Stories from Wednesday, June 17, 2015

In a road contest with Class 2A No. 8-ranked North Union, the Okoboji softball team opened to a 1-0 lead, but watched as the host Warriors scored 13 unanswered to win in four. The Pioneers pushed one run across in the top half of the opening frame, as Anna Seeger scored to put her squad up 1-0, but North Union answered with three in the bottom half of the inning to take a 3-1 lead...

The Okoboji baseball team broke a 6-6 tie with a run in the sixth inning to down visiting Central Lyon on Tuesday by a score of 7-6. The Pioneers trailed 3-0 heading into the bottom half of the second inning before plating a pair to make it a one-run ball game...

The Spirit Lake Fire Department and Lakes Regional Healthcare Ambulance were called shortly after 2 p.m. to the Sunrise Apartments, located at 1901 23rd Street for reports of smoke in apartment 118. Firefighters were uncertain whether or not anyone was still inside the smoke-filled apartment as they arrived on scene. ...

The Harris-Lake Park softball team was handed an 8-3 road loss by Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union on Wednesday. After a scoreless first, MMC-RU scored three runs in the second to take a 3-0 lead. That score remained until the top half of the fifth, when the Wolves plated to to cut it to a one-run game...

A four-run seventh inning was enough to push the Harris-Lake Park baseball team past Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in a 7-3 road victory on Wednesday. The Wolves led 3-2 after scoring one in the first and two in the fourth before plating four in the final frame to take a 7-2 lead. MMC-RU was able to push one across in the bottom half of the seventh, but the Wolves locked down defensively to close the door...