HOWARD
Grants, loans set for wind training center
HOWARD — The president of the Maroney Rural Learning Center said a recent pledge of more than $1 million in grants and loans will be used to assist with the construction of a training facility for wind-energy workers. “It is really going to boost us to the next level of getting this thing up and getting it going,” said Randy Parry, the center’s president. “It’s moving along.”March 09, 2010
Red Raiders trying for three-peat 
Wagner’s Robert Kokesh and Alex Kocer will both be going for the same goal that their team is trying for today.
After winning the state championship by a wide margin in 2008 and edging Redfield last year by one-half point, the Wagner wrestling team, along with Kokesh and Kocer, are all going for a three-peat.
The Class B state wrestling tournament starts at 10 a.m. today at the Sioux Falls Arena.
February 26, 2010
Two Howard seniors prepare for final state wrestling meet 
February 25, 2010
Area basketball: Golden Eagles run past Spartans 
By Sports staff , February 23, 2010
Wagner wins Region 3B title; Howard takes second in 2B 
By Sports staff , February 22, 2010
Jaguars hold off Hanson for 38-31 win 
By Sports staff , February 19, 2010
Area basketball: Knights pull away early in win over Golden Eagles 
February 16, 2010
Wagner cruises to 5B title 
SCOTLAND — The Wagner wrestling team cruised to its third straight District 5B championship Saturday in Scotland.
The Red Raiders finished with 220 points, which was better than second-place Bon Homme’s 153 and third-place Parkston’s 145.5. Andes Central/Corsica/Platte-Geddes came in fourth with 95 points, Mount Vernon/Plankinton as fifth with 58 and Scotland had 35 points.
Wagner had seven first-place wrestlers and 13 place in the top three.
David Kocer (112), Austin Soukup (125), Alex Kocer (130), Derek Dickerson (135) and Mitch Breen (140) each won district titles. Teammates Robert Kokesh (160) and Steven Holzbauer (171) also won district championships.
Bon Homme had four first-place wrestlers, including Lincoln Stoebner (103), Jay Kriz (119), Nathan Kloucek (145) and 152-pound champion Joey Sykora. The Cavaliers had 11 wrestlers place in the top four.
ACCPG claimed two weight classes en route to the fourth-place finish. Tim Medicine Horn won the heavyweight bracket and Myles VanVuuren won at 189 pounds.
Parkston’s Eric Reiff (215) won his bracket and the Trojans had 13 wrestlers finish in the top four.
February 15, 2010
Howard company headed to North Dakota 
HOWARD — This week’s announcement that an organic beef processor will lease its Howard plant to an unidentified beef company came as a surprise to Howard Mayor Don Arens, but he said it’s too early to tell what the exact ramifications of the deal will be.A prepared statement released this week announced that Dakota Beef, which purchased its Howard facility in 2003, and North Dakota Natural Beef have entered into a co-packing partnership.
February 10, 2010
Area basketball: Mount Vernon beats Dakota Christian, 65-49 
NEW HOLLAND — Four players scored in double digits for Mount Vernon Friday in a 65-49 win over Dakota Christian in a high school boys’ basketball game in New Holland.
By Sports staff , February 06, 2010
McCook Central/Montrose rolls past Parkston 
February 02, 2010
Leona Shumaker, Howard 
Leona Marie Shumaker, 88, Howard, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Society in Howard.
February 01, 2010
Hot Springs beats Wagner for ‘B’ dual title 
By Sports staff , February 01, 2010
Wagner to host ‘B’ duals 
Five of the top-10 ranked teams in Class B wrestling will be in attendance at today’s South Dakota Class B dual championships.
Defending Class B state champion and No. 1-ranked Wagner will host the 12-team tournament in its high school gymnasium.
January 30, 2010
Area basketball: Brecke scores 30, Wagner beats Winner 
By Sports staff , January 27, 2010
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