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Panorama, Nodaway Valley, Maple Valley, East Union Track Meet Results

Sports

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Kip Janvrin Invitational @ Panora

Boys:

  1. Panorama  121
  2. Guthrie Center  101
  3. Jefferson-Scranton  96
  4. Ogden  92
  5. Woodward-Granger  87
  6. Glidden-Ralston  54
  7. Iowa Christian  3

Winners:

  • 3200 — Simmons, Panorama
  • Shuttle Hurdle — Panorama
  • 100 — Schachtner (Guthrie Center)
  • 4 x 200 — Guthrie Center (Langford, Bolton, Laughery, Schachtner)
  • 110 Hurdles — Stepanek
  • 200 — Schachtner (Guthrie Center)
  • 400 Hurdles — Moulds (Panorama)
  • Distance Medley — Guthrie Center (Wilson, Bolton, Laabs, Holmes)
  • 4 x 100 — Panorama

Girls:

  1. Woodward-Granger  172
  2. Panorama  125
  3. Jefferson-Scranton  123
  4. Guthrie Center  94
  5. Ogden  32
  6. (tie) Glidden-Ralston  21, Iowa Christian  21

Winners:

  • Long Jump — Beckman (Panorama)
  • Discus — Lane (Panorama)
  • 3000 — Frels (Guthrie Center)
  • 4 x 800 — Panorama
  • Distance Medley — Guthrie Center (Wilson, Meier, Schreck, Danker)

Nodaway Valley Invitational (Girls)

  1. Martensdale-St. Marys  145
  2. Earlham  125
  3. Interstate 35  98
  4. Exira/EHK  64
  5. SE Warren  44
  6. West Central Valley  38
  7. Central Decatur  26
  8. Nodaway Valley  23
  9. Adair-Casey  14
  10. East Union  8
  11. Orient-Macksburg  4

Winners:

  • 4 x 100 — Exira/EHK
  • Long Jump — Sydney Parker (Exira/EHK)

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto Invitational (Girls)

  1. IKM-Manning  152
  2. Maple Valley-A-O  140
  3. Denison  108
  4. Boyer Valley  85
  5. Riverside  68
  6. Charter Oak-Ute  30

East Union Invitational (Boys)

  1. Mount Ayr  121.5
  2. Interstate 35  82.33
  3. Lamoni  72.83
  4. Nodaway Valley  63
  5. Central Decatur  53
  6. Adair-Casey  51.33
  7. Bedford  46
  8. East Union  39
  9. Orient-Macksburg  18
  10. Lenox  6
  11. Clarinda Academy  5

Winners:

  • 100 — Clayton Plowman (Adair-Casey)
  • 200 — Clayton Plowman (Adair-Casey)
  • 1600 — Colton Graham (Nodaway Valley)
  • 4 x 100 — Adair-Casey (Jordan Wheatley, Traeton Jensen, Emmitt Wheatley, Clayton Plowman)

1 injury reported after Council Bluffs blaze

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFF, Iowa (AP) – One woman has been treated after a fire forced about 20 residents to flee their homes in a Council Bluffs apartment building. Firefighters found smoke pouring from a first-floor unit on Tuesday night.  The woman was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.  The American Red Cross was helping people displaced by the blaze.   The fire cause is being investigated.

Civil War Exhibit comes to Avoca

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Iowa State Historical Society exhibit will be shown in Avoca, tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday. The “History on the Move” traveling Civil War exhibit will be open for viewing in the parking lot of the Farmall-Land USA Museum just south of Interstate 80, near the Embers Restaurant. The New Town Avoca Historical Society says the group, along with the Town and Country Junior Federated organization in Avoca, are sponsoring the exhibit. 

Rich Price, member of the New Town Avoca group says all ages are welcome to tour the free exhibit, which is designed to bring national and local history with regard to the war, to life. Price says a local landmark set the stage for volunteers to enlist in the fight. A one-room school on the east edge of Avoca, which was moved from its original location south of town at the New Town settlement, is where local residents signed up for the war before they walked to the Council Bluffs rail head to begin their enlistment. The Civil War exhibit, Price says will come to Avoca in a trailer, which has been touring the state since the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War took place, last year. Actual Civil War memorabilia…including personal stories of Iowa soldiers, historical documents, maps and artifacts will be on display. And, a computer program will allow visitors to research the Civil War, and look up ancestors who may have fought in the conflict. Price says the local historical society will have many items on display, as well, including original cannonballs, uniforms, and letters from soldiers, along with cemetery records of the 70 veterans from Avoca who served in the war. The group is also working with the local school to learn about the role the community played during the war. 

The exhibit will be open from 10-a.m. to 8-p.m. both Thursday and Friday. In celebration of the event, Jerry and Joyce Mez, owners of the Farmall-Land Museum, are offering half-price admission to their museum.

Tuesday Soccer, Tennis Results

Sports

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Boys Soccer:

  • Lewis Central 3, Atlantic 0

Girls Soccer:

  • Nodaway Valley/A-C/WCV 8, Missouri Valley 0

Girls Tennis:

  • Denison 9, Audubon 0

8AM Sportscast 04-04-2012

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April 4th, 2012 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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ELEANOR YAGER, 97, of Coon Rapids (4-21-12)

Obituaries

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

ELEANOR YAGER, 97, of Coon Rapids died Tuesday, April 3rd at the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids.  Funeral services for Eleanor Yager will be held on Saturday, April 21st at 11:00 am in the First Christian Church in Coon Rapids.  Johnson & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids is in charge of arrangements.

Heartbeat Today 04-04-2012

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April 4th, 2012 by admin

Jim Field talks about the upcoming tax filing deadline and a little about severe weather awareness week.

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7AM Newscast 04-04-2012

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Atlantic Boys Tennis Tops Knights, Girls Fall

Sports

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Boys at Atlantic: Atlantic 9, Kuemper 0

Singles:

#1 Mitch Leiferman 12 (A) over Brian Dentlinger 12 (K) 10-1
#2 Tyler Fischer 11 (A) over Robby Steffes 10 (K) 10-6
#3 Matt Cook 12 (A) over Mitchell Behrens 10 (K) 10-4
#4 Gunnar Blum 12 (A) over Michael Van Erdewyk 11 (K) 10-2
#5 Scott Caslow 11 (A) over Matthew Irlbeck 10 (K) 10-8
#6 Jake Arneson 10 (A) over Kenan Schrad 11 (K) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Leiferman/Blum (A) over Dentlinger/Steffes (K) 10-6
#2 Fischer/Noah Welter 11 (A) over Behrens/Van Erdewyk (K) 10-6
#3 Cook/Arneson (A) over Irlbeck/Schrad (K) 10-3

Coach Shawn Petersen Comments:

Good win for the boys to start the year; Kuemper graduated 9 of their top 11 from last season’s conference champions, and are in rebuilding mode; having said that, we had three guys who hadn’t played a varsity match before in our lineup.  With a lot of new guys, you never know how they’ll react under the lights, so overall I was really pleased with our play.  Mitch got off to a slow start, losing his first game, then rolled to the win with 10 straight games and played a really smart match.  Tyler had a tight match early on with Steffes — Tyler then tightened things up and ran off 5 or 6 games in a row and finished off the talented Steffes.  At #3, Matt Cook was in a tight match as well, as game #7 had 10 or 11 deuce points, but Matt won that game to go up 5-2 and rode that momentum to the win.  Gunnar Blum, in his first real tennis match ever, got up 8-0 right out of the chute, and cruised to victory.  At #5 was the tightest match — I thought Scott was the better player, but he showed some nerves in his first start on varsity and got in his own way a little bit; however, he found a way to win, which was great for Scott and for the team.  He can play better and will have better showings with more experience.  At #6, Jake started out a little tight as well, but once he started relying on his strokes, he started to dominate the match.  Jake has a good balance of offense and defense in his game, and played very well for us.

In doubles, I thought we played pretty well overall — Mitch really dominated his doubles match, particularly on his serve, and Gunnar should make a good partner with Mitch with his size and athleticism at the net.  Noah and Tyler had a workmanlike win at #2 and at times can be a dominating team as long as they stay aggressive at the net.  At #3 Jake and Matt started out a little slow, but then started to serve better and rolled to a nice win to cap off the night for us.

The boys will need to play better at Creston at Thursday, as they return all 6 of their starters from last year and are hungry to get a win against us — looking forward to the challenge.  We need to clean up some fundamentals if we are going to be able to beat them at their place.

Girls at Carroll — Kuemper 8, Atlantic 1

Singles:

#1 Leah Greteman 10 (K) over Tori Dolch 11 (A) 10-3
#2 Sami Schmitz 11 (K) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 10-6
#3 Lexi Allen 10 (A) over CoryAnn Steinkamp 11 (K) 10-6
#4 Mattie Potthoff 10 (K) over Abby Johnson 11 (A) 10-0
#5 Carla Knobbe 10 (K) over Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 10-1
#6 Nicole Becker 10 (K) over Kaley Miller 11 (A) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Greteman/Schmitz (K) over Dolch/Tjepkes (A) 10-8
#2 Steinkamp/Potthoff (K) over Allen/Johnson (A) 10-4
#3 Knobbe/Tayler Boldt 10 (K) over Gearheart/Libby Gifford 11 (A) 10-2

Coach Shawn Petersen Comments:

Tough night for the girls, but not unexpected; none of the Atlantic girls had any varsity experience and I think there was some definite nerves out there.  It was a learning experience, certainly, and I am confident the girls will continue to get better as the season progresses.  At #1 Tori was in a tight one down 4-3, then started making errors and got on a downward slide.  At #2 Leah played well vs the veteran Schmitz, and came up a little bit short.  Our brightest spot was at #3 with Lexi playing aggressively and getting her first win in her first start.  Abby at #4 didn’t play as well as she can, but I really like her upside — she’ll end up being a good player for us with more experience.  Lisa Gearheart is another new player for us, and learned some things about court positioning and aggressiveness –she’s got good athleticism and just needs more experience.  Kaley played pretty well in her first start, losing 10-4.

In doubles, Tori and Leah played a nice match, and almost pulled out the win at #1 — Leah played very well and Tori just needs more confidence in herself.  I think they’ll be a good pairing for us.  At #2 and #3 our girls were competitive but certainly need to work on consistency and posititioning on the court.

Considering our youth and inexperience, I was happy with how our girls played — it’s tough starting out the year on the road, and we look forward to bouncing back at home vs Creston on Thursday night.