Stories from Friday, October 28, 2016

After finishing the regular season with an overall record of 8-5-1, the Iowa Lakes soccer women took to their home pitch Wednesday afternoon, looking to advance past the first round of regional play in a match against the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights...

Following a 4-1 win over the Trojans in Mason City on Saturday, Iowa Lakes looked to be in a pretty good position to advance against the same group from North Iowa Area Community College Wednesday afternoon on their home pitch. The Lakers managed to get the win, but it didn't come easy as ILCC gave up two equalizers and needed two second-half penalty kick goals from Yago Ramos to beat their visitors 4-3...

Lake Park Police Officer Ryan Carpenter remained at Harris-Lake Park over the noon hour Friday as authorities wrap up their investigation into a school threat. "This morning some students brought to the principal an Instagram message that showed another individual who was threatening one of our students and was threatening the school," Harris-Lake Park Superintendent Dennis Peters said. "So, at that time we decided to go into lockdown and call law enforcement."...