Rebels football over Park Rapids
September 26, 2008
D-G-F’s Tayler Yliniemi fends off Park Rapids’ Tucker Coborn on Friday. David Samson / The Forum
The DGF Rebels rushing attack was too much for Park Rapids tonight as the Rebels marched on to a 41-7 victory Friday night. The Rebels Tayler Yliniemi and Zack Askelson ran for 147 yards and 128 yards respectively in the win.
The Rebels came out rolling as they went 78 yards in 16 plays on the first drive of the game. Chewing up 7:43 of the quarter, the Rebels Yliniemi accounted for 68 yards of the drive that lead to the first touchdown.
The DGF Defense was outstanding keeping Park Rapids to only 21 yards of offense in the first quarter and only one passing touchdown. The defense only gave up 128 yards total on the night. Yliniemi led the squad with eight tackles on the night.
Askelson scored two touchdown runs from 10 and 33 yards out. The Rebels move to 3-2 while Park Rapids falls to 3-2.
Waller pleads guilty
September 11, 2008
Jerry Waller
Jerry Waller plead guilty to a charge of fifth-degree assault. The industrial technology instructor was charged last may for slapping a student.
According to a plea petition filed in Clay County District Court, Waller will have the charge dismissed after one year and there will be no conviction if Waller avoids any other similar offenses.
Waller also agreed to pay $400 for court costs as part of the order..
Waller has been a Clay County Commissioner since 1997 and also teaches industrial technology at DGF High School. According to court documents, Waller slapped a 16 year old student on the face aft the boy laughed at him in class. The boy informed investigators that the slap hurt and was hard enough to cause him to turn his head. Waller told police that he was reacting to a derogatory comment the student made about women and not to the students laughing at him.
Waller will remain on the DGF staff. Superintendent Randy Bruer said a deficiency letter will be placed in Waller’s file at the school and the incident was reported to the Minnesota Department of Education. The state agency has not taken any disciplinary action at this point. Waller declined to comment on the incident, as the state education officials are still looking into the incident.
Dilworth men arrested for random assault
September 8, 2008
Authorities responded to several random assaults over the weekend including one that had authorities arresting two Dilworth men. Police responding to a report of a random assault around 9:30 pm Saturday night found a 24 year old man unconscious at Hollywood Video in south Moorhead. Police were able to get a vehicle description from witnesses and later located the vehicle in the 1200 block of 20th Street South in Moorhead.
Police arrested 27 year old Jamie Alfonso Gerdes and 26 year old Timoth John Grafft in relation to the assult. Gerdes was also charged on suspicion of criminal damage to property for kicking a police car window.
Reports indicate that one of the two men arrested provoked the victim. The victim did not know either of the two suspects prior to the incident. The victim was treated and released from the hospital in Fargo.
Both Gerdes and Grafft have prior criminal convictions in the state of Minnesota for assault and burglary respectively, and both have drug-related convictions.
