Stories from Friday, May 29, 2015

Aug. 31, 1931 -- May 26, 2015 Andrew Espey, age 83, of Jackson, Minnesota, left this world his way on Tuesday May 26, 2015, in Iowa surrounded by family and friends. Memorial services were held Friday, May 29, at Schuchert-Lentz Funeral Home in Spirit Lake, with Rev. Steve DeKok celebrating. Military rites were conducted by the VFW Post #3388 and the American Legion Post #91 of Estherville...

Visitors to the the county's state parks should notice familiar surroundings this summer. Off-season park upkeep was quiet compared to previous years. "It's really kind of status-quo for us right now," said Lakes Area Park Ranger Tim Richey. No big construction projects were held and updates were kept to a minimum...

They say the first win is always the hardest. Fortunately for the Harris-Lake Park softball team, the wait wasn't very long. Coming off a one-run road loss to Trinity Christian on Tuesday, the Wolves came back from two runs down to earn a War Eagle Conference road win over Unity Christian on Thursday, their first win of the young season...

Coming off a thrilling come-from-behind win over Denison-Schleswig in Tuesday's opening round of substate play, the Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji boys soccer team knew it would have its hands full with Bishop Heelan in round two on Thursday. After Tuesday's victory, SLP-O and coach Royce Van Roekel wasted no time putting together a game plan for the Crusaders...

Iowa Lakes volleyball coach Megan Bezdicek announced that Victoria MacNeil has signed an NJCAA letter of intent to play volleyball for the Lakers for the 2015 season. MacNeil is a 6-1 middle blocker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. After a standout senior year in both high school and club volleyball, Bezdicek is looking forward to what MacNeil brings to the Lakers both offensively and defensively at the net...