July 23, 2004

NEWS: The eighth annual Badger Lake Dragon Boat Bash opened at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park.

SPORTS: Newell-Fonda beat Sentral Fenton 2-1 in baseball.

July 23, 1989

NEWS: David McWeeney, of Gowrie, placed first in the 4-H electrical engineering contest at Iowa State University.

SPORTS: Manson Northwest Webster beat West Bend 2-0 in softball.

July 23, 1964

NEWS: A violent windstorm with gusts up to 70 mph caused property damage and power outages around the area.

SPORTS: Willie Kluss, of Clarion, won the 20-lap feature event at Dayton.