a ceremony with representatives of the various groups that support and work at BVRMC. A reception will follow with beverages and treats... -
Triathlon adds team event for its 3rd year, helps fight neonatal tetanus (Local News ~ 07/09/14)
It's nearly time for the annual "Storm the Lake" Triathlon by the Hy-noon Kiwanis group, planned for Saturday, Aug. 16. Kiwanians are urging anyone who would like to participate to pre-register online at www.hynoonkiwanis.com by clicking on the "Triathlon" link... -
A New Queen (Local News ~ 07/09/14)
Riley Lenhart was named 2014 Buena Vista County Fair Queen on Wednesday night. The senior-to-be at St. Mary's is the daughter of Shane and Nancy Lenhart. -
Chargers move on in play-offs (High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
LAURENS- The Laurens-Marathon softball team fought hard for their 4-3 win over St. Mary's Monday night in their first game of play-offs. Picking up the win on the mound for the Chargers was Briley Sullivan who pitched all seven innings giving up three unearned runs, three hits, two bases on balls and striking out five... -
The 35th Annual Ride-Run results are in (Community Sports ~ 07/09/14)
STORM LAKE-On the Fourth of July the 35th annual Star Spangled Spectacular Ride-Run saw 154 teams set out to circle the lake. This year's overall winners were David Bohlken of Omaha and Ryan Marzen of Denison with a time of 48:11. The female winners were Jessica Johnson and Emily Fletcher with a time of 1:00:24. For the coed division, Greg and Audrey Bell finished in first with a time of 56:31... -
Rebels advance in play-offs (High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
HARTLEY-The Sioux Central Rebels softball team took on Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in their first round play-off game Tuesday night. The Rebels fought hard for their 9-7 victory. The Rebels started their scoring in the first inning with one run in the top of the first, one in the second, two in the third, three in the fifth and two in the sixth... -
A hard fought loss for the Tornadoes (High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
STORM LAKE-The Storm Lake softball team fought hard, despite the 6-2 loss to Spencer Monday night. It was a 2-3 ball game for six innings. Spencer scored three in the top of the sixth to extend the lead a bit. Storm Lake had opportunities to score more runs in the first inning with bases loaded and no one out but went down looking twice ending their chances. ... -
Raptors win Western Valley Conference Championship
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The Ridge View Raptors baseball team squeezed out the 5-4 win over Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Tuesday night in the Western Valley Conference Championship Game. Maple Valley-Anthon Oto took a 4-0 lead in the top of the third inning on three walks, two Raptor errors, and a hit. Ridge View answered in the bottom of the third with one run on a Matt Wandrey double that scored Ryan Garthoff, who earlier in the inning singled and stole second and third...
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Ridge View wins 13-7 on the road
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The Ridge View baseball team fought hard for their 13-7 win over Lawton-Bronson Monday night. Ridge View scored one run in the top of the first, nine in the second, two in the third and one in the sixth. Getting the win on the mound for the Raptors was Josh Gross who pitched five and 2/3 innings giving up seven runs, five were earned. ...
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St. Mary's wins in shut-out (High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The St. Mary's baseball team defeated Clay Central-Everly 19-0 Tuesday night. The panthers scored 12 runs in the first as they batted around twice in the inning. Eric Broich singled, Ryan Peters singled home Broich, Aaron Miller doubled home Peters, Cole Feltner was hit by a pitch, Josh Demers doubled home Miller, Alex Smith had an RBI groundout, Michael Demers singled, Dakota Eimers reached on an error, which scored Josh Demers and Joe Kottke walked the first time through the order. ... -
Tornadoes fell short to Spencer (High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The Storm Lake baseball team couldn't pull together the win Monday night, losing 17-1 to Spencer. The Tornadoes scored their lone run in the bottom of the fourth. Getting the loss on the mound for the Tornadoes was Martin Mitchell who pitched four innings giving up 12 runs, seven were earned. Martin allowed 11 hits, eight bases on balls and struck out four. Also contributing on the mound was Parker Lange who pitched an inning giving up five runs, four were earned, four hits and a base on balls... -
Sioux Central get the win over Newell-Fonda
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The Newell-Fonda Mustangs baseball team couldn't get the win Monday night, losing 5-1 to Sioux Central. Sioux Central started the scoring with two runs in the top of the first. The Mustangs tried fighting back in the bottom of the fourth, scoring their lone run. The Rebels scored a run in the fifth, sixth and seventh...
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Rebels lose 12-7 on the road
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/14)
The Sioux Central baseball team couldn't find the win Tuesday night, losing 12-7 to Spencer. The Rebels started things off nicely with three runs in the first, one in the third, two in the fourth and one in the sixth, but that wasn't enough. Getting the loss on the mound for the Rebels was Tim Saunders who pitched all six innings giving up 12 runs, eight were earned. Saunders allowed 12 hits, six bases on balls and struck out four...
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