Stories from Friday, February 21, 2014

The fourth time is the charm. The 145-pound Spirit Lake Park senior will make his first-ever finals appearance in his fourth trip to Wells Fargo Arena tomorrow, after besting Mediapolis' Cole Erickson 6-3 in the Class 2A semifinals. The match was a nail-biter from start to finish, as the duo remained tied at 0-0 until late in the second period when Skopec secured a reversal as time expired to go up 2-0...

The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released additional details about generator theft in the Milford area. The sheriff's office was called Monday to be on hand for a probation search in the 1200 block of 9th Street in Milford, according to a sheriff's statement. The responding deputy noticed what appeared to be a large generator that had been dismantled into several pieces. The generator matched the description of a $20,000 generator that had been stolen about a week earlier...

One area Class 1A wrestler is still alive, while the other has been eliminated. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayshire heavyweight Cody Thompson remains in the hunt for third place after a 7-4 victory over Manson-Northwest Webster's Tim Butcher in the second round of consolation wrestling...