Stories from Friday, August 22, 2008

Jerrad Dale Lorenzen, infant son of Jeremy Dale Lorenzen and Stephanie Marie Lorenzen of Marshall, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series about local farmer and pork producer, David Bentley. See the first part at http://www.marshallnews.com/story/145468... or in the Thursday, Aug. 21. edition of The Marshall Democrat-News....

A young Marshall girls' tennis team faces a daunting task: replacing a group of seniors who claimed both NCMC and district championships in each of their four years. "That was a very, very strong group of seniors," said Susan Carney, who has coached the Lady Owls to more than 200 match wins over 17 years. "It's a tough group to replace."...

The clear consensus at a three-hour public hearing in Sweet Springs Thursday, Aug. 21, was that members of the community strongly support the I-70 Medical Center and want to see it succeed. Past that, opinions diverge about how best to achieve that goal...