OKLAHOMA CITY — It had been more than a day since Francisco Merlos had spoken to his girlfriend when he went by her mother’s house Saturday, Aug. 27, to check on her.

Wawasee High School’s FFA soils judging team of Mason Germonprez, Jared Templin, Kevin Schlipf and Conner Sausaman placed third at the state soils contest during the weekend in Corydon. Placing third out of nearly 50 teams qualified the team to compete in the national contest to be held in Oklahoma City in May 2015. Germonprez …read more.