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Feb. 5, 2020
LAUREL — Big changes are ahead for Laurel’s local hardware store. Laurel True Value is expanding inventory, remodeling and changing it’s name and affiliation to Ace Hardware. Once the renovations are completed, the metamorphosis into Ace Hardware will take around four weeks. “We will not be closing during the renovation or the change to Ace,” said owner Kim Wattier. Wattier said after 19 years in business they decided to make an update. “We talked to Ace Hardware to see what they had to offer. We decided to make the change to Ace Hardware,’’ Wattier said. “We are all excited to see the new products and new layout in our store.’’
Located at the junction of highways 15 and 20, the Laurel Ace Hardware Store will become one of a team of 5,000 stores that are locally owned and independently operated across the globe.
Feb. 5, 2020
LAUREL-Noah Schutte broke the all time scoring record at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge. Schutte’s record now stands at 1756.
The top mark had previously been held by Dillon Wolfgram, who ended his career in 2016 with 1742 points.
Prior to that, the record was held by George Schroeder, who put up 1554 points in his high school career, which ended in 1972.
Schutte is one of only a handful of Laurel athletes to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Interestingly enough, his dad, John Schutte, also scored 1000 points in his career, which ended in 1990. Helping Noah celebrate the achievement last week were: assistant coach Shane Kinkaid, head coach Todd Erwin, (Schutte), and assistant coach Alan Gottula.
Feb. 5, 2020
PLAINVIEW — The Quad County Northeast Blaze came home with one runner-up finish among its seven medalists here Saturday. Kolby Casey wrestled Cade Janke of Wayne for first-place honors and came up on the wrong end of a third-period pin to settle for the silver medal.
Nolan Ohlrich was the consolation champion at 152 pounds, pinning Aiden Cook of Ponca in the closing seconds of their third-place match.
Feb. 5, 2020
LAUREL — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge quiz bowl team competed in the Lewis and Clark Conference quiz bowl on Wednesday Jan. 15.
Two teams from LCC went to the competition. The varsity team, included Brianna Campbell, Ethan Cross, Kaylee Donner, and Tyler Lubberstedt. This team started out with a loss against Wynot. They won against Winnebago and Walthill, and then lost to Emerson-Hubbard which ended the tournament for them. The junior varsity team included Sarah Karnes, Reggan Kuhlman, Mikayla Walker, and London VanCleave. The team started out with a win against Hartington-Newcastle with a lost to Wausa and then won against Walthill, Osmond, and Wynot. In the final match of the day they lost to Ponca and ended up fourth place in the tournament. LCC also has a team of four students competing in the KTCH quiz bowl which is broadcast on 104.9 FM. This team includes Brianna Campbell, Ethan Cross, Reggan Kuhlman, and the alternate is Tyler Lubberstedt.
