KORRIE WENZEL

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Opinion: Dramatic date night: MHS wrestling match worth price of admission PressPass

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.

January 19, 2010

Opinion: Deep-fat frying, stains can prompt the holiday blues PressPass

“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 PressPass

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 PressPass

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 PressPass

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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