Stories from Monday, October 6, 2014

It's not often a game of this magnitude lives up to the hype. Friday night's highly-anticipated contest between Class 2A No. 2-ranked Spirit Lake and No. 3-ranked Sioux Center proved to be the exception, however, as the Indians broke a 14-14 tie with a bruising touchdown run by Josh Hofstra that proved to be the game-winner with less than 20 seconds remaining...

Corn and soybeans are about to come out of area fields, but the Okoboji FFA students have their eyes on another bumper crop. Their annual pumpkin fundraiser generates $3,000 for the FFA each fall. Okoboji FFA director Rich Martin has been involved with the Okoboji FFA program for 19 years. He started the pumpkin patch about 12 years ago...