Stories from Monday, December 1, 2014

SCHALLER - In their season opening non-conference basketball game here Tuesday against Newell-Fonda, the Ridge View girls were down by just five points,18-13, at the end of the first quarter, but Ridge View girls basketball coach Jessica Christensen said that the fast pace and intensity of Newell-Fonda "was just too much to match for four total quarters," and the Mustangs rolled to a 73-32 win over the Raptors...

STORM LAKE -- The Buena Vista baseball coaching staff has announced the dates for its upcoming youth and high school camps,which will take place on the BVU campus, inside of the Lamberti Recreation Center. The youth camp, which is open to those currently in grades 5 -8 , will be held on December 29, 2014, while the high school camp, for those in grades 9-12 , is set for March 1, 2015...

By a unanimous 5 to 0 vote in a regularly scheduled Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) meeting last week, Rock Island Clean Line successfully moved their proposed high voltage wind energy (HVDC) transmission line project forward. Wind energy from the three-state area of NW Iowa, SE South Dakota and SW Minnesota could eventually go from O'Brien County in NW Iowa to Grundy County, in eastern IL...