Stories from Friday, December 4, 2015

Spirit Lake and Okoboji girls basketball teams are already rising through one week of the season, as both moved up in the latest IGHSAU rankings released on Friday. After a 3-0 start, the Pioneers moved up two spots in the Class 2A rankings from No. 10 to No. 8, as one-loss Lawton-Bronson and two-loss Durant fell down the list...

With a wealth of young and returning talent, the Spirit Lake Park wrestling team was dominant in its season debut on Thursday, as the Indians went 2-0 at a quad hosted by Sheldon/South O'Brien. Spirit Lake Park surrendered just 18 points on the night, beating Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 60-18 and host Sheldon/South O'Brien 81-0...

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution American Spirit magazine has in its November/December issue a feature article on a northwest Iowa native -- Lieutenant General Michelle D. Johnson, a National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution American member and Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy. ...