(I) = Incumbent; Note: Results are unofficial until canvassed by the Board of Supervisors
COUNTY OFFICE
County Auditor
Republican – Lisa Frederiksen (I) 231
Write-In 6
County Sheriff
Republican – Todd Johnson (I) 237
Write-in: 14
County Board of Supervisors – Republican ballot (Elect 2)
Donald Mosinski 167
Kent Grabill 211
Write-In: 19
County Board of Supervisors – Democratic ballot (Elect 2)
Nathan Wahlert 68
Write-In: 4
(No candidates on the Democrat ballot for Sheriff and Auditor)
(I) = Incumbent; Note: Results are unofficial until canvassed by the Board of Supervisors
FEDERAL OFFICE
U.S. Representative – District 3 (vote for 1)
Republican
Zach Nunn (I) 150 votes
Democrat (Elect 1)
Lanon Baccam 51
Melissa Vine 18
State Representative – District 17
Republican – Devon Wood 147 votes
Write-in: 3
COUNTY OFFICE
County Auditor
Republican – Becky Bissell (I) 146
Write-in 2
County Sheriff
Republican – Alan Johannes (I) 153
Write-In 4
County Supervisor – District 2
Republican – Tony Hardisty (I) 26
Write-in: 3
County Supervisor – District 5
Republican – Christopher Standley (I) 35
DES MOINES, Iowa – Well before the full results of Tuesday’s Primary Election in Iowa were compiled, the campaign of U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) released the following statement this (Tuesday) evening, on the Iowa 3rd Congressional District primary election:
“Tonight, the Democrats’ messy primary finally came to a close. Clinton, Pelosi, and Biden hand-selected their paid political activist, Lanon Baccam, to move to Iowa after years as a D.C. bureaucrat. We’re confident Iowans will reject Lanon and his former bosses’ tax-and-spend, open-border policies that he has made his life’s mission to defend. While Lanon tries to run from his past to deceive Iowans, Zach will continue to deliver results for families.”
(Radio Iowa) – No surprise in results from Iowa’s second congressional district, as there was only one candidate in each party’s primary. Sarah Corkery, a small business owner from Cedar Falls, is the Democrat who’ll challenge Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson’s bid for a third term in the U-S House. Corkery, a breast cancer survivor, says voters are concerned about Iowa’s high cancer rate. “We need to work together to find solutions,” Corkey says, “to be sure we can make Iowa a safe place for everyone.” Corkery says there’s another important topic voters bring up regularly.
“First and foremost, women’s health rights,” Corkery says. “I believe women should be empowered to make those kinds of decisions, including abortion health care.” During a speech last weekend at a fundraiser for Senator Ernst, Hinson said life should be defended at every stage. “They want to codify Roe v Wade. I think we need to stand up for life,” Hinson said. “…We’re also going to continue to fight to keep biological men out of girls’ sports.” Hinson says the Republican majority in the U-S House will be a firewall against the Biden Administration until voters have a say in the 2024 election.
“This is about course correction,” Hinson said. “…The future of America is on the ballot.” As of June 1st, Republicans had a nearly 19-thousand edge in active registered voters in the second congressional district compared to Democrats.
STANLEY DILLMAN KRISINGER, 89, of Griswold, died May 28, 2024, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold. A Celebration of Life memorial service for STANLEY KRISINGER will be held 11-a.m. Monday, June 10, 2024, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.
Visitation will be held with the family one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the Griswold Cemetery.
STANLEY DILLMAN KRISINGER is survived by:
His wife of more than 60-years – Marilyn Krisinger.
His son – Todd (Kristi) Krisinger.
His daughter – Patricia (James) Russmann.
His sisters – Elaine Gibson and Debra Knop
2 grandchildren; his sister-in-law Emma Weitzel, other relatives, and friends.
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope has released a report on arrests conducted from May 14th through June 4th. Most recently:
Bain
Sjulin
Rasmussen
Neal
Lucas
Johnson
Hayes
Craig
Covert
Clark
Chapman
Buckalew
Borys
Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
JEFF “Swampy” THOMSEN, 60, of Cumberland, died Monday, June 3, 2024, at the University of Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services for JEFF THOMSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Cumberland Community Building in Cumberland. Lamb Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the Cumberland Community Building on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 2-until 7-p.m, with the family greeting friends from 4-until 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Greenwood Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Community Building following the burial.
Memorials: To Jeff Thomsen Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
JEFF “Swampy” THOMSEN is survived by:
His wife – Rana Thomsen, of Cumberland.
His daughter – Sarah (James) Doxon, of Westminister, CO.
His sons – Matt (Grace) Thomsen, of Elk Horn, Lane (CaSirin) Thomsen, of Cedar Rapids and Jace (Aila) Thomsen, of Cumberland.
His mother – Karen Thomsen, of Cumberland.
His sisters – Pam Drummond, of Kansas City, and Patrice Thomsen of Topeka, KS.
4 grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfunerals.com.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State student-athletes continue to demonstrate excellence in the classroom, establishing program records for both multi-year (989) and one-year (992) institutional Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, according to data released today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The multi-year rate is calculated based upon the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years, while the one-year score was generated from the 2022-23 academic year.
“The APR data continues to demonstrate the commitment by our coaches and student-athletes to make academics a priority,” said ISU Associate Athletics Director for Academic Services Amber Giese. “We are grateful for the important role that Iowa State’s faculty and staff play in supporting the academic success of our student-athletes, too.”
ISU’s multi-year institutional APR average of 989, which was a two-point improvement over its 2021-22 mark, ranked third in the Big 12 behind only Texas and West Virginia, both of whom registered 992 scores. Iowa State’s multi-year average was also five points higher than the NCAA Division I average of 984 and marked the eighth-straight year its multi-year APR score either set or matched a new school-record.
Baylor (985), Kansas (985), Kansas State (983), Oklahoma State (983), Texas Tech (983), TCU (983) and Oklahoma (977) rounded out the Big 12 rankings, which were compiled based upon the league’s membership during the 2022-23 academic year when the data was compiled for.
Three Cyclone programs led the Big 12 Conference in multi-year rates—men’s golf (1,000; sixth-consecutive perfect multi-year score), women’s basketball (995) and men’s track & field (987).
Seven Iowa State teams registered perfect single-year scores – men’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s basketball, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics and women’s tennis. All-told, 11 of ISU’s 16 teams either improved or matched their APR from a year ago and 14 programs rank at or above the national average in their respective sport.
The four-year Academic Progress Rate national average for Division I teams remained steady at 984 this year, as the division marked the 20th anniversary of APR data collection. During those 20 years, overall student-athlete academic success has risen substantially.
(Radio Iowa0 – Iowa is known as a global leader in producing things like corn, hogs, wind power and ethanol, but the state’s dairy industry is also being celebrated this month. Mariah Busta of Decorah is the executive director of the Iowa State Dairy Association. “Iowa actually ranks number 11 in dairy production, but it is the fifth-largest agriculture sector in Iowa,” Busta says. “Iowa is home to about 750 dairy farms and they’re sprinkled throughout the state, but a lot of them land in eastern Iowa and actually up in the northwest corner of Iowa.”
Busta commends the efforts of the state’s dairy producers for persevering over the decades. “We’re losing the number of dairy farms in the state,” Busta says. “The number has been declining over the years, but the number of cows has still stayed steady, if not grown a little bit, which is nice. Milk production continues to increase as well.”
The association says Iowa has about 220-thousand dairy cows. A recent study of the economic impact of Iowa’s dairy industry reports a per-cow per-year impact of more than 25-thousand dollars, giving Iowa’s dairy industry an economic impact of more than five-billion dollars per year.
(Radio Iowa) – The government’s Medicaid program covers care for over half of the residents in Iowa nursing homes and the industry warns it cannot afford federal rules about staffing that are set to go into effect in 2026. The rules say at least one nurse should be on duty in a nursing home at all times and each resident must get about three and a half hours of daily attention from the home’s staff. Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and director Kelly Garcia says her agency is conducting its regular review of Medicaid reimbursement rates for Iowa nursing homes.
“Obviously these new requirements push additional costs,” Garcia says, “and so that will be accompanied in the analysis.” The legislature and governor set Medicaid reimbursement rates every other year, so 2025 is when that decision will be made. Garcia says there are significant changes in the need for nursing facilities. “And so we work with the association of health care providers, we work with individual nursing facilities on those transition plans as desires of what Iowans want shift, right?” Garcia said.
“Most Iowans are saying they want to stay at home and when we think about that rebalancing of home and community-based services along with institutional settings…we have to have a full continuum and all parts have to be strong.” Garcia made her comments during a recent appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S. The state currently spends about three times as much on nursing home care as it does on in-home and community services for seniors. There are about 400 nursing homes in the state.
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