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Southern Iowa man killed in a Ringgold County crash

News

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Kellerton, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident this (Wednesday) morning in Ringgold County claimed the life of a man from Lucas County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 Chevy Express 3500 van driven by 34-year-old James Cody Sage, of Lucas, was traveling east on Highway 2 west of Kellerton at around 4-a.m., when the vehicle left the roadway and entered the south ditch before striking a tree. James Sage was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The Patrol was assisted at the crash site by the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office.

ROBERT “Bob” STRAKA, 76, of Atlantic (Graveside Svcs. 6/27/24)

Obituaries

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

ROBERT “Bob” STRAKA, 76, of Atlantic, died October 19, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care. A Celebration of Life Graveside service for BOB STRAKA will be held at 11-a.m. Thursday, June 27, 2024, in the Brighton Township Cemetery, north of Marne.  Immediately following the service, a time of lunch and fellowship will be held at Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic.

Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Heartbeat Today 6-12-2024

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

June 12th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Julie Murren who is directing the Andrew Lloyd Webber presentation “School of Rock – The Musical” at the Wilson Performing Arts Center in Red Oak.  The two-week run includes evening shows on Friday June 14 & 21 and Saturday June 15 & 22 at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees on June 16 & 23 at 2:30 pm.

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3 from Creston arrested recently

News

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Three people from Union County were arrested on separate charges recently. According to the Creston Police Department, a little after 1-a.m. today (Wed., June 12th), 58-year-old Melody Ann Miller, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. Miller was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

Late Tuesday evening, 20-year-old Jordyn Marie Gonzales, of Creston, was arrested the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC). Gonzales was charged on two Union County Warrants, for Failure to Appear (FTA) on an OWI/1st offense charge, and FTA on five-counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. Gonzales was later released on a $2,200 cash or surety bond.

And, at around 7:30-p.m., Tuesday, 18-year-old John Jeremy Scarpello, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Violation of No Contact/Protective Order. Scarpello was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by the Magistrate.

Cass County Extension Report 6-12-2024

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

June 12th, 2024 by Jim Field

w/Kate Olson.

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Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa

News, Sports

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Iowa DNR News) – Athletes from 120 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 3-9 for the 2024 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship. During the event, two young women from Underwood, Lacey Gangwish and Quincy O’Donnell, were named to the Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team. They were also named to the Ladies High-All-Around Trap Team.

More than 3,000 athletes ranging from 4th grade through high school shot nearly 780,000 clay targets for the week. Athletes competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap. The Ankeny Centennial Jaguars were the top Varsity squad in Singles and Handicap, while the Pleasant Valley Trap Team were Varsity Squad Champions in Doubles Trap. Individual honors are also awarded by age group for each discipline.

State Trap Shoot

A complete list of the results can be found online at: https://bit.ly/2024TrapResults.

The All-State team for singles trap is determined by the combination of the athlete’s league score and the Championship Event Score.

All-State Teams

Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team

  1. Lacey Gangwish, Underwood Youth Trap Team, Captain
  2. Quincy O’Donnell, Underwood Youth Trap Team
  3. Natalie Gibson, I-35 Roadrunners
  4. Evelynn Erhardt, Cedar Valley Shotgunners
  5. Abbie Hill, Gilbert Clay Commanders
  6. Lexi Henning, Wilton Trap Team

Men’s Singles Trap – All State Team

  1. Logan Sease, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports, Captain
  2. Matthew Eilers, Pleasant Valley Trap Team
  3. Hunter Strong, Davenport Youth Trap
  4. Ethan Swehla, New Hampton Youth Trap
  5. Kail Schmelzer, Cresco Area Clay Crushers
  6. Preston Feuerbach, Xavier High School

The High-All-Around Trap team is determined by the combination of the athlete’s Trap Singles, Doubles, and Handicap Championship Events Scores.

High-All-Around Trap Teams

Ladies Trap High-All-Around

  1. Quincy O’Donnell, Underwood Youth Trap Club, Captain
  2. Lexi Henning, Wilton Trap Team
  3. Lacey Gangwish, Underwood Youth Trap Club
  4. Addison McGehearty, Mt. Pleasant Panthers
  5. Evelynn Erhardt, Cedar Valley Shotgunners
  6. Lily Jennings, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports

Men’s Trap High-All-Around

  1. Matthew Eilers, Pleasant Valley Trap Team, Captain
  2. Hunter Strong, Davenport Youth Trap
  3. Grant Yuska, Pleasant Valley Trap Team
  4. Logan Sease, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars
  5. Robert Curtis, Pleasant Valley Trap Team
  6. Mason Goche, Bettendorf Bulldog Trap Team

The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the largest, fastest growing, and most exciting youth clay target program in the U.S. Student athletes from elementary through high school and college have the opportunity to compete in sports such as trap, skeet, and sporting clays, as well as Olympic disciplines like bunker trap and international skeet.

The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) are youth development programs that promote shooting sports and competitive shooting. The program’s goal is to instill personal values and character traits, such as fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline, and personal commitment in young people.

High School Baseball Scores from Tuesday, June 11th

Sports

June 12th, 2024 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

  • Harlan 6, Denison-Schleswig 5
  • Creston 9, Glenwood 0
  • Kuemper Catholic 7, Lewis Central 5
  • Shenandoah 8, Red Oak 6

Rolling Valley Conference

  • CAM 15, Fremont-Mills 4

Western Iowa Conference 

  • Underwood 14, Logan-Magnolia 1
  • Treynor 17, Audubon 8

West Central Activities Conference 

  • Madrid 13, AC/GC 3
  • Madrid 19, AC/GC 10
  • Ogden 8, West Central Valley 7
  • Des Moines Christian 11, Earlham 1
  • Van Meter 11, Interstate 35 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

  • East Union 2, Wayne 1
  • Bedford 14, Nodaway Valley/OM 0
  • Martensdale St. Marys 19, Central Decatur 1
  • Lenox 11, Mount Ayr 8
  • Southeast Warren 5, Southwest Valley 4

Missouri River Conference 

  • Sioux City East 7, Abraham Lincoln 2
  • Sioux City East 12, Abraham Lincoln 2
  • Bishop Heelan 7, Thomas Jefferson 0
  • Bishop Heelan 22, Thomas Jefferson 0

Non-Conference Games  

  • Newell-Fonda 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard 8

Three events planned to help with agriculture storm recovery

News

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State, federal and local agencies are coming together with farm industry groups for three one-day events to help those in agriculture who have been hit by the recent severe weather. FEMA’s Jessica Pugh said the Agriculture Recovery Center events are for those impacted by the storms. “They will kind of be walked through events designed as resource fairs to provide information on addressing agricultural needs that are not covered by standard programs within FEMA or the state of Iowa,” she says. The first one is Thursday from noon until 8 pm at the Treynor Community Center in Pottawattamie County. Pugh says there are a lot of different types of agriculture that have been hit by the severe weather.

“As an example, just recently we had a conversation about honey bee damage. There was a honeybee agribusiness that was impacted by the tornadoes and their business was obviously sustained physical damage, and it would not be covered by individual assistance or public assistance under FEMA,” Pugh says. She says you need to bring identification and verification of where you live.

“So your driver’s license or an I-D would be great. If you have damage, photos of the damage is always helpful. If you have your insurance documents that say what’s covered and what’s not covered, that’s also helpful so that we can look at what’s covered and what’s not,” she says. “And we’ll also have our individual assistance and Disaster Survivor Assistance programs on the ground for anyone who hasn’t been able to get with those programs yet.” Pugh says this is a great opportunity to access all the information in one stop.

“I would encourage you to come out even if you aren’t 100 percent sure that your items may be covered,” Pugh says. “We’d love to have a conversation with you and just see if things can be worked out.” The second Agriculture Recovery Center is set for June 18th in Union County at the Southwestern Community College in Creston. The place and time for the third event is still being finalized.

High School Softball Scores from Tuesday, June 11th

Sports

June 12th, 2024 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

  • St. Albert 10, Atlantic 5
  • Lewis Central 7, Kuemper Catholic 2
  • Kuemper Catholic 11, Lewis Central 4
  • Denison-Schleswig 11, Harlan 0
  • Shenandoah 12, Red Oak 2
  • Creston 8, Glenwood 2

Western Iowa Conference

  • Tri-Center 16, IKM-Manning 5
  • AHSTW 7, Riverside 4
  • Audubon 3, Treynor 1

Pride of Iowa Conference 

  • Bedford 11, Nodaway Valley 6
  • Nodaway Valley 5, Bedford 4
  • Southeast Warren 14, Southwest Valley 0
  • Wayne 21, East Union 0
  • Martensdale St. Marys 12, Central Decatur 0
  • Mount Ayr 3, Lenox 2

West Central Activities Conference

  • AC/GC 2, Madrid 1
  • Madrid 5, AC/GC 1
  • Van Meter 7, Interstate 35 3

Missour River Conference 

  • Bishop Heelan 6, Thomas Jefferson 5
  • Thomas Jefferson 12, Bishop Heelan 10
  • Sioux City East 11, Abraham Lincoln 1
  • Sioux City East 18, Abraham Lincoln 10

Non-Conference Games

  • Griswold 10, CAM 0
  • Grand View Christian 8, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
  • Glidden-Ralston 9, Manson Northwest Webster 0
  • Storm Lake 21, Carroll 12

NASCAR champ hosts Iowa fundraiser to honor his late grandfather

News, Sports

June 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The champion of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series will be in Iowa for Sunday’s race at the Iowa Speedway, but also to raise money for the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association on Saturday night. Ryan Blaney (BLAY-nee), who drives the number-12 Mustang, will host “Dinner with the Champions” at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville. Association spokeswoman Lauren Livingston says Blaney is bringing his dad and his uncle, both of whom were top drivers as well.

Established in 2018, the Ryan Blaney Family Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to supporting brain health causes, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease and concussion — so she says donations for the event are tax deductible.

The Blaney Family has many ties to not only dirt racing, but to Knoxville and Iowa. Ryan Blaney’s mother, Lisa, is a Chariton native, and Ryan’s father, Dave, won the Knoxville Nationals in 1997. Ryan’s uncle, Dale, competed in the Knoxville Nationals several times, and his grandfather, Lou, finished 4th in the Knoxville Nationals in 1974. Speaking of Lou, Livingston says the Blaney family has a personal connection to Alzheimer’s.

Those resources include the Alzheimer’s Association’s free 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. Some seven-million Americans have Alzheimer’s dementia, including more than 62-thousand Iowans, while nearly 100-thousand Iowans provide unpaid care to loved ones living with the disease.

On the web:

Tickets: iowa.cbo.io
Alzheimer’s Association: alz.org