Gaming

EVERLY WOMAN WINS $30,000 LOTTERY PRIZE (01/07/09)
EVERLY -- An Everly woman won the top prize of $30,000 playing the "Sudoku" scratch game. Monica Schlichte bought her winning ticket at Quik Spot, 201 W. Fourth St. in Everly. She claimed her prize Friday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Storm Lake...

For Sylvia Schoer, the time has come (01/02/09)
These days, Sylvia Schoer would like to go down to Des Moines for a state tournament basketball game instead of a committee meeting on mental health. The proud grandparent thinks about the five players on the court more than the five people in a board room or the five terms she spent as a member of the Clay County Board of Supervisors. It was time, she decided, to swap out the meeting agendas for the high school sports schedules...

There is hope: MOMS offers support (11/18/08)
It took the taking of their children and deeper brushes with methamphetamine for Kristi Wolthuis and Joey Thompson to seek a relatively-new form of support in the area. The two women, who each began the process of recovery in 2004, are both actively participating in the local Moms Off Meth Support (MOMS) group...

Milford woman wins Iowa Lottery promotion (08/13/08)
DES MOINES -- A northwest Iowa woman drove away from the Iowa State Fair in a new, 2008 four-wheel drive Chevy Tahoe Hybrid®, the grand-prize in the Iowa Lottery's "Set of Wheels" promotion. Nancy Fear of Milford was selected as the grand-prize winner in the promotion drawing Thursday on the Susan Knapp Amphitheater stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Fear said she was excited to share the news with her adult children...

Three Dog Night coming to Wild Rose (05/15/08)
Wild Rose Casino and Resort announced recently that Three Dog Night will perform at Wild Rose Casino and Resort in Emmetsburg, on June 20. This is an outdoor event, the gates will open at 6 p.m. and the concert will start at 8 p.m. The Palo Alto County Cattleman will be grilling steak sandwiches and beef burgers through the event...

'Casino Royale' at CC/E (04/29/08)
Clay Central/Everly prom-goers were treated to a night at "Casino Royale" Saturday. With the Everly gymnasium decorated with a Monte Carlo flair, a crowd was on hand to admire the students during the Grand March, and to view the crowning of prom king and queen. ...

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