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Alex Purdy Daily Globe SHELDON, Iowa — There’s a lot of pressure on the Sheldon Orabs boys’ basketball team this winter. Besides finishing with a strong record of 25-3 in 2012-13, they were also the Class 2A state champions. The Orabs are returning three letter winners...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa —Mount Vernon made quick work of second-rated Sheldon Tuesday evening at Iowa’s state volleyball tournament in Cedar Rapids. The eighth-ranked Mustangs (now 26-10) ended Sheldon’s season in straight sets 25-17, 25-16, 25-21. Sheldon’s season closes at...

SHELDON, Iowa — Sheldon’s volleyball teams have proven themselves strong enough to reach Cedar Rapids in November more than once over the last decade. The Orabs have done it again this season. After defeating both Unity Christian and Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in Class 3A Region...

SHELDON, Iowa — Sheldon volleyball coach Eric Maassen knows that whenever you play in a regional final match you are going to be in for a battle. The coach will lead his Orabs into the Class 3A Region 1 final tonight in Estherville against Garner-Hayfield/Ventura (26-7). Sheldon...

HARTLEY, Iowa — Hunter McDonald went over a thousand yards rushing Friday as his Sheldon Orabs defeated host Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in an Iowa high school game, 40-18. McDonald, a senior, carried 21 times for 227 yards while passing for one touchdown and running for another....

SIBLEY, Iowa —MOC-Floyd Valley finished atop both sides of the Siouxland Conference cross country meet Thursday afternoon in Sibley. The Dutchmen placed five girls and three boys among the top 10 individuals for both races to win its team titles. Sibley-Ocheyedan was unable...

FULDA —Paige Baker and Lexi Rust had eight kills apiece and Ellen Dahl added seven as the Luverne Cardinals won in a sweep Thursday night in high school volleyball action. Game scores were 25-13, 25-16 and 25-19. Erica DeBoer led the Cards with 13 digs while Rust and Ashley Olson...

SHELDON, Iowa — The Sheldon Orabs volleyball team, ranked second in Iowa’s Class 3A, didn’t finish last season the way they would have hoped, with a loss to Unity Christian in the opening round of the postseason. Coming into 2013, the squad won its first 17 outings and has...

SHELDON, Iowa -- Sheldon Community Theatre will kick off the community's Celebration Days this week with performances of "Leaving Iowa." The play will be staged at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Sheldon High School auditorium. Other Saturday events include open...

SHELDON, Iowa -- Four fire departments battled a major blaze early Tuesday morning at a northwest Iowa printing company. The Sheldon Fire Department was dispatched at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday to White Wolf Web, located at 300 Second Avenue. The fire departments from Ashton, Boyden and...

SHELDON, Iowa -- Six people were arrested Monday in the culmination of a nine-month investigation into the illegal sales of controlled substances in Sheldon. Officers from the Sheldon Police Department and Iowa Department of Corrections, acting as members of the Iowa Great Lakes...

SHELDON, Iowa -- An 83-year-old Sheldon woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning on Iowa 18 in Sheldon. Joyce Van Rooyen was driving a 2011 Suzuki SX4 when she was struck head-on by a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer driven by Justin Hassebroek, 24, of Sheldon. The crash was...