Stories from Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Dordt College hosted the 19th annual American State Bank/Defender Gold Club High School All-Star Basketball games on Saturday, March 22 at the De Witt Gym in Sioux Center. The girls contest was won by the team comprised of all-stars from the War Eagle and Lakes Conferences, as it prevailed 85-63 behind five players in double figures...

Track and field athletes from Spirit Lake Park, Okoboji and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven/Ayshire competed against some of the best in the state over the weekend, as the Indians, Pioneers and Titans traveled to Storm Lake for the Buena Vista University High School Elite meet Friday and Saturday, March 21-22...



In their annual report of best golf courses to play in the United States, Golfweek Magazine has named Brooks Golf Club, located in Okoboji, as one of the five best golf courses to play in Iowa.
"Needless to say, we are excited about this designation," said Tom Davies, President of Brooks. ...

Spirit Lake junior hoopsters Emma Dau and Alec Henrickson each earned plenty of praise for their efforts this basketball season. Most recently, though, the scoring leaders for the Indians girls and boys basketball teams were tabbed as all-state players by the Iowa Newspaper Association...

Generations of Milford-area Boy Scouts have fond memories of the outdoors thanks to Oscar Nordblad. This week, they'll pause to remember him again. The longtime Milford Assistant Scout Leader passed away Saturday at Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake. He was 88...

Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, for voters in the Okoboji School District to consider uses for the district's sales and services tax. "All school districts must determine how they plan to spend the sales tax money and to communicate those intentions to their patrons," Okoboji Superintendent Gary Janssen said in a recent column to constituents. "Our current revenue purpose statement indicating how the sales tax money will be spent runs until 2019."...

DNR officials had some early concerns, but it looks like fish will still be biting in the Iowa Great Lakes. Biologists concluded the harsh winter has had little affect on local fish populations. The findings come two weeks after the DNR issued a press release regarding a number of dead fish in Lake Minnewashta. Several ice fisherman spotted the dead fish with their underwater cameras, but a small die-off isn't unusual during a winter because of extended ice and snow cover...

March 3, 1928 -- Jan. 9, 2014 Jack Meyers passed away peacefully on Jan. 9, 2014, in the Ashland, Ore. home that he shared with his daughter Kathleen -- he was surrounded by loving family. Born in Milford on March 3, 1928, he spent his early years working along side his family on the family farm and searching for arrowheads alongside the Little Sioux River...

Francisco Montelango, 33, Arnolds Park, was charged with operating while intoxicated and excessive speed at 2:22 a.m. Sunday, March 23, along 28th Street in Spirit Lake. Jordan Hawn, 26, Spirit Lake, was charged with fourth degree criminal mischief and trespassing at 10 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Wal-Mart...