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DONALD L. NELSEN, 79, of Avoca (Svcs. 9/13/22)

Obituaries

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

DONALD L. NELSEN, 79, of Avoca, died Sunday, Sept. 4th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Funeral services for DONALD NELSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13th, at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Avoca. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home. The family will meet with friends at Trinity Lutheran Church, on Monday, Sept. 12th, from 4-until 8-p.m.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon at 3-p.m., Tuesday.

DONALD LaVERNE NELSEN is survived by:

His wife of 59 years – Dorothy (Andersen) Nelsen, of Avoca.

His sons – Nicholas Nelsen, of Avoca, & James (Jenny) Nelsen, of Van Meter.

His daughter – Andrea (Kerry) Danker, of Avoca.

His brothers – Darrell (Sue) Nelsen, and Tom Nelsen, all of Audubon; Frank (Marlene) Nelsen, of Avoca.

His sisters – Vitta Rattenborg, of Audubon, and Phyliss Nelsen, of Des Moines.

9 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, his good friend, Jim Sievers, other relatives and many friends.

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Clarinda woman arrested on PCS charge in Red Oak

News

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, early this (Friday) morning, arrested a woman on a drug charge. Authorities say 18-year-old Lanee Joe Harmsen, of Clarinda, was arrested at around 3:54-a.m. in the 1600 block of Broadway Street, in Red Oak. She was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS)/1st offense, a Serious Misdemeanor. Harmsen was being held in the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.

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Drought improves in some areas

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – August saw below-normal rainfall — but drought conditions did improve in some parts of the state. The D-N-R’s Tim Hall says some areas didn’t get the rain from thunderstorms. “You sort of have to look at it regionally. And some parts of Southeast Iowa were accepted exceptionally dry in the month of August,” Hall says. August was the fifth straight month with below-normal precipitation, and Hall says the state needs a rainfall rally.”To get out of a drought that’s been sort of lingering and brewing for a couple of years, it’s going to take month over month over month of above normal rainfall,” he says.

“We haven’t seen but one month this year, where we’ve had above normal rainfall statewide. We haven’t seen the conditions that we’d like to see that’ll start to dig us out of this long-term condition.” Rivers and streams are running low in some of the drought areas — which can lead to more problems.”There’s water quality issues that come along with decreased streamflow and groundwater. There’s some communities battling nitrate issues. So in northwest Iowa, it’s not very good. And if you look at the streamflow in southeast Iowa, it is also trending downward,” according to Hall.

The fall months are not normally the wettest of the year in Iowa — but Hall says there is some positive recent history. “Going back to 2016 — a really wet September, 2017 a really wet October, 2018 a really wet September, 2019 a really wet September, and last year a really wet October. So we’ve seen the emergence of the trend I think that shows September and or October being above normal for precipitation,” Hall says. He says the timing of the rains are key to rebuilding subsoil moisture. “There is there’s ample opportunity to get some much needed rainfall going into the winter. Depends how much we get and how much gets locked into the soil moisture before the ground freezes,” Hall says.

The latest drought monitor showed just a slight increase in the percentage of the state that doesn’t have any type of drought.

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Iowa State’s Jaylin Noel previews Iowa

Sports

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State is looking to end a losing streak in the Cy-Hawk Series in Saturday’s 69th meeting in Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes have won the last six games in the series. Cyclone sophomore receiver Jaylin Noel.

Noel says a key will be solving the Iowa defense.

Noel says the Cyclone offense will also need to handle the noise in Kinnick Stadium.

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Drake prepares for home opener against Missouri S@T

Sports

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Drake coach Todd Stepsis liked what he saw from his team despite a 56-14 loss at defending FCS champion and top ranked North Dakota State. The Bulldogs open their home schedule on Saturday by hosting Division II Missouri S@T.

Stepsis saw significant progress that ranked at the bottom of the Pioneer Football League last season.

Three quarterbacks saw action last week but Stepsis says senior Ian Corwin is the clear starter after throwing two touchdown passes against the Bison.

Stepsis wants the Bulldogs to approach this week’s game in the same manner.

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Elliott man arrested Thursday on a stolen vehicle charge

News

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Montgomery County, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a man from Elliott was arrested Thursday (Sept. 8th), for Felony, possession of a stolen vehicle. 38-year-old Cory Ross Smith was being held on a $5,000 bond in the Montgomery County Jail. Additional information is not available.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, Sept. 9, 2022

Weather

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny to partly sunny. High 85. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: Cloudy w/a slight chance of rain. Low 58. N @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: Cloudy & cooler, w/a 40% chance of rain. High 68. N @ 10-15.
Sunday: A slight chance of rain in the morning; Becoming mostly sunny. High 76. N @ 10.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 84. W @ 10-15.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low was 56. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 81 and the Low was 45. The Record High on this date was 100 in 1893. The Record Low was 36 in 1959.

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Born in Britain, ISU professor reflects on Queen Elizabeth’s reign

News

September 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The dean of Iowa State University’s history department says he experienced a surprising sweep of sadness at the news Queen Elizabeth had died. Simon Cordery was born outside of London and his family moved to the U.S. when Cordery was 15. “She’s the only head of state, like most Britons, I’ve ever known and her presence was always a source of stability,” he says. “It lent a sense of permanence to an ever changing world.”

Cordery. who has dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom, says the queen was an incredible ambassador for all things British — even for people like him who aren’t necessarily in total support of the idea of a monarchy. “Depending on what happens to the monarchy in the next 50 years, and as a historian I wouldn’t dare to even begin to speculate, I can imagine she that will be perceived and interpreted as a person who saved the monarchy at a time of incredible trial and uncertainty,” Cordery says.

Simon Cordery. (ISU photo)

Her uncle abdicated from the throne to marry a twice divorced American and Elizabeth’s father became king until his death in 1952. Elizabeth ascended to the throne at the age of 25. “Her ability to become in many ways a voice of the British people surprised and delighted a lot of English and Scottish and Irish and Welsh people who didn’t really know what to expect from this admittedly very young princess,” Cordery says. Elizabeth’s eldest son is now King Charles the third and Cordery suspects he’s in for a bit of a rough ride.

“He’s got a tough act to follow. I don’t envy him and he’s had a lot of bad press, of course — some of it his own making and some of it just because of who he is,” Cordery says. “…I can’t imagine that he will make any major missteps. The question is how strong of an advocate will he be for maintaining the commonwealth, how much of his time will he be able to devote to making sure that the infrastructure that his mother has so carefully nurtured will remain in place.”

Cordery is teaching a class in western civilization this semester and he’s looking forward to hearing students’ reactions to Queen Elizabeth’s passing. “I’m curious to know my students’ response to this news,” he says. “I’m curious to know how quickly they learned about it, what their immediate thoughts were, how they feel about it all.”

Several Iowa elected officials issued written statements after the announcement that Queen Elizabeth had died. Senator Chuck Grassley’s staff released a photo of Grassley with the queen after her 1991 address to the U.S. congress. Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half staff until after the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth on Monday, September 19th.

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Harlan girls, IKM-Manning boys win at Audubon XC Meet 09/09/2022

Sports

September 9th, 2022 by admin

Audubon Cross Country Meet
09/09/2022

Girls Team Scoring

  1. Harlan 21
  2. IKM-Manning 34
  3. Kuemper Catholic 85

Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Lindsey Sonderman 3, Harlan Community 21:41.4 6:59
2 Emily Albertsen 10 IKM-Manning 23:11.9 7:28
3 Brylee Schechinger 10 Harlan Community 23:16.3 7:30
4 Jenna Gessert 12 Harlan Community 23:26.0 7:33
5 Taylor Beckendorf 10 IKM-Manning 23:34.4 7:36
6 Emily Schechinger 11 Harlan Community 24:28.8 7:53
7 Kayla Anderson 10 Harlan Community 24:39.2 7:57
8 Lauren Irlbeck 12 IKM-Manning 24:44.9 7:58

Boys Team Scoring

  1. IKM-Manning 20
  2. Harlan 39
  3. Tri-Center 88
  4. Griswold 106
  5. Kuemper Catholic

Boys Individual Top 10

1 Caden Keller 12 Ikm-Manning 17:42.3 5:42
2 Jacob Driskill 11 East Union High School 19:02.8 6:08
3 Lane Sams 11 Ikm-Manning 19:25.5 6:16
4 Reed Hinners 12 Ikm-Manning 19:28.1 6:16
5 Nathan Johnson 12 Ikm-Manning 19:34.9 6:19
6 Ian Shelton 11 Harlan Community 19:37.9 6:20
7 Joseph Bragg 11 Harlan Community 19:38.2 6:20
8 Cody Dorscher 10 Griswold School 19:44.8 6:22
9 Kaiden Milliken 12 Harlan Community 19:45.8 6:22
10 Grant Petersen 9 Harlan Community 19:50.2 6:24

Full results HERE

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Atlantic ready to put together complete game at Shenandoah

Sports

September 8th, 2022 by admin

Trojan LogoThe Atlantic Trojans football team will hit the road this Friday to take on Hawkeye Ten foe Shenandoah. The Trojans come in to the contest at 0-2 and are looking to finish stronger in week 3 after making some mistakes and turning the ball over to lose a lead against Kuemper Catholic in week 2.  Atlantic Head Coach Joe Brummer has been encouraged by some solid play for portions of their first two games, but said they need to put the full effort together.

The Mustangs come in at 2-0 and are playing with confidence. Shenandoah Head Coach Ty Ratliff said it’s been a good start to the season.

Shenandoah has a solid trio of leaders. Blake Herold, Beau Gardner, and Jayden Dickerson have lead on offense and defense for the Mustangs. Gardner and Dickerson split the ball-carrying duties in the backfield and Herold is a big target outside. Coach Brummer said the Trojans will need to slow down that big three.

Atlantic has been able to sling the ball around. Caden Andersen leads Class 3A passers with 554 yards and 5 touchdowns. Coach Ratliff said he is going to need his secondary to win some one-on-one battles.

The Trojans and the Mustangs will kick off at 7:00 p.m. Friday night and we’ll have the coverage on KJAN. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM 1220, FM 101.1, online at KJAN.com, and KJANTV. The night starts with our pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00 p.m. followed by pregame at 6:30 p.m. Catch a full rundown interview with Coach Brummer on Trojan Preview at 4:45 p.m. as well.

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