South Winn’s Makayla Hageman fires a deep two-pointer during recent Warrior basketball action. The junior guard had 20 points in three games last week and helped the Warriors go 3-0 to close out the regular season. South Winn also won their first-round postseason matchup over Postville on Saturday. (Zakary Kriener photo)

SW girls push win streak to four

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winneshiek girls’ basketball team had a stellar week on the court, winning all three of its matchups and extending its winning streak to four games.

The Warriors began the week Monday, Feb. 4, with an impressive 66-16 win over Upper Iowa Conference foe Postville.

Five SW students charged for assault of student

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office was notified and began an investigation of two separate incidents involving South Winneshiek High School students.

One of the incidents occurred at the high school in Calmar, while the other occurred in rural Winneshiek County near Fort Atkinson. Both incidents involved assaults that occurred on a student.

On Monday, Jan. 28, the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office completed the investigation and submitted the case to the prosecutor.

As a result of the investigation, the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office filed charges on five current and former South Winneshiek students.

Braxton Smith was charged in adult court with aggravated assault with intent to commit sexual assault, while four additional juveniles were referred to juvenile court.

In 2018, the South Winneshiek Recreation Department offered a total of 20 different programs, including youth soccer. This year, program director Blake Moen and the rest of the board hope to continue expanding and offering more programs for both youth and adults. (Zakary Kriener photo)

SW Recreation Department continues to grow

Zakary Kriener

News Writer

When the South Winneshiek Recreation Department first began in 2016, it had a goal to offer an organized system for youth activities and to gradually add new programs for area children and adults to enjoy. Today, after the program’s second full year, the program has met those expectations and will look to continue to grow into the future.

“I think the program has met and even exceeded a lot of the expectations that we set when we first started out,” said program director Blake Moen, speaking on behalf of himself and the South Winneshiek Recreation Department board. “In 2018, we offered 20 different programs and had over 1,200 different student participants.”