Stories from Monday, February 10, 2014

The Spirit Lake Police Department has taken a pledge to keep tobacco out of the hands of Spirit Lake youth. It's called the Iowa Pledge (I-Pledge) and is a partnership with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) to educate local retailers and to enforce Iowa's tobacco laws. ...

Trading in the snow and low wind chills of northwest Iowa for sandy beaches, shorts and Florida sun was too good to pass up for a handful of Spirit Lake High School students. During the high school's January term, nine students and two faculty members took a a two-week field trip to Key West, Fla...

The Okoboji girls basketball team faced a tall task on Friday, as the top-ranked MOC-Floyd Valley Dutchmen and star forward Alexis Conaway came to town. The Pioneers trailed from start to finish, as MOC-FV took a commanding 18-6 lead after one and survived a second quarter push from Okoboji to hold a 31-22 advantage at the half...

Friday night's storyline read eerily similar to that of many games this season for the Okoboji boy basketball team, as the Pioneers let a first half lead turn into a 78-60 loss to the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutchmen at home. Neither team wasted any time establishing themselves offensively, as the Dutchmen held a 21-18 advantage after one quarter of play...

Less than 24 hours after losing a narrow battle to Cornbelt Conference rival Harris-Lake Park, the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire boys basketball team again ended up on the short end of a high-scoring affair with Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, falling to the Eagles 85-70...

A hot start by the Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire girls basketball team was the difference on Saturday night, as the Titans held on for a 50-44 win over Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn. "The girls played pretty good tonight," G-T/R-A coach Todd Hough said. "They did a good job of making some plays down the stretch to come away with a nice win."...

Three Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire wrestlers live to see another day, as Ty Gibson, Matt McGrauth and Cody Thompson each advanced to the next round of postseason wrestling after winning their respective weight classes at the Class 1A district meet in Milford on Saturday...