Stories from Tuesday, January 21, 2014

I had to read the headline twice. "Indianola-Lincoln game marred by six Rails technicals in one quarter." That's right, a high school boys basketball game in Iowa saw 12 technical free throws shot (and all made); a player and a coach ejected from the game for two technicals each; and two other members of the same squad whistled for technical fouls -- all in one quarter of play...

- Violation of No Contact Order --- - OWI 2nd --- - Driving While License Revoked - Driving While License Suspended --- - Driving Without License - No Proof of Insurance --- Ryan Holder, 29, of Peterson, was arrested at 9:52 p.m. Jan. 17 in the 1700-mile of U.S. Highway 10, and charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana...

Dr. Bill Andrews' presentation on the newest breakthroughs in slowing the aging process while enhancing quality of life will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Arrowwood Resort in Okoboji. In Saturday's Daily Reporter, it incorrectly read the free seminar was Sunday night. There is no charge to attend and listen to the presentation from the president and CEO of Nevada-based Sierra Sciences LLC. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused...

Preliminary results from the Iowa Medical Examiner's Office in Ankeny suggest foul play was not involved in the Friday death of a 15-month-old Spencer baby. Spencer police and emergency personnel responded to a call, at 8:22 p.m. Friday in the 800-block of Fourth Avenue SE, for a reported medical emergency involving Jaren Rook, son of Joshua and Courtney Rook, of Spencer...

The Clay County Republican and Democratic Parties will caucus tonight at 7 p.m. to elect delegates to serve at the county conventions. The Republican party will meet at Spencer High School's library, and the Democratic party will meet in the Round Room of the Spencer Public Library...

Sioux Central's boys had a thrilling weekend, starting with a 74-66 win over Southeast Webster on the road Friday night in overtime. The Rebels returned home Saturday night to host West Bend-Mallard in what would be another overtime battle. However, Sioux Central was unable to pull off the back-to-back, extra frame victories, falling 70-6 to the Wolverines...

Sioux Central's girls put together back-to-back quality outings on Friday and Saturday, beating Southeast Webster 48-36 in Burnside the night before throttling West Bend-Mallard 64-28 on Saturday at home. The Rebels jumped out to a 23-10 advantage on the Eagles after just one quarter of play Friday night. ...

ROCKWELL CITY - A second-place, 16-point performance from 120-pound Caleb Gunderson led the Laurens-Marathon/Sioux Central Chargers this past Saturday at the Twin Lakes Conference meet in Rockwell City. LM/SC would post a team score of 39.5 points for ninth place, beating East Sac County and their 15 points. South Central Calhoun, Manson-NW Webster and Pocahontas Areas went one, two, three on the day with scores of 244, 194.5 and 162 respectively...

WEST DES MOINES - Wrestling coach David Schaefer brought his grapplers to the Valley, West Des Moines duals on Saturday, looking for a strong test. His boys definitely got challenged over the course of their five duals, falling to the host school 34-25, Southeast Polk 80-0, Lewis Central 39-30 and Cedar Falls 53-18. The Tigers managed to take down Urbandale 52-17 for their only victory of the day...

　 The Clay County Regional Events Center grand ballroom was busy with activity Saturday evening as supporters of Arts on Grand came together to celebrate the local art gallery's silver anniversary at the Winter Dance Party. After a meal, some couples took to the dance floor, moving to the sounds of Glenn Henriksen and the Galaxy, while others sat and enjoyed conversation with others at their table. All of the proceeds raised will go towards programming and exhibits at the Grand Avenue mainstay. William Lieb, of Spirit Lake, had his commemorative sculpture on display at the entrance to the ballroom for all to see. For a photo gallery from the event go to www.spencerdailyreporter.com. (Photos by Randy M. Cauthron)

This year the Clay County 4-H program has partnered with neighboring county 4-H programs to offer more programming opportunities. You will notice that some events will be held in our county, while others are held in neighboring counties. I encourage you to take advantage of all these opportunities even if they are not held in our county. ...

While the Spencer City Council waits to receive competitive quotes for general construction, part of the work and improvements required in the Spencer Police Department relocation project has been approved to move forward. "According to state law, when the estimated cost of a public improvement exceeds $50,000, competitive quotes are to be solicited for," Spencer City Manager Bob Fagen stated...

After receiving approval from the city council, the city of Spencer will donate $6,000 to the American Legion Glenn Pedersen Post 1. The American Legion requested the donation in order to replace its 213 American flags, 50 state flags, and 38 courthouse flags. These are the flags that the American Legion uses to decorate Grand Avenue, East 4th Street and West 4th Street during national holidays, Clay County Fair Week and Flag Fest...

In two separate unanimous votes, the Spencer City Council approved economic development assistance contracts with the Iowa Economic Development Authority for two different projects. One contract is between Shine Brothers Corporation, the city of Spencer and the IEDA...

Funeral services for Mr. Kenneth "Kenny" Kummerfeld, 71 of Sutherland, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sutherland. Father Tim Hogan will officiate the service. Visitation with the family present will be conducted beginning 4 p.m. Tuesday evening at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sutherland...

Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Brooks, 88 of Spencer, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, January 24, 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Father William Schreiber will officiate the service. Visitation will be conducted beginning one hour prior to the service Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer...

- Estherville Lincoln Central 60, Spencer 72 - Corwith-Wesley-Luverne 60, Clay Central-Everly 24 - Laurens-Marathon 40, Sioux Central 53 --- - Estherville Lincoln Central 14, Spencer 59 - Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayshire 41, Sioux Central 40 --- Full stories coming Thursday...