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FRANK THOMAS SILK, 93, of Griswold (Svcs 2-25-12)

Obituaries

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

FRANK THOMAS SILK, 93, of Griswold, died Sat., Feb. 18th, at the Griswold Care Center. Funeral services for FRANK SILK will be held 1:30-p.m. Sat., Feb. 25th, at the Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold.

Visitation is open at the funeral home, where the family will be present one-hour prior to the services on Saturday (2/25).

Memorials may be directed to the Griswold American Legion or Cass County Hospice.

Burial will be in the Griswold Cemetery.

FRANK SILK is survived by:

His son – Michael Silk, of Springdale, AR.

His daughters – Peggy Casey, of Griswold; Connie (Randy) Fenn, of Carson; & Patti (Dale) Smithers, of Atlantic.

His sister – Hazel Snider, of Griswold.

6 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

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Saturday State Wrestling Consolation Finals

Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 3-A

106:

  • 3rd Place – Jake Koethe (WDM Valley) 46-4 won by 3-0 decision over Kaz Onoo (Mason City) 41-9
  • 5th Place – Tanner Rohweder (Dowling Catholic) 35-6 won 12-11 in overtime over Bryce Meyer (Fort Madison) 36-7
  • 7th Place – Chase Lynn (Dubuque Senior) 35-7 won by 3-2 decision over Alec Vogel (Muscatine) 27-7

113:

  • 3rd Place – Alijah Jeffery (Linn Mar) 45-6 won by 5-3 decision over Josh Wenger (CR Prairie) 45-6
  • 5th Place – Joe McGinnis (Indianola) 40-11 won by 10-9 decision over Hunter Genco (Clinton) 38-7
  • 7th Place – Bryce Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-14 won by 4-2 decision over Jay Fresh (Knoxville) 33-10

120:

  • 3rd Place – Andres Gonzalez (Mason City) 41-2 won by 4-2 decision over Colby Knight (Urbandale) 32-3
    5th Place – Ernest Willis (Iowa City West) 41-14 won by9-3 decision over John Gioffredi (Indianola) 38-11
    7th Place – Andrew Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 41-10 won by 4-0 decision over Damon Griffin (Linn Mar) 41-11

126:

  • 3rd Place – Jack Hathaway (Iowa City West) 51-4 won by pin (1:28) over Tyler McWilliams (Sioux City East) 45-8
    5th Place – John Christopherson (Spencer) 28-3 won by pin     (6:24) over Trey Blaha (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 35-8
    7th Place – Jacob Woodard (Bettendorf) 28-14 won by pin     (3:12) over Miles Bostic (Davenport Central) 33-12

132:

  • 3rd Place – Kyle Larson (WDM Valley) 40-2 won by 7-3decision over Joel Northrup (Linn Mar) 44-7
  • 5th Place – Logan Ryan (Bettendorf) 38-12 won by 5-4 decision over Randy McPhee (Davenport West) 18-8
  • 7th Place – Zach Henning (Decorah) 34-9 won 8-6in overtime over Nick Steger (Western Dubuque) 47-6

138:

  • 3rd Place – Jack Randall (Spencer) 45-4 won by pin (5:03) over Dakota Gray (Fort Madison) 36-6
  • 5th Place – Nate Harms (Urbandale) 31-5 won by pin (3:12) over Alex Caldwell (Clinton) 40-8
    7th Place – Kegan Wakefield (Iowa City West) 26-8 won by 8-1 decision over Spencer Derifield (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-16

145:

  • 3rd Place – Bubba Hernandez (Bettendorf) 38-8 won by 10-7 decision over Kolton Rottink (Waverly-Shell Rock) 37-10
  • 5th Place – Gradey Gambrall (IC West) 40-13 won by 6-4 decision over Austin Boyd (Burlington) 35-10
  • 7th Place – Brayton Taylor (Fort Dodge) 11-3 won by injury default over Brian Warren (DM North-Hoover) 36-6

152:

  • 3rd Place – Trey Lewis (WDM Valley) 24-5 won by 6-5 decision over Drake Chase (Bettendorf) 20-11
  • 5th Place – Dalton Witte (Burlington) 36-10 won by 10-8 decision over Tanner Schaefer (Spencer) 35-5
  • 7th Place – Derek Rose (Keokuk) 31-6 won by 7-3 decision over Dustin Fuller (Sioux City, North) 39-10

160:

  • 3rd Place – Brady Letney (Pleasant Valley) 39-14 won by 6-4 decision over Nick Hagedorn (Cedar Falls) 19-9
  • 5th Place – Max Krieger (Mason City) 43-7 won by 10-1 major decision over Clint Underwood (WDM Valley) 39-13
  • 7th Place – Isaiah Patton (Dowling Catholic) 24-22 won by 4-3 decision over Duke Egli (Fort Dodge) 33-9

170:

  • 3rd Place – Carson Powell (Ankeny) 38-5 won by pin (2:52) over Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 50-3
    5th Place – Mitch Wantock (Linn Mar) 27-4 won by 11-6  decision over Cameron Rathje (CR Prairie) 38-8
  • 7th Place – Parker Sturges (Mason City) 16-9 won by 11-8  decision over Justin Kreiter (North Scott) 37-16

182:

  • 3rd Place – Bryan Levsen (Bettendorf) 40-5 won by 8-0 major decision over Matt Seabold (Burlington) 36-5
  • 5th Place – Casey Marnin (SE Polk) 38-11 won by pin (1:00) over Adam Walther (Waverly-Shell Rock) 39-12
  • 7th Place – Brad Boden (Indianola) 23-5 won by 4-3 decision over Layton Fritsch (Dubuque, Hempstead) 29-8

195:

  • 3rd Place – Tarin Phillips (WDM Valley) 44-2 won by 3-1 decision over Dane Jones (Oskaloosa) 35-8
  • 5th Place – Keaton Jurevitz (Bettendorf) 32-9 won 3-2 in double overtime over Cegan Long (North Scott) 44-12
    7th Place – Nick Jepsen (Urbandale) 34-14 won by 5-4 decision over Austin Lear (Lewis Central) 35-20

220:

  • 3rd Place – Joe Scanlan (Johnston) 35-5 won by pin (1:33) over AJ Garcia (Linn Mar) 42-12
  • 5th Place – Andrew Netolicky (CR Prairie) 42-8 won by pin (5:24) over Jake Melik (Pleasant Valley) 36-12
  • 7th Place – Brett Haas (Dubuque Hempstead) 28-3 won by pin (:59) over Colton Aplara (Mount Pleasant) 28-12

285:

  • 3rd Place – Bryce Fisher (Southeast Polk) 42-7 won by 2-1 decision over Jake Scanlan (Johnston) 34-7
  • 5th Place – Tyler Burrell (CR Washington) 40-4 won by 2-1 decision over Shaquille Wells (Urbandale) 31-16
  • 7th Place – Nick Terpstra (Cedar Falls) 37-16 won by 4-3 decision over Colin Foerstner (Iowa City West) 29-25

Class 2-A

106:

  • 3rd Place – Patrick Woods (West Delaware) 37-8 won by pin (:25) over Trevor Murano (Dallas Center-Grimes) 41-7
  • 5th Place – Austin Bainbridge (South O`Brien) 34-10 won by 4-0 decision over Brady Ruden (Wilton) 33-10 4-0)
  • 7th Place – Brendan Gould (Dav. Assumption) 36-16 won by injury default over Darrian Schwenke (Atlantic) 35-3

113:

  • 3rd Place – Leighton Gaul (New Hampton) 39-3 won by pin (4:16) over Landon Felton (Monticello) 42-8
  • 5th Place – Zach Less (West Delaware) 39-11 won by pin (:49) over Brady Jennings (Osage) 40-8
  • 7th Place – Jared Eischeid (Kuemper Catholic) 42-2 won by 5-2 decision over Keegan Witbeck (Louisa Muscatine) 36-6

120:

  • 3rd Place – Sawyer Farris (New London) 47-1 won by 4-2 decision over Cole Erickson (Mediapolis) 40-4
  • 5th Place – Matt Bieber (Clear Lake) 33-8 won by 4-3 decision over Oscar Ramirez (Estherville-LC) 36-7
  • 7th Place – Chase Goodman (SC Calhoun) 54-6 won 4-2 in overtime over Blake Luna (Clarinda) 43-5

126:

  • 3rd Place – Drew Foster (Mediapolis) 44-9 won by 4-3 decision over Kody Krenz (Louisa Muscatine) 41-3
  • 5th Place – Dalton Kingery (PCM) 40-2 won 6-4 in overtime over Douglas Perrin (Osage) 40-7
  • 7th Place – Clint Flack (JSPCEG) 38-7 won by 6-0 decision over Dillon Hansen (Ballard) 40-10

132:

  • 3rd Place- Jordan Roths (New Hampton) 42-4 won by12-3 major decision over Zach Mueller (West Delaware) 29-13
  • 5th Place – Walker Marshall (Missouri Valley) 50-3 won by pin (3:27) over Jason Bowers (Anamosa) 41-8
  • 7th Place – Alan Perry (Bondurant-Farrar) 42-10 won by pin (1:35) over Seth Stetzel (Perry) 44-10

138:

  • 3rd Place – Isaac Lundgren (Spirit Lake Park) 39-7 won by 6-3 decision over Brandon Schissel (New Hampton) 36-8
  • 5th Place – Eric Clarke (Dav. Assumption) 44-10 won by 12-4 major decision over Drew Buster (Mediapolis) 45-12
  • 7th Place – Shane Broderick (Wahlert) 45-3 won by 6-4 decision over Ronnie Harrison (Saydel) 37-8

145:

  • 3rd Place – Jesse Etherington (Charles City) 38-3 won by 7-3decision over Royce Nessa (Webster City) 38-5
  • 5th Place – Juwan Parrish (Creston/O-M) 45-6 won by 16-5 major decision over Trey Ryan (Mt Vernon) 39-9
  • 7th Place – Dylan Bryce (Spirit Lake Park) 36-9 won by 6-2 decision over Jed Siegwarth (MFL-Central) 39-7

152:

  • 3rd Place – Blake Meling (East Marshall/GMG) 36-6 won by 7-1 decision over Keegan Mumma (ADM) 48-4
  • 5th Place – Jake Voss (West Delaware) 43-5 won by 5-3 decision over Dylan McLaughlin (Union) 42-13
  • 7th Place – Drew Niebuhr (Perry) 44-9 won by injury default over Tyler Walz (South Tama County) 36-6

160:

  • 3rd Place – Adam Drain (Mediapolis) 52-1 won by 7-2 decision over Ryan Randall (Osage) 45-3
  • 5th Place – Tony Parks (Dav. Assumption) 33-6 won by 4-2 decision over Josh King (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 41-10
  • 7th Place – Derek Stork (Atlantic) 45-5 won by 2-1 decision over Coby Mooers (Carlisle) 36-6

170:

  • 3rd Place – Tanner Matthews (South O`Brien) 44-2 won by 10-6 decision over Cash Wilcke (OA-BCIG) 38-9
  • 5th Place – Aaron McMurphy (Dallas Center-Grimes) 44-3 won by 7-4 decision over Keegan Davis (Perry) 40-11
  • 7th Place – Adam Knier (Wahlert) 42-7 won by 5-1 decision over Tyler Rawson (Mount Vernon) 34-12

182:

  • 3rd Place – Logan Kellogg (Clear Lake) 37-3 won by 8-4decision over Jacyn Goebel (West Delaware) 45-4
  • 5th Place – Ethan Lindquist (Laurens-Marathon) 40-4 won by pin (3:22) over Dylan Fielder (Webster City) 29-10
    7th Place – Lance Evans (Solon) 41-8 won by pin     (2:40) over Jared Keenan (Grinnell) 34-15

195:

  • 3rd Place – Colten Riley (SC Calhoun) 57-1 won by 7-2 decision over Noah Pickard (North Polk) 39-3
  • 5th Place – Bruce McWilliams (South O`Brien) 25-4 won by pin (5:14) over Casey Rohret (Clear Creek-Amana) 40-6
  • 7th Place – Kory Wiele (West Liberty) 28-8 won by pin (3:28) over Riley Denny (Centerville) 40-12

220:

  • 3rd Place – Brian Halligan (Charles City) 43-2 won by pin (1:19) over Corbin Blythe (Williamsburg) 50-5
    5th Place – Jay Pike (Solon) 43-7 won by 4-3 decision over Cass Weitl (Kuemper Catholic) 37-10
    7th Place – Tyler Dolieslager (Boyden Hull/RV) 29-13 won by 9-4 decision over Skyler Hulshizer (Saint Ansgar) 43-14

285:

  • 3rd Place – Dean Broghammer (West Delaware) 48-2 won by pin (5:22) over Josh Clark (Union) 43-8
  • 5th Place – Creighton Fox (Central Clinton) 41-5 won by pin (5:41) over Austin Conrad (Atlantic) 39-12
  • 7th Place – Gable Bonner (Estherville-LC) 37-5 won by pin (1:32) over Jake Tool (PCM) 34-4

Class 1-A

106:

  • 3rd Place – Taylor Curtis (Underwood) 56-4 won by 9-4 decision over Gable Verschoor (Woodbury-Central) 44-4
  • 5th Place – Tyler Dalen (Graettinger-Terril) 43-4 won 11-6 in overtime over Zach Ulven (Westwood) 41-11
  • 7th Place  – Isiah Brandt (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 43-8 won by injury default over Megan Black (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 11-4

113:

  • 3rd Place – Blake Marolf (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 50-3 won by 12-6 decision over Zach Welter (North-Linn) 43-3
  • 5th Place – Travis Cole (Highland) 41-5 won by pin (1:29) over JD Rader (South Hamilton) 38-5
  • 7th Place – Sawyer Amling (Edgewood-Colesburg) 33-9 won by disqualification over Ethan Reynek (Logan-Magnolia) 29-7

120:

  • 3rd Place – Andrew Foutch (Underwood) 56-2 won by 12-5 decision over Drew Mangrich (Don Bosco) 38-13
  • 5th Place – Collin Kolars (B-G-M) 52-7 won by 7-2 decision over Lincoln Monroe (Valley Community) 49-4
  • 7th Place – Taylor Hagen (Martensdale-St Marys) 46-4 won by 10-1 major decision over Aaron King (Pekin) 28-9

126:

  • 3rd Place – Chet Utesch (Akron-Westfield) 47-4 won by 11-7 decision over Caleb Smothers (NW Webster) 44-8
  • 5th Place – Dylon Rhoads (Don Bosco) 32-5 won by 11-4 decision over Kyle Pegorick (Midland) 44-8
  • 7th Place – Kole Stapes (Martensdale-St Marys) 41-7 won by 6-2 decision over Blair Kerkhoff (Audubon) 39-7

132:

  • 3rd Place – Jess Hahn (Highland) 45-4 won by 4-3 decision over Austin Demuth (Don Bosco) 43-8
  • 5th Place – Marcus Peterson (Clarion-Goldfield) 23-4 won by 4-0 decision over Brady Meyer (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 45-9
  • 7th Place – Ty Gibson (Graettinger-Terril) 31-7 won by 8-4 decision over Bryce Jacobs (Clarksville) 28-18

138:

  • 3rd Place – Scott Weber (Don Bosco) 45-9 won by pin (:40) over Sam Solis (Clarion-Goldfield) 40-2
  • 5th Place – Ryan Hall (Jesup) 30-11 won by 5-3 decision over Lance Hinschberger (Belle Plaine) 39-15
  • 7th Place – Carter Funke (Maquoketa Valley) 44-10 won by12-3  major decision over Logan Loftus (Iowa Valley) 50-8

145:

  • 3rd Place – Tyler Foubert (Tri-County-Montezuma) 48-6 won by 6-4 decision over Ben Huber (Hudson) 46-6
  • 5th Place – Teddie Harvey (FD St. Edmond) 30-4 won by 11-4 decision over Grant Henderson (Alburnett) 41-6
  • 7th Place – Spencer Kelly (Rockford) 47-6 won by 13-5major decision over Mike Novotny (Underwood) 40-5

152:

  • 3rd Place – Jake Hogan (Don Bosco) 43-10 won by 8-5 decision over Christian Miller (Nashua-Plainfield) 38-9
  • 5th Place – Brady Bailey (Emmetsburg) 31-9 won by pin (2:16) over Brett Flynn (H-M-S) 40-7
    7th Place – Colton Stoddard (East Buchanan) 40-14 won by pin     (1:13) over John Pint (North-Linn) 40-10

160:

  • 3rd Place – Drake Fanslau (Underwood) 55-4 won 4-2 in double overtime over Jacob Meehan (M-M-C) 43-4
  • 5th Place – Dylan Windfield (Alburnett) 43-6 won by pin (3:42) over Gavvon Shafer (Woodbine) 15-6
  • 7th Place – Zach Jones (Okoboji Milford) 40-8 won by pin (1:59) over Tanner Stalzer (West Marshall) 38-14

170:

  • 3rd Place – Andrew Wellik (Emmetsburg) 20-1 won by pin (2:08) over Andrew De Regnier (English Valleys) 48-4
  • 5th Place – Kory Schmelzer (Corning) 41-4 won by pin (:44) over Jake Lewis (St. Albert) 43-7
  • 7th Place – Dalton Ciavarelli (Clarksville) 29-3 won by 7-5 decision over Tanner Tenley (North Cedar) 37-9

182:

  • 3rd Place – Austin McCartan (Emmetsburg) 14-3 won by 8-4 decision over Nathan Brincks (South Winneshiek) 38-5
  • 5th Place – MacKenzie Housman (Riverside) 54-8 won by 6-0 decision over Troy Hunt (Maquoketa Valley) 41-5
  • 7th Place – Ryan Leonard (Midland) 41-5 won by injury default over Gunnar Clark (West Hancock) 39-4

195:

  • 3rd Place – Zac Schleuger (West Hancock) 47-1 won by pin (2:26) over Ryan Parmely (Maquoketa Valley) 49-2
  • 5th Place – John Waters (Newman Catholic) 35-8 won by 6-1 decision over Chet Willer (Akron-Westfield) 41-7
  • 7th Place – Chris Bridgeford (Logan-Magnolia) 46-3 won by 6-0 decision over Connor Johnston (Tri-County) 34-9

220:

  • 3rd Place – Alexander Cutshall (Aplington-Parkersburg) 39-4 won by 2-1 decision over Steve Clubb (Sigourney-Keota) 39-8
  • 5th Place – Logan Melby (Logan-Magnolia) 44-8 won by pin (2:50) over Adam Steger (Maquoketa Valley) 36-9
  • 7th Place – Mitch Gambrill (Clarion-Goldfield) 38-4 won by 7-0 decision over Evan Schnack (Underwood) 33-11

285:

  • 3rd Place – Tyler Smith (Lisbon) 41-3 won by 4-2 decision over Chris Schleuger (West Hancock) 50-2
  • 5th Place – Logan Schafer (Ridge View) 41-6 won by 6-1 decision over Dillon Suhr (Guthrie Center) 48-7
  • 7th Place – Joe Koehn (Valley Community) 49-4 won by pin (3:36) over Nick Fett (Audubon) 46-7

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Area School Board meetings set to take place Monday (2/20/12)

News

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A trio of area school board meetings are scheduled for Monday evening. The Griswold Community School District’s Board of Education will gather at 5:30-pm in the Central Office/Board room. Action items on their agenda include those pertaining to: Piper Jaffray Bonding (following an update on the matter); Sports lighting; a Budget Guarantee Resolution; Curriculum Planner; Bids for Chemical lawn application; Lawn mowing; and, the 2012-2013 School Calendar along with an Early Start approval. The Griswold School Board will also hold a closed session, at the end of New business, prior to adjournment.

The CAM School District’s Board of Education will meet at 7-p.m. Monday, in the Media Center at the CAM High School in Anita. Discussion and/or action items during their meeting include: an update from Snyder and Associates on the multi-purpose building; the 2010-2011 C & M Audit; the setting of a date and time for a public hearing on approval of an early start date for the 2012-2013 calendar; discussion on the budget; open enrollment applications, and resignations.

And, the Elk Horn-Kimballton School Board will meet Monday, in the Family and Consumer Science Room at the High School, in Elk Horn. During the board’s 7-p.m. session, they’ll discuss and/or act on: reorganization plans; board policies; the 2012-2013 school calendar; band uniforms; Whole Grade Sharing for IHSAA; a contract with the Cass County Educational Opportunity Center (EEOC) and, a sharing agreement with CAM.

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Atlantic Parks & Rec Board to discuss Capital Improvements & Summer Rec Pgms.

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Board of Directors will meet Monday evening, at City Hall. Action items and/or New Business on their agenda includes: an update on the Parks & Rec’s Capital Improvement Projects; discussion with regard to the Summer Recreation Programs, including – the playground, a Special Needs playground, Swim Team, Tennis and Softball programs; a review of the Little League Board meeting; a status report on vandalism perpetrated on Sunnyside park; and much more.

The meeting begins at 5:15-p.m., Monday.

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Iowa hires Ferentz, Woods as assistants

Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has hired his son, Brian, away from the New England Patriots to coach the Hawkeyes offensive line.  Ferentz also announced Saturday that assistant LeVar Woods has been promoted to linebackers coach.  Brian Ferentz played for the Hawkeyes from 2002-05. He spent the last four years with the Patriots, serving as tight ends coach last season.  Woods, a former star linebacker at Iowa, played seven seasons in the NFL with Tennessee, Arizona, Chicago and Detroit. He’s served as an administrative assistant at Iowa since 2008.  Iowa now has one coaching position left to fill. The Hawkeyes are looking for an offensive coordinator after Ken O’Keefe left to serve as wide receivers coach with the Miami Dolphins.

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Saturday State Wrestling Consolation Semi-Finals

Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 3-A Consolation Semi-Finals

  • 170: Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 50-2 won by 5-2 decision over Mitch Wantock (Linn Mar 26-4

Class 2-A Consolation Semi-Finals

  • 132: Jordan Roths (New Hampton) 41-4 won by 6-3 decision over Walker Marshall (Missouri Valley) 49-3
  • 145: Royce Nessa (Webster City) 38-4 won by pin (5:55) over Juwan Parrish (Creston/O-M) 44-6
  • 220: Brian Halligan (Charles City) 42-2 won by 10-5 decision over Cass Weitl (Kuemper Catholic) 37-9
  • 285: Josh Clark (Union – LaPorte City) 43-7 won 5-2 in overtime over Austin Conrad (Atlantic) 39-11

Class 1-A Consolation Semi-Finals

  • 106: Taylor Curtis (Underwood) 55-4 won by 3-2 decision over Zach Ulven (Westwood) 41-10
  • 120: Andrew Foutch (Underwood) 55-2 won 9-4 in overtime over Collin Kolars (B-G-M, Brooklyn) 51-7
  • 160: Drake Fanslau (Underwood) 54-4 won by 9-7 decision over Dylan Windfield (Alburnett) 42-6
  • 160: Jacob Meehan (M-M-C) 43-3 won by 5-2 decision over Gavvon Shafer (Woodbine) 15-5
  • 170: Andrew De Regnier (English Valleys) 48-3 won by pin (2:42) over Kory Schmelzer (Corning) 40-4
  • 170: Andrew Wellik (Emmetsburg) 19-1 won by 10-5 decision over Jake Lewis (St. Albert) 43-6
  • 182: Nathan Brincks (South Winneshiek) 38-4 won by pin (5:45) over MacKenzie Housman (Riverside) 53-8
  • 220: Alexander Cutshall (Aplington-Parkersburg) 38-4 won by 6-0 decision over Logan Melby (Logan-Magnolia) 43-8
  • 285: Chris Schleuger (West Hancock) 50-1 won by pin (2:14) over Dillon Suhr (Guthrie Center) 48-6

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8-a.m. Local/State News (Podcast) 2-18-2012

News, Podcasts

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….

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Saturday 7:06-a.m. SW IA News (podcast)

News, Podcasts

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the latest area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….

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Saturday 7:20-a.m. Sports Podcast (Feb. 18, 2012)

Podcasts, Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the latest area sports news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson…

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Creston man pleads guilty to forgery charge

News

February 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A Creston man arrested in mid-November on numerous charges was sentenced to 5-years in prison last week, on a forgery charge. The Lenox Police Department reported this week 24-year old Antonio Gutierres pled guilty February 7th to one count of forgery. In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Gutierres’s prison sentence was subsequently suspended, and he was placed on supervised probation for a period of two-years. As part of the plea agreement, additional charges of Eluding a Pursuing Law Enforcement Vehicle and Possession of a False Identification Card, were dismissed. Gutierres was ordered to pay fines and court costs amounting to at least $450. He was also ordered to submit a DNA sample. Gutierres remained in custody on a hold for Federal Immigration authorities.

The events leading up to Gutierres’ arrest on November 18th, 2011, began when Lenox Police were notified of a medical call at Village Park Apartments. While responding, the officer activated his emergency lights in an attempt to safely pass a car on County Road J-13. The car refused to yield to the police Vehicle. The ambulance arrived at the scene with adequate personnel. The officer then determined he should attempt to stop the vehicle he had attempted to pass, to learn why the driver failed to yield. The vehicle was pursued for over 2 miles before finally pulling over. When the driver was questioned, he presented the officer with a Nebraska ID card identifying him as Raul Pena. The officer determined the ID card was a forgery and the driver placed under arrest.

During a search of the suspect, another ID card was found that identified him as Antonio Gutierres. The felony charges were leveled against Gutierres after he was brought to the Taylor County Jail, and following an investigation into the false ID’s.

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