Holiday News

Lancer boys remain perfect on season with two more winsWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:25PMThe La Crescent boys basketball team kept its perfect record in tact last week with a pair of victories. The team beat Rushford-Peterson to win its own holiday tournament, then faced Ste-wartville, a team that entered the game also unbeaten.

Gridley Council willing to work with landlordsWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:25PM Landlords in Gridley showed up en masse Monday night at Gridley City Hall, to voice their objections to plans to hold them responsible for uncollected utility bills of their tenants. Landlords Chris Dewsnup, Robert King, Roger Biggs, Delaina Watson and property manager Jeanne Hart, spoke to council members all believing that the utilities should not be the responsibility of the landlords.

Girls basketball drops 2 road games at Rushford and AquinasWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:25PMThe La Crescent girls basketball team has had some tough luck as of late, and two games against non-conference opponents last week didn’t remedy its ails.

Bluffs, Omaha robberies linked to one manWednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:25PMCouncil Bluffs and Omaha Police departments are investigating whether a string of robberies in the metropolitan area are related.

M&S Sales Drop Less Than Expected; Firm to Cut Jobs (Update1)Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:25PMJan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Marks & Spencer Group Plc , Britain’s largest clothing retailer, reported a smaller drop in sales than analysts expected and will cut 1,230 jobs to reduce expenses as the U.K. economy heads toward recession.