Stories from Thursday, January 12, 2012

Leading scorers: Ashley Williamson, Spencer - 9.0 ppg. KJ Veldman, Spirit Lake - 24.4 ppg. Streaks: Spencer - Two straight wins. Spirit Lake - Three straight wins. Leading scorers: Matthew Klemme, Spencer - 14.3 ppg. Sawyer Harms, Spirit Lake - 14.9 ppg. Streaks: Spencer - Lost five straight. Spirit Lake - Three straight wins...

When Brittany Getting wanted to move closer to family, a new opportunity in Clay County caught her eye, and the Sanborn native became the first tourism director of the Clay County Convention and Visitors Bureau July 18, 2011. Now Getting, who is earning her master's degree in marketing from the University of Sioux Falls, has decided to move closer to school for a new, full-time job...

A free preview of Clay County 4-H will be on display this weekend. 4-H Find Out Day will begin with a free 11 a.m. showing of "We Bought a Zoo" at Southpark 7 Theatres and continue with free games, activities and door prizes from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Southpark Mall...

Spencer school board members approved a handful of new district facility plans Tuesday night. Rick Dean and Matt Barstad, of Cannon Moss Brygger Architects' Spencer office, detailed four projects and spent time answering board members' questions about each...

A 20-year-old Spencer man claimed he had been hit by a vehicle prior to being discovered lying on the roadway early Tuesday morning. Lt. Mike Weber, with the Spencer Police Department, came upon Carson Lee Baethke, face down in the westbound lane of traffic in the 100 block of West 14th Street just after 12:30 a.m. ...

Iowa Hospice congratulated Tami Gilderhus, of Spencer, for being recognized by the Iowa Hospice and Palliative Care Association as Volunteer of the Year. Gilderhus has served as a volunteer in patient care while completing her nursing degree. Iowa Hospice Coordinator, Janna Erickson, surprised Gilderhus with congratulations at the Volunteer Christmas Party. (Photo submitted)

Services for Joel O. Eaton will be held at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 13, 2012, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Roger Maize will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Thursday, at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven. Inurnment will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven...

Services will be held at a later date for JoAnn Mathern, 58, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., formerly of Spencer, who passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Cedar Rapids at St. Luke's Hospital. Joann, the daughter of Frank and Beulah Dalton Webb, was born April 5, 1953, in Dexter, Ia. She received her early education in Stuart...

Greg and Vicki Kooker, of Ankeny, Dave and Nancy Woodin of Laurens, and Terry and Mary Powers of Chicago, Ill., are happy to announce the marriage of Madison Kooker and Terry Powers. Their wedding ceremony took place Oct. 6, 2011, in Scottsdale, Ariz...