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Iowa court asked to stop Sioux City casino work

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September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The owner of the Argosy riverboat casino in Sioux City has asked a state judge to stop construction on a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in downtown Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that attorneys for Argosy parent Penn National Gaming Co. filed the motion in Polk County District Court on Monday. Penn is seeking to stop the construction until its lawsuit against the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission over the commission’s selection process for the new casino is resolved.

Work began in July on the $128.5 million Hard Rock casino. Last month, state regulators denied the Argosy’s request to renew its state gambling license. But the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission did not set a closing date for the floating casino.

(Update) I-29 crash victims’ names released

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September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of the victims involved in a fatal crash Monday morning in Harrison County. Officials say the driver of a 2000 GMC Sonoma pickup, 18-year old Salvador Valdovinos, of South Sioux City, NE, and a passenger in a 2012 Kenworth semi, 59-year old William Griffin, of Pine Bluff, AR, died at the scene of the crash near Mondamin. The driver of the semi, 58-year old Rebecca Griffin, also of Pine Bluff, was injured and transported by helicopter to Creighton Hospital, in Omaha.

Authorities say the pickup was traveling south on Interstate 29 at around 6:50-a.m., when it went out of control and crossed the median before striking the northbound semi, which was carrying dynamite. Officials say there was no danger of the dynamite exploding.

Car speeds in reverse into implement dealer’s lot

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September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

No injuries were reported following a single-vehicle accident Sunday, in Lenox. According to Police, Frank Valenzuela was backing up his car, a 2005 Ford, which was parked in his back yard.

Lenox P-D photo

Lenox P-D photo

The vehicles’ accelerator stuck, causing the car to speed through his back yard, across a ditch and East Van Buren Street, before it came to rest against a John Deere corn head parked at Barker Implement. Damage to the car was estimated at $2500.00. Damage to the combine head was unknown. No citations were issued

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Company Swiss Chicken (9-17-13)

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September 17th, 2013 by Jim Field

  • 6 chicken breast halves, skinned
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted, divided
  • 12 slices bacon, cooked & crumbled
  • 6 ounces mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups (6 oz) Swiss cheese, shredded
  • salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place chicken, skin side up, in a sprayed 13 x 9 inch baking dish.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Drizzle 3 tablespoons of the butter over the top.  Bake 30 minutes.  Meanwhile, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter.  Combine mushrooms with bacon and cheese.  Spoon over chicken.  Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through.  Serves 6.

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Red Oak Cross Country Meet Results

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September 17th, 2013 by Jim Field

Event 3  Boys 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Brace, Chris              12 Harlan                17:21.68    1
2 Sunberg, Josh             11 Red Oak               17:31.68    2
3 Sciranko, Philip          12 Harlan                17:53.12    3
4 Sciranko, Michael         10 Harlan                17:58.05    4
5 Young, Brad                  Shenandoah            17:59.60    5
6 Blake, Joe                   Shenandoah            18:01.40    6
7 Burris, Preston           11 Harlan                18:02.06    7
8 Jones, Brad               11 Harlan                18:03.59    8
9 Mumm, Andrew              11 Harlan                18:03.96    9
10 Feller, Austin               Shenandoah            18:13.84   10
11 Finnell, Lucas               Shenandoah            18:18.68   11
12 Smith, Jared                 Clarinda Academy      18:29.05
13 LeRette, Logan            11 Red Oak               18:31.06   12
14 Lang, Mackenzy            11 Southwest Iowa        18:40.68
15 Williams, Josiah             Atlantic              18:41.02   13
16 Feldman, Jacob            11 Harlan                18:47.68   14
17 Jones, Ty                    Rockport              18:50.84   15
18 French, Gavin             11 Red Oak               18:56.62   16
19 Hoyt, Nate                   Shenandoah            18:59.31   17
20 Sherman, Jared            11 Red Oak               19:03.90   18
21 Munsey, Morgan               Atlantic              19:21.40   19
22 Wieser, Adam                 Atlantic              19:27.09   20
23 Schon, Travis             12 Red Oak               19:28.31   21
24 Rolenc, Weston            09 Red Oak               19:28.84   22
25 David, Hu                    Shenandoah            19:29.27   23
26 Peterson, Lane            11 Southwest Valley      19:30.68   24
27 Newton, Garrett           12 Southwest Valley      19:39.96   25
28 Peters, Tyrel                Griswold              19:43.24   26
29 Richardson, Trevor        10 Clarinda              19:47.68
30 Luckado, Tyler            09 Clarinda              19:51.00
31 Shadden, Phoenix             Atlantic              19:52.02   27
32 Shatava, Lucas            09 Clarinda              20:13.28
33 Thomsen, Michael             Atlantic              20:14.88   28
34 Meek, Dusty                  Griswold              20:19.61   29
35 Holmes, Trevor               Rockport              20:20.03   30
36 Chase, Hiser                 Shenandoah            20:20.86   31
37 Thomsen, David               Atlantic              20:28.52   32
38 Brooks, Zach                 Atlantic              20:28.84   33
39 Minter, Corbin               Rockport              20:30.65   34
40 Dyson, Ryan               10 Red Oak               20:36.11   35
41 McManigal, Kegan             Griswold              20:41.46   36
42 Jones, Tyler                 Rockport              20:42.06   37
43 Stull, Alex               10 Clarinda              20:49.34
44 Turack, Joshua               Griswold              21:02.72   38
45 Oldenkamp, Quintin         9 Southwest Valley      22:00.87   39
46 Feltner, Taber               Griswold              22:08.02   40
47 Ramsey, Grayson           09 Bedford               22:09.65
48 Turack, Joseph               Griswold              22:10.21   41
49 Haggerty, Conor            9 Southwest Valley      22:21.56   42
50 Miller, Ethan                Rockport              22:39.78   43
51 Haynes, Grant                Griswold              22:57.18   44
52 Rato Tuero, Sergio        10 Southwest Iowa        23:28.18
53 Lucas, Dylan              12 Southwest Iowa        23:32.21
54 Baldwin, Evan             12 Southwest Valley      23:46.74   45
55 Roberts, Williams         12 Southwest Valley      23:47.06   46
56 Rhine, Dillion               Clarinda Academy      25:20.68
57 Saylor, Matt              09 Bedford               25:27.96
58 Welch, Eric               09 Bedford               30:20.21

Team Scores
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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1 Harlan                       23    1    3    4    7    8    9   14
Total Time:  1:29:18.50
Average:    17:51.70
2 Shenandoah                   49    5    6   10   11   17   23   31
Total Time:  1:31:32.83
Average:    18:18.57
3 Red Oak                      69    2   12   16   18   21   22   35
Total Time:  1:33:31.57
Average:    18:42.32
4 Atlantic                    107   13   19   20   27   28   32   33
Total Time:  1:37:36.41
Average:    19:31.29
5 Rockport                    159   15   30   34   37   43
Total Time:  1:43:03.36
Average:    20:36.68
6 Griswold                    169   26   29   36   38   40   41   44
Total Time:  1:43:55.05
Average:    20:47.01
7 Southwest Valley            175   24   25   39   42   45   46
Total Time:  1:47:19.82
Average:    21:27.97

Event 4  Girls 4k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Topham, Rebekah              Griswold              15:20.62    1
2 Hulsing, Mackenzie        09 Southwest Iowa        17:00.22
3 Mogler, Charissa          09 Bedford               17:06.62    2
4 Williams, Tiffany            Atlantic              17:07.00    3
5 Cabeen, Sarah             10 Clarinda              17:17.81    4
6 Mayberry, Mercedee        10 Harlan                17:23.06    5
7 Young, Lizzy              11 Glenwood              17:25.06    6
8 Hart, Megan                  Shenandoah            17:36.96    7
9 Lappe, Leah                  Griswold              17:46.40    8
10 Flippin, Alyx                Griswold              17:53.52    9
11 Graber, Nikki             11 Red Oak               17:59.15   10
12 Brockman, Alexis             Atlantic              18:11.18   11
13 Mayer, Elizabeth          11 Clarinda              18:12.72   12
14 Hansen, Bailey            09 Harlan                18:15.83   13
15 Maurer, Bridget              Griswold              18:17.31   14
16 Munsinger, Erica             Shenandoah            18:19.72   15
17 Vannausdle, Paige         12 Red Oak               18:22.75   16
18 Dean, Molly               10 Glenwood              18:28.09   17
19 Redler, Whitney           11 Harlan                18:30.24   18
20 Buman, Jessica            09 Harlan                18:31.15   19
21 Blum, Emily               12 Harlan                18:32.84   20
22 Shearer, Natalie          10 Glenwood              18:41.40   21
23 Finnegan, Jillian         09 Glenwood              18:48.18   22
24 Sorensen, Savannah           Atlantic              18:53.02   23
25 Ray, Angela                  Shenandoah            18:54.17   24
26 Brower, Ashley            10 Red Oak               18:55.40   25
27 Jensen, Shea                 Shenandoah            19:08.68   26
28 Kinghorn, Delaney            Shenandoah            19:12.97   27
29 McBride, Stephanie           Shenandoah            19:14.99   28
30 Finnegan, Mackenzie          Shenandoah            19:15.36   29
31 Mogler, Michaela          12 Bedford               19:18.75   30
32 McCue, Hannah             11 Glenwood              19:20.59   31
33 Wyman, Alyssa                Griswold              19:29.68   32
34 Shuler, Stephanie         12 Southwest Valley      19:34.52   33
35 Arellano, Felicia         09 Glenwood              19:37.93   34
36 Waltz, Ashleigh              Atlantic              19:39.40   35
37 Schmidt, Chantel          12 Harlan                19:48.24   36
38 VanFossen, Shelby         09 Clarinda              19:56.02   37
39 Topham, Joanna               Griswold              19:56.40   38
40 Fellers, Ellen            12 Red Oak               19:57.00   39
41 Davidson, Grace           09 Clarinda              19:57.37   40
42 Parker, Justice              Atlantic              20:02.06   41
43 Top, Kendra               12 Southwest Valley      20:19.11   42
44 Mullen, Mariah            11 Clarinda              20:35.96   43
45 Bergren, Diana             9 Southwest Valley      20:42.84   44
46 O’Dell, Elissa            09 Bedford               20:43.31   45
47 Taylor, Chloey            10 Red Oak               20:48.46   46
48 Keefe, Darien             11 Southwest Valley      20:54.52   47
49 Cornelison, Jordyn        10 Red Oak               21:14.75   48
50 Buttry, Halie             09 Southwest Iowa        21:20.24
51 Freund, Lexi                 Atlantic              21:25.18   49
52 Carlson, Haley               Atlantic              21:27.02   50
53 Martin, Montana              Rockport              21:43.24
54 Sunderman, Hannah         09 Clarinda              22:04.02   51
55 Harvey, Aunica               Southwest Valley      22:54.09   52
56 Straw, Sydney             10 Red Oak               22:59.50   53
57 Negrete, Josie               Clarinda Academy      23:51.83
58 Sewell, Angelica             Clarinda Academy      23:57.37
59 Carpenter, Samantha       09 Bedford               25:10.40   54
60 Burn, Madelynn            10 Bedford               25:49.28   55
61 Gilbert, Alyssa           11 Southwest Iowa        28:29.72
62 Fergeson, Aryn               Rockport              31:23.65

Team Scores
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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1 Griswold                     64    1    8    9   14   32   38
Total Time:  1:28:47.53
Average:    17:45.51
2 Harlan                       75    5   13   18   19   20   36
Total Time:  1:31:13.12
Average:    18:14.63
3 Glenwood                     97    6   17   21   22   31   34
Total Time:  1:32:43.32
Average:    18:32.67
4 Shenandoah                   99    7   15   24   26   27   28   29
Total Time:  1:33:12.50
Average:    18:38.50
5 Atlantic                    113    3   11   23   35   41   49   50
Total Time:  1:33:52.66
Average:    18:46.54
6 Red Oak                     136   10   16   25   39   46   48   53
Total Time:  1:36:02.76
Average:    19:12.56
7 Clarinda                    136    4   12   37   40   43   51
Total Time:  1:35:59.88
Average:    19:11.98
8 Bedford                     186    2   30   45   54   55
Total Time:  1:48:08.36
Average:    21:37.68
9 Southwest Valley            218   33   42   44   47   52
Total Time:  1:44:25.08
Average:    20:53.02

St. Louis couple buys Hotel Pattee in Iowa

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September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

PERRY, Iowa (AP) – The historic Hotel Pattee in Perry that abruptly closed earlier this summer now has a new owner.  Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Jay and Denise Hartz, of St. Louis, have bought the building and plan to reopen it by the end of October.  The couple plan to first clean the 40-room boutique hotel and make some repairs.

Mayor Jay Pattee says the development is “a huge deal for Perry.”  Jay Hartz said several Perry residents invested a total of $500,000 to reopen the hotel.  The hotel underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation in the 1990s, but closed in 2006 after losing money. A new owner re-opened it in 2008.

Its previous owner, Leisure Hotels, said it was forced to close the hotel in August because of financial difficulties.