Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2015

A commercial flock of 27,000 turkeys in Buena Vista County must be destroyed this week after tests discovered avian flu in the birds - the first time the illness has been seen in commercial poultry in the state. The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on Tuesday afternoon that the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in the flock had been confirmed. The precise location of the farm was not made public...

STORM LAKE - It was one of the longest matches of the year, and one that Tornado tennis fans will talk about for a long time. Monday afternoon, Storm Lake may have downed foe, Spencer 7-2 in girls tennis getting their first win of the season, but the match that will be remembered is the marathon match between Storm Lake's Monika Hill and her Spencer foe...

STORM LAKE - Under five minutes to go and Storm Lake had a golden opportunity to tie up the score. A hand ball inside the penalty box of Humboldt gave Storm Lake a penalty kick. Storm Lake was trailing 1-0 and had been threatening to get the equalizer throughout the second half. Now, Yahaira Carrillo, the junior with the strong foot stood at the ready to try to even the score out...

CHEROKEE - Powered by five first place finishes the Sioux Central girls track and field event won Friday's Tomahawk Relays by 10 points over their closest competition. Only four of the 22 events that Sioux Central girls ran in, did they not come away with at least one top-ten finish. Friday's meet was the first win by Sioux Central in a track meet this season...

LAKE CREEK - Two teams that had a strong finish from the year before were expecting to keep the momentum up on Friday afternoon. For Storm Lake, they were able to keep the momentum as they down Newell-Fonda's girls golf team 215-236. The scores were a mixture on Friday afternoon as both teams adjusted to their first time playing outdoors this season...

NEWELL - One by one, the scores rolled into the clubhouse, and it was a close one. The top pair from both Storm Lake and Newell-Fonda were among the first teams to finish on Friday night. They turned in their score cards, and the edge was close, both pairs had 82 total shots. ...

CHEROKEE - Improvement over the last meet, two weeks ago, was the main focus for the Alta-Aurelia girls on Friday night at the Tomahawk Relays in Cherokee. By the time the meet was finished, the Warriors were headed back with a third place finish. As for their goals of improving over the last meet? That was also accomplished...

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