| Great Show by Trojans at Ed-Co Trojan Boys Capture District Title Several athletes from Turkey Valley qualified for the State Track Meet in Des Moines... Get all The Details & More |
| It's May & I Refuse to Shovel Snow The photo above was taken from a spot where we took a similar photo back in December of the First Snow of the Season. Hopefully, this has to be the last. It is May 2nd (not a misprint) and it was snowing and accumulating in the middle of the afternoon. The photos here were taken at around 2:15 p.m. CDT on May 2, 2013. As much as 4 inches of snow could fall in parts of NE Iowa by morning. See video below from Protivin Ball Park while it was snowing. |
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| Former Turkey Valley Standout Named Missouri Valley Conference "Player of the Week" Haley Kriener who helped lead Turkey Valley to 2 state tournaments in softball (2006,2008) was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week yesterday (4/22/2013). The University of Northern Iowa third baseman had an impressive performance this weekend against the Indiana State Sycamores. Kriener was a threat at the plate throughout the weekend going six- for-nine with seven RBI and a home run. Kriener’s offensive attack played a key role in UNI’s success this weekend sweeping Indiana State in a three-game series. Kriener’s 1.000 slugging percentage and .636 on-base percentage each set the pace for the Panthers. Kriener also was credited with a stolen base. Kriener is considered one of the top softball players in the history of Turkey Valley and was a four year starter at third base for the Trojans and was a first team all-state selection her junior and senior seasons (2008 & 2009). The UNI senior is from Fort Atkinson and the daughter of Jim and Dana Kriener. More on Northern Iowa Softball. |
| It's April 21st, Do You Know Where Your Snow Shovel Is? Many area residents woke up Sunday morning to a snow covered ground. Sidewalks, steps, and even roads were a little slippery in spots. For awhile some of the Biggest snowflakes ever were coming down. Hardly any work in the fields has been done as it has been either raining or snowing almost every day during one of the worst springs in a long long time. If it keeps up it might become the worst spring ever. By the way, officially spring is now over a month old. |
| 2013 Wrestling Hall of Fame What many believed was a record crowd of nearly 200 gathered at the Cresco Country Club in Cresco on Monday evening (4/8/2013) to welcome the 4 newest members to the prestigious Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame, which is located in Cresco. Get more information and here from inductees as well as emcee Dennis Meirick, Dan Gable about keeping wrestling in the Olympics. Photos, audio, videos, and more here from the HOF ceremony |
| Pre-Planting Sunset "Iowa is known for its beautiful sunsets" The snow is mainly gone in the fields. With a little more drying the planting season will begin. A year ago at this time farmers were way ahead of schedule. This year has been more typical of years gone by. |
| Spring is Here?????? Only on the Calendar! Recent snows and cold weather with high winds makes it seem more like the middle of January than the first day of Spring. Photo Above of the Protivin Ball Park taken on March 20 shows some of the drifts, but it is hard to pick up the cold weather which had the temp near 0 on the morning of the first day of Spring and wind chills below 10 below. March has been a Lion throughout (actually colder most days than it was in January and much more snow). Normal temperature for First Day of Spring around here is 48. We are not expected to hit 40 until right at the end of March. Long term weather has us into the 60s in the early part of April (or is that an APRIL FOOLS JOKE?). More From Protivin |
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| Never too Early To Make Plans to attend Protivin's 2013 Czech Days 2013 is the 35th Year and there'll be a Parade with many interesting dignitaries expected to be there Get More on 2013 Czech Days |
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| Protivin's Sonny Kalishek inducted into the Hall-of-Fame Get the details |
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| Florence Zahasky, from Protivin (left) turned 100 on October 3 at Evans Memorial Home. in Cresco. Patty Mohn also of Protivin (right) helped her to lunch and her party @ Evans where she now lives. Her maiden name was Hauber and she was 1 of 5 daughters and 2 sisters are still living (both younger). It's in the genes! Her mother lived to be 99. There is also a brief interview with Florence on her birthday that can be seen here. (She is hard of hearing which made it difficult to communicate w/o shouting) |
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| Protivin Wedding from 1940 Clarence Vrba & Evelyn Moudry Filmed by George F. Mikesh at Protivin, Iowa August 28 1940. Film courtesy of the George Mikesh collection and taken from HenriFlix Collection on YouTube |
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| First Snow of The Season Picture from Ball Park in Protivin It started snowing around 5 a.m. Sunday and continued into Mid-Day...(No Major accumulation..generally less than 1/2 inch) Click Here See many more photos of snow |
| Photos, Videos, From the Snow Storm See Photos from several area towns during the storm Including Lawler, Saude, Little Turkey, Jackson Jct., Waucoma, Ft. Atkinson, Spillville & Protivin Click Here For Photos |
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| Keep Wrestling in the Olympics! Don't Let The IOC Deny our Local Boys a chance to Fulfill their Dreams! Sign the Petition Dan Gable Left is NE Iowa's most famous Olympic Wrestler! Did you know that Tom Peckham of Cresco also represented this area and our country as a wrestler in the Olympics! |
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| Coming This Summer!!!! First Annual Irish Fest in Lawler June 21-23 more details coming soon |
| Tom Bruess (left-Lawler Native) and Tom Vega, former Mason City Newman standout (right) and player for Coach Pro (Bill Prochaska in the middle, former Upper Iowa Basketball & Baseball Coach and Protivin Native) @ the Upper Iowa vs. Bemidji State game @ Taylor Arena in Rochester, Friday The Peacocks missed a 3 pointer at the buzzer that would have sent it into overtime, the Beavers dropped the Peacocks , 64-61. Photograph by Mike Prochaska submitted by Tom Bruess Thanks Tom... If you have something to share send it to: Randy@WddNews.com |
| 2012/13 Turkey Valley Girls Basketball in Review Get More Details |
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| Good Friday Flood! Photo above Near the Farmer's Mill in Protivin. Temperatures around 50 on Good Friday resulted in a lot of the area snows to finally melt. 2 of the 4 main arteries through Protivin were closed because of water over the road. Though out of its banks, area residents told us this isn't near as bad as it has been in past springs or even from heavy rains in the summer. |
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| Finally an Outdoor Meet for The Boys It was the first time all season the Turkey Valley Boys Track Team was able to compete outside. They ran into a tough field in Decorah. Find out more and see many photos from the meet |
| Lawler is a town with many beautiful spots. This one as you enter the town coming from New Hampton |
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And we thought the spring was bad here. This Photo (below) from near New Prague (Montgomery) Minnesota on April 23, 2013 Photograph by Tom Bruess from his backyard on Tuesday 4/23/2013 not a mis-print... It is from APRIL 23!!! Thanks Tom... If you have something to share send it to: Randy@WddNews.com |
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| A Winter Wonderland The bridge near the park by Fort Atkinson where we played our children play, our parents play, and even their parents played and hopefully many more generations will play in this beautiful area. |
| Golf @ Jackson Heights! A little cold weather can't stop the hardy from golfing as Turkey Valley hosts MFL Mar Mac & West Central in the first golf played @ Jackson Heights all year. Get the Details with many photos |
| Trojans golfed against Sumner-Fred. on Thursday (4/25) @ Jackson Heights. See Lots of Great Photos and get the Details |
| TV Girls Impressive @ Nashua See Photos and results |
| Turkey Valley Boys Beat Central in Golf Justin Izer Runner-up Medalist with a 42 Get all the details |
| Video of Snow at the Protivin Ball Park on May 2, 2013 |
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| Trojans compete @ UIC Track Meet. See Photos and Results |
| Trojans Tee It Up at Big Rock and the Upper Iowa Conference Golf Tournament. See the Photos and Results |
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| Season Ends for Trojan Boy Golfers (All Golfers show remarkable improvement) Get the Details |
| 47 Students were all Smiles on "Graduation Day" @ Turkey Valley Find out WHO made it with Details and Photos |
| Trojans drop opener at Riceville Get all the details with photos |