Professional Football

The unbreakable bond of friends (01/04/10)
Before South Clay, there was Gillett Grove Consolidated School. Four students from the former school's class of 1939 remain steadfast comrades to this day. They've also stayed avid supporters of the northwest Iowa community they grew up in. ...

Mediacom: No Insight Bowl after all (12/30/09)
Iowa State-Minnesota bowl game blacked out The Mediacom customers in Spencer and Iowa Great Lakes won't be able to see the Insight Bowl at home on New Year's Eve after all. The 5 p.m. game matches Iowa State and Minnesota and is only being carried in central Iowa -- with permission from NFL Network...

Juvenile law a passion for county's new attorney (11/27/09)
Clay County's newest assistant county attorney is no stranger to the city of Spencer, but she's seeing a different part of the law these days. Kristi Busse is a month into her newest role as an assistant Clay County Attorney and associate at the Zenor and Houchins law firm in north Spencer...

Iowa, ISU still look good in bowl picture (11/21/09)
Editor's note: On back-to-back Tuesdays, Daily Reporter Staff Writer Russ Mitchell has surveyed national coverage and blogged about potential bowl destinations for Iowa and Iowa State. The bowl pairings will be announced on Dec. 6. Here's a look at his coverage earlier this week at spencerdailyreporter.com....

Former SHS students represented well at last USD home game (11/13/09)
Saturday was a big day for a number of Spencer High School alumni. The setting was the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. The evening football game hosted there, which pitted the University of South Dakota (USD) Coyotes against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, marked the last home football game of the season for the Coyotes. Their 45-21 win over Southern Utah had USD finishing 4-1 at home this season...

Holiday Family Adoption under way (11/10/09)
The Holiday Family Adoption program kicks off today with the first listing of families in The Daily Reporter. The Holiday Family Adoption Program, a Spencer-area holiday staple, allows generous area families, businesses and service groups to share in the holiday spirit and bounty...

Rep. King wades into Limbaugh, Rams ownership (10/30/09)
U.S. Rep. Steve King used a Capitol Hill appearance by Roger Goodell to press the NFL Commissioner about conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who was removed from a group trying to purchase the St. Louis Rams. Goodell was testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday to examine the long-term effects of head injury among NFL players...

Iowa football playoff pairings revealed (10/24/09)
Clay Central-Everly was the only team left standing in the local coverage area when the Iowa High School Athletic Association released the 2009 postseason football pairings late Friday night. The pairings included all potential matchups in bracket form, beginning with substate games and showing each postseason qualifier's road to "The Dome."...

Public forum will focus on potential mental health service reductions (10/17/09)
Earlier this year, the Iowa Department of Human Services was directed by the Iowa Legislature to assist an appointed task force with an evaluation of the four state mental health institutions (MHI) at Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence and Mt. Pleasant...

Local comrades share service (10/13/09)
The mood was jovial among the local veterans who departed Spencer Monday afternoon in a van provided by H&N Chevrolet Buick of Spencer. After submitting applications and patiently awaiting responses from the trip's organizer, each of the seven World War II veterans knew their time had come...

'Creating Grand Opportunities' -- a communitywide strategic plan (10/09/09)
Tarrel Storey and Dan Heissel, co-chairs of the Spencer Vision Coordinating Committee, unveiled a 36-project plan designed to make Spencer a better place to "Live Work and Play." Building on a theme originating with the Iowa Great Lakes Corridor of Opportunity, a team of approximately 40 Spencer area residents worked together under the label, "Spencer Area Strategic Planning Team," dedicating four-plus hours a month for the past 12 months to come up the project bases designed to build on the assets that Spencer already offers.. ...

Spencer to celebrate homecoming next week (09/22/09)
James Bond 009 will spring into action as Spencer students, residents and volunteers alike put their own spin on the fictional James Bond 007 spy character during this year's homecoming celebrations, which officially begin on Monday, Sept. 28, and last through Saturday, Oct. 3...

Tigers stopped short (09/12/09)
Spencer mistakes, short fields help Le Mars earn 21-14 win in district opener For some reason, mistakes and field position always seem to be magnified when Spencer plays Le Mars. Such was the case again Friday night in the first week of district play...

H-M-S roughs up Sioux Central (09/12/09)
Sioux Central became the first team to score on No. 8 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Friday night, ending 11 straight scoreless quarters for the H-M-S defense, but the fourth-quarter touchdown had little effect on the District 1 opener. With yet another convincing victory, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn looks like a forced to be reckoned with both in the district and in all of Class 1A, putting up 327 more yards in a 42-7 victory over the Rebels...

Mavericks pull early upset (09/12/09)
On the road facing one of the better teams in District 2 and one of the best players in all of Class A, Clay Central-Everly wasn't given much of a chance in Friday's district opener against Algona Garrigan. Somebody forgot to tell the Mavericks they weren't supposed to win...

Rebels score dramatic comeback (09/07/09)
With their backs against the wall, the Rebels fought back. Held out of the end zone for the first 40 minutes, Sioux Central scored three times in the final eight minutes, including a game-winning 47-yard touchdown pass from Kaleb Miller to Adam Ehlers with under one minute left to steal a 20-14 road win over Spirit Lake...

Tigers topple Cherokee: Six touchdown performance fuels Spencer's first win of 2009 season (09/07/09)
Spencer coach Jim Tighe always says the biggest improvements in a high school football team are seen from Week 1 to Week 2. For the second straight year, his Tigers looked like a completely different team in the second week of the season. Spencer scored four touchdowns in the first half and the Tigers' typical physical style that was absent on opening night returned as Spencer ran over Cherokee 40-27 Friday in its home opener...

Repeat blowout: Clay Central-Everly scores second straight big win, beats MMC 41-0 (09/07/09)
Clay Central-Everly could get used to this. For the second straight week, the Mavericks dominated on both sides of the ball, scoring back-to-back shutouts with a 41-0 victory over Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Friday in CC-E's home opener. "Without looking at the film to see how much, I know we did get better. We executed better offensively and the guys are flying to the ball and gang tackling defensively. That's a good thing to see," said Clay Central-Everly coach Kevin Fahnlander...

High School Football Scores (08/29/09)
Adair-Casey 41, Farragut 8 ADM 24, Dallas Center-Grimes 14 Akron-Westfield 34, Elk Point-Jefferson, S.D. 0 Anita CAM 56, Essex 12 Ankeny 32, Waukee 29, 2OT Ankeny Christian Academy 56, Moravia 14 Aplington-Parkersburg 30, Dike-New Hartford 14 Starmont 9, East Buchanan 6...

Rebels roll over Alta (08/29/09)
Sioux Central scored all three of its touchdowns in the first half and the Rebels leaned on a suffocating defense to help produce a 20-0 win over Alta in their season opener in Albert City. "We got a victory and that was the main goal. After what we went through as a school today ... it's tough," said Sioux Central head coach Travis Schueller, whose players lost a classmate in a fatal car accident the night before...

E-Hawks ground and pound Tigers (08/29/09)
It wasn't exactly like 2008, but it was close. Defending 1A champion Emmetsburg controlled the line of scrimmage and won a decisive battle of field position on opening night of the football season Friday at Duane Twait Field in Emmetsburg where the E-Hawks beat Spencer in a 35-7 final...

Spencer selected for CPR instructor training (07/24/09)
Until now, American Heart Association certified instructor Colette Rossiter would have to travel to Sioux City, Mason City or Fort Dodge to maintain her status as a CPR instructor. That changed with an announcement Thursday from Spencer Hospital. The local medical center recently contracted with the American Heart Association to operate as a Training Center. The program addition is considered a key component of the emergency cardiac care (ECC) training network...

Emergency grant announced for RR Donnelley workers (07/23/09)
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis used a central Iowa stop Wednesday to announce a $664,000 emergency grant for Spencer's displaced RR Donnelley workers. R. Scott Bigelow, the vice president of human resources at RR Donnelley, informed city leaders on Jan. 13 that the company planned to close its Spencer location. The decision left 160 employees out of work. Subsequent layoffs occurred throughout February and March 2009...

Besch to be hired as Spencer Director of School Improvement (06/04/09)
Barb Besch has been issued an employment offer from the Spencer school district to serve as its new director of school improvement. If Spencer school board members authorize her hiring this month, Besch will take over some of the duties currently held by Kathy Elliott, Spencer's assistant superintendent, and Julie Finnern, Spencer's PK-12 literacy specialist, on July 20...

Briefs 5-23-09 (05/23/09)
Farmers Market is returning with an opening date of May 23. Early season vegetables available. Located in the parking lot of the Southpark Mall. --- Come learn about Global Positioning System (GPS) and the sport of geocaching. GPS units will be used to find hidden treasure at Huston Park. Located at the nature center at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 23. The event is sponsored by the Palo Alto Soil & Water Conservation District and the Palo Alto County Conservation Board...

Volunteer help, financial donations being sought for new clubhouse (05/22/09)
Just as the new clubhouse being built on the Spencer Municipal Golf Course nears fruition, the course's superintendent is requesting assistance in order to complete the project's finishing touches. Anticipating contractors will be done with their work on the clubhouse in early July, plans are for the building to open for business by the first part of August...

McGaffin tells graduating seniors to 'remember the lilies' (05/12/09)
For more SHS baccalaureate pictures, visit: http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/gall...

SHS seniors recognized with scholarships, awards (05/12/09)
The Spencer High School Senior Recognition Night was held Sunday, May 10 in the old Spencer Middle School auditorium. The following student recipients were awarded local and regional scholarships: Katie Simons - Bethany Lutheran Church Scholarship; Timothy Juza and Alex Seaman -- Clay County Cattlemen's Association Scholarship; Katie Simons and Victoria Foerster -- Clay County Farm Bureau Scholarship; Spencer Swanson, Timothy Juza, Katie Miller and Megan Zenkovich - Daybreakers Kiwanis Scholarship; Caitlyn Peterson and Felicia Essick - Eastern Star/Masonic Lodge Scholarship; Katie Miller -- Employment Connections, Inc. ...

Spencer Hospital narrows CEO search (04/17/09)
Board of trustees chairman John Rahn said Spencer Hospital could be less than two weeks away from naming its next chief executive officer. Rahn and Neal Conover are the board representatives on a committee that reviewed eight resum�s supplied by the executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, from a field of 130 prospects...

'Stations of the Cross' journey tonight (04/08/09)
Spencer Community Youth Ministries, an organization which unites youth workers from Spencer churches in fellowship, passion and purpose, is once again planning for the Community Cross Walk during Holy Week. This year's walk will take place on Wednesday, April 8. The walk will begin at Grace United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude at Sacred Heart...

Community Cross Walk to feature 'Stations of the Cross' (04/02/09)
Spencer Community Youth Ministries, an organization which unites youth workers from Spencer churches in fellowship, passion and purpose, is once again planning for the Community Cross Walk during Holy Week. This year's walk will take place on Wednesday, April 8. The walk will begin at Grace United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude at Sacred Heart...

Hospital CEO search narrows (03/14/09)
A search that began with about 130 inquiries for the Spencer Hospital CEO position appears to be narrowing quickly. Witt/Kieffer consultants Janet Oppenheimer and Beth Nelson, from the executive search firm's Oak Brook, Ill. office, presented eight resum�s to the hospital's search committee Wednesday night...

Spencer schools proposing to not change 2009-10 tax asking (03/11/09)
Spencer school board members have previewed preliminary budget numbers for next school year and scheduled a 5:30 p.m. public hearing on Tuesday, March 24 for residents to offer their feedback on the certified budget proposed for 2009-10. A second public hearing is set for the same time and date in regard to a budget amendment proposed for this year in the categories of instruction, total support services, non-instructional programs and total other expenditures...

Spencer Park Board OK's Matthiesen to lead next master plan process (03/10/09)
Local landscape architect Matt Matthiesen was selected by Spencer Park Board members Tuesday night to facilitate and create a master plan for West View Memorial Park. Matthiesen was one of three architectural firms offering a proposal for the work surrounding the five-acre park adjacent to Johnson Elementary School in west central Spencer...

Dillard named a World Food Prize international intern (03/05/09)
It's a good thing classes started two hours late on Wednesday. The delay gave Sarah Dillard the chance to check her mailbox for an important letter she'd been anticipating. As the 17-year-old daughter of Rod and Patricia "Trish" Dillard opened her family's mailbox at 9:30 a.m., she found a letter neatly tucked inside from the World Food Prize, which strives to advance human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. ...

Leading by example (02/28/09)
Laying in a hospital bed with nothing to look at but the ceiling for two months would drive most men crazy. It took its toll on Broghan Hawley, too. Just ask him. Two weeks into basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Hawley slipped from the top of a 30-foot rope, burning his hands all the way down, and breaking bones in his left leg as he hit the ground. ...

Board suggests residents pay for some transportation (02/21/09)
Spencer school board members threw a late twist in their 2009-10 budget-cutting discussions Thursday night as they moved to reduce discretionary in-town busing and turn it into a pay-for situation. The very last motion made during the evening work session -- approved 3-2, with Todd Korbitz and Marti Bomgaars dissenting, -- moved the $25,127 discretionary transportation item below the proposed cut line...

Aerobatics competition coming to Spencer (02/18/09)
An air show is fun. An aerobatics competition is seriousfun. The half-loops, rolls and spins are still in, but a panel of judges replaces the trails of smoke when the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) brings a sanctioned, major-regional event -- the Doug Yost Challenge -- to Spencer for the first time...

UDMO Head Start earns national accreditation (02/17/09)
Upper Des Moines Opportunity's Clay County Head Start Birth to Five program is among the first early childhood program to earn accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) -- the nation's leading organization of early childhood professionals. ...

CCE students: Have business, will sell product (02/07/09)
Clay Central/Everly students in Liz Kardell's Introduction to Business class are learning what it takes to run a business from the ground up. They're evaluating and re-evaluating every decision they make, as well as staying accountable to one another...

Residents to start tackling school budget cuts Monday (01/17/09)
The 25 "additional" budget packages being offered for consideration by community residents at 7 p.m. Monday night (See "2009-10 Spencer School Additional Budget Packages" on Page 2) total a potential $823,000 worth of staff positions and programs which could be trimmed from Spencer school district's 2009-10 budget...

Area AEA professional finds new technologies exciting (01/13/09)
Appleton honored with Herb Braselman Award The Herb Braselman Award, named for the late first president of the National Association of Media and Technology Centers (NAMTC) organization, is presented in recognition of exemplary service and leadership for regional media centers and for outstanding contributions to the field of educational media and technology...

Nominees sought for outstanding Iowa Lakes alumni award (01/09/09)
The Iowa Lakes Community College Alumni & Friends Association is seeking nominations for the 18th annual Jim Hall Outstanding Alumni Award. The association presents this award annually at the college's spring commencement ceremony at the Estherville campus to a past graduate who is outstanding in service to community, business, school and/or service club...

Local company acquires spec building for expansion (12/17/08)
A long-time Spencer based company, Arnold Motor Supply, a part of The Arnold Group of Companies that include The Merrill Company, is expanding in Spencer. This week, the company acquired the 20,250 square foot spec building located at Technical Park South in west Spencer, from Spencer Industries Foundation (SIF)...

Holiday Family Adoption Program 11 (12/04/08)
The Holiday Family Adoption Program continues with a listing of families in The Daily Reporter. The Holiday Family Adoption Program, a Spencer-area holiday staple, allows generous area families, businesses and service groups to share in the holiday spirit and bounty...

Culver touts wind energy in Philadelphia (12/04/08)
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver used a private meeting with President-elect Barack Obama to emphasize the need for wind energy as part of federal infrastructure packages. Culver met with Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden during a meeting with fellow governors in Philadelphia...

Holiday Family Adoption Program 10 (12/03/08)
The Holiday Family Adoption Program continues with a listing of families in The Daily Reporter. The Holiday Family Adoption Program, a Spencer-area holiday staple, allows generous area families, businesses and service groups to share in the holiday spirit and bounty...

City of Spirit Lake announces new development (11/28/08)
The Spirit Lake City Council will consider rezoning an area in the southwest corner of the city to allow a significant new development to occur. Developers Marty and Alex Benskin, Benskin Developers Inc, based in Des Moines, and its Iowa Great Lakes Development Division CEO, Glen N. Maddox Jr., will coordinate the development team for the creation of the Iowa Great Lakes Lifestyle Center...

Holiday Family Adoption Program 5 (11/21/08)
The Holiday Family Adoption Program continues with a listing of families in The Daily Reporter. The Holiday Family Adoption Program, a Spencer-area holiday staple, allows generous area families, businesses and service groups to share in the holiday spirit and bounty...

Holiday Family Adoption Program 4 (11/20/08)
The Holiday Family Adoption Program continues with a listing of families in The Daily Reporter. The Holiday Family Adoption Program, a Spencer-area holiday staple, allows generous area families, businesses and service groups to share in the holiday spirit and bounty...

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