Stories from Monday, September 25, 2006

AURELIA - The Bulldogs of Coach Tim Ireland lost a hard-fought Northwest Conference volleyball battle to the Schaller-Crestland Wildcats here Thursday night. Schaller-Crestland took the first two games, 25-23 and 25-2, before the Bulldogs came back to win 25-15 in game three. Game four was another tight one, but the Wildcats prevailed by a final 25-20 count...

G-H faces Woodbury Central Friday in battle of unbeatens

Catherine Ann Pruett, age 43, of Mankato, Minn., died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006 at her home. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 at Evangelical Covenant Church, North Mankato, with Rev. Kevin Melin, officiating. Burial will be in Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Neb. Visitation will be from 5:30 -- 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour before service at church on Wednesday. Memorials may be given to Compassion International...

Richard Jacob "R.J." Geerdes, 17, of Cleghorn, died at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006 following an auto accident that occurred Thursday morning near Meriden. Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School gymnasium in Marcus...

Donald E. "Dutch" Riedemann, 79, of Grand Meadow, Minn., died Sept. 4, 2006, at his home. Services were 1 p.m., Sept. 8, at the Grand Meadow Lutheran Church, with Rev. Gail Klavetter officiating. Burial is in the Grand Meadow Cemetery. Donald Earnest Riedemann was born Sept. 17, 1926, in Marcus. He attended school in Paullina and was in the National Guard for many years. On Nov. 16, 1951, he married Eleanor Nielsen in Marathon, Iowa...

4-0 Aurelia races to 39-0 halftime bulge

Leavitt, Kohn lead way with 4 TDs MARCUS - A 23-point second quarter, buoyed by three Kingsley-Pierson fumbles in its own territory, propelled the gritty Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Eagles to a resounding 37-0 shutout of the Panthers in Class A District 1 football action here Friday night...