Jim Field visits with Iowa Bicycle Coalition Safe Routes to School Manager Matt Burkey about the “Walk, Bike or Roll” event on May 3.
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Jim Field visits with Iowa Bicycle Coalition Safe Routes to School Manager Matt Burkey about the “Walk, Bike or Roll” event on May 3.
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(Creston, Iowa) – A collision between two cars Thursday evening in Creston, caused about $3,500 damage and resulted in one citation. Police in Creston say the accident happened at around 5:45-p.m., at the intersection of Adams and Sumner Streets. A 2013 KIA Optima driven by 19-year-old Laura Jessica Roybal, of Osceola, was coming to a stop at the stop light, as the light turned yellow. A 2018 Chevy Cruz driven by 18-year-old Lucas Michael Lynch, of Creston, was behind the KIA.
Authorities say Lynch thought Roybal was proceeding through the intersection before the light turned red, but the KIA came to a stop. Lynch didn’t have time to stop before his vehicle struck the KIA. He was cited for Failure to Stop in a clear and assured distance.
(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at around 3:34-p.m. Thursday, of 21-year-old Myles James Koontz, of Creston, on a warrant for Driving While Barred. Koontz was also arrested for Driving While Barred. He later posted a $2,000 bond, and was released.
And, a man from Creston reported to Police late Thursday morning, that several items belonging to him, were stolen from his property at 202 S. Sumner Avenue. The items include:
The items were valued at $43,000 altogether.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has approved an agreement that moves oversight of the Honey Creek Resort in south-central Iowa from the D-N-R to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS).
D-A-S director Adam Steen told the Commission they started talking about the issue with the D-N-R as his agency sought a contract for a new company to operate the resort.”Essentially, D-N-R delegating its management authority to DAS. D-N-R will still own the property, it’s still obviously a state park, all that good stuff. It’s just from an operations perspective, DAS,” he says. Steen says it the agreement doesn’t make any big changes for the state.
“In my mind this shifts a lot of the workload from D-N-R to DAS. And in my view from DAS’s perspective is if they could just be available for questions along the way, we’ll try to stay out of their road and let them sort of remove themselves from any operation going forward. So the goal is to ease the burden on D-N-R here,” Steen says. He says the transition from Delaware North to the new concessionaire, Achieva Enterprises went well, and they have a multi-year contract.
“So it’s structured right now for six years, with then three, three-year potential extension. So it could go up to 15 years. But right now, the first portion of the contract would go for six years,” he says.
The resort along Rathbun Lake has had financial issues since it opened in 2008 and the D-N-R had sought a buyer before making the announcement it was hiring a new company to run the facility. Steen says the long-term goal is to sell. “The goal is not to hold on to the property for six or even 15 years. The goal is to work with the Army Corps to get the lease changed, privatized, if you will, so that ultimately we could we could sell the property,” Steen says. “We’re not there yet, we’ve got a ways to go on that.” Steen says the new operator will address something that has been an issue.
“The main difference is that the resort will be open year round. I know that was a point of contention, certainly down in Appanoose County that it was shut down. You know, obviously you had the anomaly with COVID, but then over the winter months it was never reopened,” he says. Steen says the new operator gives them a chance to rethink the promotion of the resort. “I think this provides us an opportunity to do marketing and a little different way than Delaware North. And that’s not a knock on Delaware North. It’s just we can do things a little differently,” Steen says.
He says things are ramping up for this year and the courtesy dock and camping will be available along with the hotel. Steen says the inflatable water park on the lake had about 20-thousand dollars in damage and they assessing whether they can get that fixed and have the park back open.
Shenandoah Fillie Girls Golf Invitational
04/13/2023 at Shenandoah Golf Course
Large Schools Division Team Scores
Small Schools Division Team Scores
Individual Top Finishers
CB Boys Track Invitational
04/13/2023
Team Scores
Lewis Central was led by Ethan Eichhorn who won the 800M (2:02.61) and anchored their winning Distance Medley Team (3:41.66). Parker Matiyow won the Shot Put (51-00.50) and the Discus (156-05).
Harlan’s Wil Neuharth won the 100M (11.18) and anchored their winning 4x100M Relay Team (42.29) and 4x200M Relay Team (1:28.63). Jacob Birch, Aidan Hall, and Cade Sears were the other members of both relays.
Atlantic won the 4x800M Relay (Caden Andersen, Alex Sonntag, Jayden Proehl, Bennett Whetstone 8:38.60) and got 2nd in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jackson McLaren, Colton Rasmussen, Easton O’Brien, Alex Keiser 1:04.29). Jayden Proehl was 2nd in the High Jump at 6-02.00 and Rasmussen went 6th at 05-08.00
Full results HERE
Shenandoah Fillie Relays
04/13/2023
Team Scores
Fremont-Mills won 8 events on their way to the team title. Teagan Ewalt helped out the effort with a win in the 400M and was part of the Knights’ winning Sprint Medley and 4x400M Relay teams.
Riverside got a win from Madison Kelley in the Discus with a best throw of 108-07.50. The Lady Dawgs also won the 4x800M Relay and Distance Medley.
Red Oak’s Jocelyn O’Neal won the Long Jump at 16-10.00.
Full results HERE
(Omaha, NE/KETV) – Firefighters in Nebraska and Iowa battled wildfires on multiple front, Thursday. KETV in Omaha reports Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen declared a state of emergency Thursday to get more help fighting the fires. High winds and dry conditions pushed the Crescent Fire north of I-680 in Iowa across state lines. Fire crews in Nebraska were trying to keep the flames from reaching homes.
Fire officials told KETV the forward progress of this fire had been stopped, but it would take an overnight effort to make sure it didn’t spread to anywhere else. The Crescent Fire started on Tuesday after fire officials say a vehicle caught fire. Crews had to leave the fire fight overnight for safety reasons, but Thursday, it all flared up again.
Crews were using brush trucks and water tenders to stop the spread. No structures or houses have been burned.
Underwood Boys Track Meet
04/13/2023
Team Scores
Riverside won the Sprint Medley (AC Roller, Mason McCready, Grady Jeppesen, Ayden Salais 1:38.39)
CAM picked up three wins. Sam Foreman 110M Hurdles (15.10), Jack Follmann 400M Hurdles (56.15), and Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Gavin Clayton, Sam Foreman 1:06.82). Follmann also went 2nd in the 110M Hurdles (15.20).
Exira-EHK got a 2nd Place finish from Jonas LaCanne in the 100M and Derek Kommes in the High Jump.
Full results: Underwood-boys-meet 2023
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she’s concerned after a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman was arrested at his home for allegedly disclosing classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues. “I think it’s incredibly scary that someone had access to this information in a way that they could so easily disseminate it. There will no doubt be some questions about the process here in the Department of Defense. The Department of Justice is going to do its investigation, but someone needs to be held accountable here,” she says.
Hinson says the person knew there were consequences with his alleged actions, but questions need to be raised about national security and it’s concerning that the system failed and the documents were leaked. “Obviously we have systems in place to make sure that people who have access to classified materials pass background checks,” Hinson says. “I have that access, and of course I take that very, very seriously about protecting what I learn in a classified setting.”
Hinson, a Republican from Marion, recently met with the president of Taiwan. She says the U-S has to take steps to keep China from invading the country. “Really what it comes down to is deterrence — how can we make sure that China does not see that as a good investment in its people and its technology and of its military. We need to fulfill our arms deal commitments to Taiwan and we have not been able to do that in a timely fashion,” Hinson says. She says keeping up trade ties with Taiwan will also help. “Making sure that we are helping them to show economic strength and expanding those opportunities that will help strengthen things in the Indo-Pacific for Taiwan, as well as for us,” she says. “And then I think it sends again a very clear message that we are willing to have these meetings and stand up, to dictators and bullies around the world. Bullies respond to strength.”
Hinson made her comments during a stop in Mason City and on a conference call with reporters.