KORRIE WENZEL
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Opinion: Storm resulted in sad but memorable day 
When a microburst rolled through Mitchell in 2000, it hit with ferocity that Mitchell hadn’t seen since a tornado flattened buildings and injured 32 people in 1962. The microburst caused millions of dollars in damages, left a few people homeless and, worst of all, came unexpectedly.The microburst isn’t like the tornado, its ugly cousin. As far as I know, microbursts don’t appear on radar and special sirens do not typically announce their rude arrival. Not good.
By Korrie Wenzel , August 05, 2010
Opinion: Walking the beat
By my estimates, there have been approximately 5,700 editions of The Daily Republic printed since I started as a sports reporter here back in 1991. That’s 307 editions a year for almost 19 years, and until Saturday, I had little knowledge of how they get to your doorstep each morning.So with a nod toward the television show “Undercover Boss,” the new publisher at The Daily Republic spent the morning delivering papers to the subscribers who live in my neighborhood, in the extreme southwest corner of town.
By Korrie Wenzel , May 05, 2010
Opinion: Target Field truly worthy of all the hype
The telephone calls, e-mails and texts came pouring into my cell phone in the minutes after that ball came looping at me. It had been a moment televised throughout the Midwest as the Minnesota Twins showed off their new ballpark Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals.Friends and acquaintances who saw it on TV sent messages to congratulate me for catching a foul ball during my first game at the Twins’ plush new digs.
By Korrie Wenzel , April 06, 2010
Opinion: Dramatic date night: MHS wrestling match worth price of admission
Alumni yelled, writhed and twitched during matches.Fans, at times, were rabid.
And the young daughter of an assistant coach quietly turned cartwheels off to the side as her mother looked on.
Just a typical night of wrestling at the high school gymnasium, where on Friday, the Kernels rallied from a deep deficit and a former sports editor caught himself writhing, yelling and hoping — just like the other few hundred in attendance.
By Korrie Wenzel , January 19, 2010
Opinion: Deep-fat frying, stains can prompt the holiday blues
“Deep frying a turkey,” the press release says, “can be a hazardous endeavor.”Numerous Thanksgiving related press releases are sent to newsrooms across America in the weeks leading up to the holiday, most of which at best prompt a smile from editors who likely only glance at the self-promoting prose before tossing it away.
By Korrie Wenzel , November 25, 2009
Golf video kicks off Daily Republic's 'How-To' series
The ladies love the long ball, an old television commercial used to proclaim.Maybe that’s why typical advice-seekers ask Dakota Wesleyan University golf coach Adam Anderson how to improve their long game.
“More people probably want to know how to hit their driver longer or straighter,” Anderson said after playing 18 holes Thursday afternoon. “It’s frustrating for me because if I could change one aspect of everybody’s game, it’s their chipping and putting, rather than their driving.”
By Korrie Wenzel , June 05, 2009
Opinion: Let’s hear it for the girls: Local women achieve college basketball success
Jill Young sure is continuing a tradition of exceptional women’s basketball players from Mitchell who are doing well at college.It’s hard not to think of Young as the baby-faced seventh-grader at Mitchell Christian, earning playing time alongside her older sister as her family — and especially her dad, Tom — watched nervously on the sidelines.
By Korrie Wenzel , March 19, 2009
Opinion: Tell us your ideas: Reader input sought for upcoming projects
We get them all the time — unsolicited submissions of stories or requests for our reporters to pen feature pieces about interesting people.We always welcome them, but sometimes simply can’t get to them or, in some cases, just can’t find the “hook” — to use an industry term — to get the story into the newspaper.
By Korrie Wenzel , March 05, 2009
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