Stories from Thursday, May 2, 2013

The spring planting season is typically one of the busiest times of the year for farmers, and it is one of the times when most agriculture-related accidents occur. We urge all area farmers and farm employees to use some of these suggestions to prevent farm accidents:...

Safe Kids of Iowa, in conjunction with its co-sponsors - the Cherokee Fire Department, Cherokee Police Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department, will be providing several child safety-related services at the Cherokee Fire Station, 300 W. Elm St., during Cherokee's Hot Dog Day celebration Thursday May 9th, from approximately 4:30-6 p.m...

Sixteen area farm women recently invested six weeks learning about how to make their farming operations more successful. "While farm women have always been an integral part of agriculture, their role in managing farm operations continues to grow. That's why Iowa State University Extension recently offered Annie's Project to farm women in northwest Iowa," says Melissa O'Rourke, ISU's Farm and Agribusiness Management Specialist...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Cherokee Washington High senior tandem of Megan Carlson and Megan Hummel earned All-Lakes Conference honors here Saturday after finishing second in #1 doubles at the annual Lakes Conference Meet here. In #2 doubles for Cherokee, Lauren Yearous and Angela Livezey placed fifth...

STORM LAKE - Spirit Lake won Saturday's Storm Lake Boys Golf Invitational after carding 336 to runner-up Humboldt's 339. Storm Lake was third with a 341, followed by Denison-Schleswig 345, Alta-Aurelia 350, Le Mars 351, Spencer 352, Carroll 357, Carroll Kuemper 362, Algona 376, Estherville-LC 383, Cherokee 397...

STORM LAKE - Cherokee's Brett Walker placed third in the First Flight singles to earn All-Lakes Conference honors at Saturday's Lakes Conference Boys Tennis Meet here. In Second Flight singles, Cherokee's Connor Ogren finished fourth, just missing Honorable Mention All-Lakes status...

SPENCER - Improving each time out in this weather-shortened season, Cherokee's Sara Ramirez leaped 5-0 to win the high jump at last week's Spencer Girls Track and Field Invitational here. The Washington High lasses also claimed five runner-up finishes in the rugged field, including the shuttle hurdle relay, the 4x200 relay, the sprint medley relay, Courtney Johnson's 1:17 time in the 400 hurdles, and Ariana Smith's 34-2 1/2 shot put effort...

Unity girls, SOS boys win Eagle Relays titles MARCUS - The Unity Christian girls won the Girls Team title at last Friday's Eagle Relays here, scoring 163 points to runner-up Sheldon's 139. South O'Brien finished third woth 100 points, followed by host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn with 78 points, Alta-Aurelia with 52, Remsen St. ...

The Ridge View Boys Golf Team finished fourth in a nine team field with a team score of 195. in a Western Valley Conference Golf match Monday Logan Richard led the team with a score of 46, while Michael Currie recorded a 48, Tyler Albers a 50, and Tyler Drey and Garret Lamp each registered a score of 51. Monday's meet was the final conference meet of the season, and the Raptors of Coach Chad Hustedt wound up in 5th place for the year, with a total of 26 points...

PRIMGHAR - The South O'Brien golf teams won both ends of an April 25th War Eagle Conference dual match with Spalding Catholic, with the Wolverine girls notching a 201-267 win and the boys scoring a 191-217 victory. Mikayla Campbell was the girls' medalist, recording a score of 47 to edge teammate Naomi Petrich's 48. The Wolverine boys also took medalist and runner-up medalist honors, with Kody Nelson posting a 44 and Brice Goosen a 47...

PRIMGHAR - The South O'Brien golf teams hosted Remsen St.Mary's and Remsen Union on the Primghar course on a beautiful evening Friday, and the Wolverines came away with wins over both schools. In the girls match, Emma Sweeney's score of 48 led SOS to a 210-300 over RSM, and the senior was ably supported by teammates Naomi Petrich (53), Shelbi Holtkamp (54) and Tayla Coady (55). Jennifer Ahlers' 57 led the Hawks...