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Minnesota man dies during an Adair-Guthrie County motorcycle pursuit

News

August 30th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – A pursuit that began late Monday night in Adair County, ended in Guthrie County with the suspect vehicle crashing, and the driver deceased. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle was actively eluding an Adair County Sheriff’s Deputy eastbound on White Pole Road. Guthrie County Deputy Todd Thorn waiting to assist with the pursuit was stopped on Juniper Avenue on the south side of the intersection facing northbound, when the motorcycle veered south from White Pole Road and struck the rear, driver’s side of the Deputy’s 2021 Chevy Silverado on Juniper Avenue.

The operator of the cycle, 30-year-old Benjamin Todd Wilber, of Mora, MN, was thrown from the machine and came to rest in the southeast ditch. Wilber died from his injuries. No one else was hurt. The crash happened at around 12:32-a.m., Tuesday (Today).

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High School Volleyball Scoreboard 08/29/2022

Sports

August 30th, 2022 by admin

Western Iowa Conference

(3-0) Treynor 25-25-26, Logan-Magnolia 14-17-24

Other Scores

(3-0) Essex 25-25-25, North Nodaway 14-11-16
(2-0) Heartland Christian 25-25, Parkview Christian 12-22
(2-1) Omaha Christian Academy 25-22-17, Heartland Christian 17-25-15
(2-1) Boone 25-10-15, Greene County 19-25-9
(2-1) Kuemper Catholic 25-18-15, Greene County 22-25-6
(3-1) Southwest Valley 25-20-25-25, Creston 16-25-11-15

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Radio Iowa High School Football Rankings 08/29/2022

Sports

August 30th, 2022 by admin

Class 5A
1. Ankeny (1-0), LW #1 vs Centennial
2. S.E. Polk (1-0), LW #4 @ #5 WDM Valley
3. Pleasant Valley (1-0), LW #5 @ Hempstead
4. Dowling Catholic (0-1), LW #2 @ Waukee Northwest
5. WDM Valley (1-0) LW #6 vs #2 S.E, Polk
6. Cedar Falls (1-0), LW #7 @ Waterloo West
7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (1-0), LW #8 @ Bettendorf
8. Urbandale (1-0), LW #9 @ Johnston
9. Sioux City East (2-0), LW (X) @ Sioux City North
10.Linn-Mar (1-0), LW (X) @ 4A #6 Iowa City Liberty

Class 4A
1. Lewis Central (2-0), LW #1 @ #10 Carlisle
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (1-0), LW #2 vs West Delaware
3. Waverly-Shell Rock (1-0), LW #3 @ Crestwood
4. Indianola (1-0), LW #6 vs Glenwood
5. North Scott (1-0), LW #5 vs Western Dubuque
6. Iowa City Liberty (1-0), LW (X) vs 5A #10 Linn-Mar
7. Bondurant-Farrar (1-0), LW #7 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
8. Norwalk (1-0), LW #9 vs DSM Lincoln
9. Webster City (0-1), LW #4 vs Boone
10.Carlisle (1-0), LW #10 vs #1 Lewis Central

Class 3A
1. Harlan (0-1), LW #1 vs Grinnell
2. Solon (1-0), LW #2 vs #6 Mount Vernon
3. Humboldt (1-0), LW #4 @ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
4. Nevada (1-0), LW #6 @ 2A #4 West Marshall
5. Davenport Assumption (1-0), LW #5 @ 2A #6 Wahlert
6. Mount Vernon (1-0), LW #9 @ #2 Solon
7. Benton (1-0), LW (X) vs Center Point-Urbana
8. Central DeWitt (1-0), LW (X) @ Camanche
9. North Polk (1-0), LW (X) vs Pella
10.Fairfield (1-0), LW (X) @ Ottumwa

Class 2A
1. Williamsburg (1-0), LW #3 @ 1A #1 Van Meter
2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (1-0), LW #4 @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
3. OABCIG (1-0), LW #5 @ Storm Lake
4. West Marshall (1-0), LW #6 vs 3A #4 Nevada
5. Waukon (0-1), LW #2 vs Decorah
6. Dubuque Wahlert (1-0), LW (X) vs 3A #5 Assumption
7. Osage (1-0), LW #8 @ Aplington-Parkersburg
8. North Fayette Valley (1-0), LW #10 @ Sumner-Fredricksburg
9. Spirit Lake (1-0), LW (X) vs Forest City
10.New Hampton (1-0), LW #9 @ Charles City

Class 1A
1. Van Meter (1-0), LW #1 vs 2A #1 Williamsburg
2. West Sioux (1-0), LW #2 @ Sioux Center
3. Dike-New Hartford (1-0), LW #3 @ A #5 Grundy Center
4. Dyersville Beckman (1-0), LW #4 @ Anamosa
5. Underwood (1-1), LW #5 vs Clarinda
6. Pella Christian (1-0), LW #6 @ Panorama
7. Western Christian (1-0), LW (X) @ Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
8. West Branch (1-0), LW (X) @ Waterloo Columbus
9. Denver (1-0), LW #9 vs Union
10.Iowa City Regina (0-1), LW #6 vs West Liberty

Class A
1. West Hancock (1-0), LW #2 vs Mason City Newman
2. East Buchanan (1-0), LW #5 @ North Linn
3. Lynnville-Sully (1-0), LW #4 @ North Mahaska
4. Woodbury Central (1-0), LW #7 @ Logan-Magnolia
5. Grundy Center (1-0), LW #8 vs 1A #3 Dike-New Hartford
6. HMS (Hartley) (0-1), LW #3 @ #9 LeMars Gehlen
7. Mount Ayr (1-0), LW #9 @ Central Decatur
8. Alburnett (1-0), LW (X) @ Pekin
9. LeMars Gehlen (1-0), LW (X) vs #6 HMS (Hartley)
10.Saint Ansgar (0-1), LW #10 vs West Fork

8-Player
1. Remsen St. Mary’s (1-0), LW #1 vs River Valley
2. WACO (2-0), LW #3 vs HLV
3. Don Bosco (1-0), LW #4 @ #7 Turkey Valley
4. Easton Valley (0-1), LW #2 @ South Beloit
5. Newell-Fonda (1-0), LW #5 vs Siouxland Christian
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (1-0), LW #6 vs Colo-Nesco
7. Turkey Valley (1-0), LW #7 vs #3 Don Bosco
8. Lenox (1-0), LW #8 @ East Mills
9. Winfield-Mount Union (2-0), LW (X) @ Iowa Valley
10.Baxter (1-0), LW #9 @ Melcher-Dallas

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Mills County Sheriff’s Report 08/29/2022

News

August 30th, 2022 by admin

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office has released details on a large number of recent arrests.

On August 19th Deputies arrested 33-year-old Richard James Hoeppner of Glenwood on a charge of Child Endangerment. He was arrested at 3:22 a.m. and held on $5,000 bond.

On August 19th at 6:49 p.m. 43-year-old Jeffrey Christopher Potter of Elliot was arrested for Driving While Revoked on Highway 59 and Brothers Ave. He was booked in on $1,000 bond.

On August 20th at 3:24 a.m. 31-year-old Johnny Navarro of Clarinda was arrested at the intersection of Allis Road and Binge Avenue for OWI 1st Offense. He was booked in on $1,000 bond.

On August 22nd at 12:38 a.m. 28-year-old Tyler Steven Gibler of Villisca was arrested at the intersection of Highway 34 and Jabber Road on a warrant for Failure to Appear out of Adams County. He was booked in on $450 bond.

On August 22nd at 1:41 p.m. 28-year-old Tyler Keith Evans of Dexter was arrested at the Shelby County Jail on a warrant for Pr-Trial Revoked. He was booked in on $50,000 bond.

On August 22nd at 4:41 p.m. 18-year-old Hazem Dafaalla Nasralla Sarmin of Omaha, NE was arrested at Pottawattamie County Corrections on a warrant for Eluding and Interference with Official Acts. Held on no bond.

On August 25th at 6:19 p.m. 46-year-old Brent William Michael of Malvern was arrested on a warrant for Driving While Barred on Rains Avenue. Bond was set at $2,000.

On August 26th 30-year-old Jessica Kay Scott of Malvern was arrested on Ridge Drive on a Forgery charge and a warrant out of Nebraska for Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $5,000.

On August 27th at 11:14 p.m. 23-year-old Gabriel Patrick Amburn of Glenwood was arrested on I-29 for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond was set at $1,300.

On August 28th at 2:17 a.m. 27-year-old Joan Sebastian Baron-Espinosa of Hialeah, FL was arrested on Highway 34 for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Bond was set at $1,000.

On August 28th at 3:37 a.m. 42-year-old Brandon James Wilson of Casey was arrested for Eluding on Brother Avenue. Bond was set at $2,000.

On August 28th at 3:38 a.m. 37-year-old Mario Daneris Espinoza-Figuera of Houston, TX was arrested on Hilman Road for OWI 1st Offense. Bond was set at $1,000.

On August 28th at 3:57 p.m. 48-year-old Keith Alan Rowe of Hastings was arrested at the intersection of 310th Street and Meadows Road for OWI 1st Offense. Bond was set at $1,000.

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Council Bluffs Police seeking help in identifying wanted person

News

August 30th, 2022 by admin

The Council Bluffs Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a wanted subject. The person is described as a Black female, 20 to 30 years old with a mohawk style haircut that is dyed red. If you have any information on this individual please call 712-328-4761.

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RAMON L. WHEELER, 88, of Exira (8-31-2022)

Obituaries

August 30th, 2022 by Jim Field

RAMON L. WHEELER, 88, of Exira died Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Exira Care Center.  Funeral services for RAMON L. WHEELER will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 AT 2:00 PM in the Exira Christian Church.  Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

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Friends may call at the Exira Christian Church where the family will meet with friends Wednesday from 12:00 pm until service time.

Burial in the Exira Cemetery

RAMON L. WHEELER is survived by:

many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Skyscan Forecast Tuesday 08/30/2022

Weather

August 30th, 2022 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Tuesday, August 30, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly sunny. NW @ 10-15. High 83.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. Light SW winds. Low 55.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. SE @ 10-15. High 87.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. S @ 5. Low 62.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms. High 87.

Friday: Partly cloudy. A few afternoon thunderstorms. High 90.

Yesterday’s high was 84 and the low was 53. This day last year the high was 87 and the low was 60. The all-time record high was 101 set in 1947. The record low was 33 set in 1893. Sunrise this morning is at 6:44 a.m. and sunset tonight is 7:57 p.m.

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Monsoon in the SW could be why Iowa is having a long-term drought

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

August 29th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Monsoon isn’t a term we hear often in Iowa, but that may be what’s at least partly responsible for our prolonged drought conditions. Heavy rain in the southwestern U-S can draw moisture away from the Northern Plains. Meteorologist Doug Kluck, the climate services director for the National Weather Service Central Region, says that pattern has been spinning away for the past several weeks.

While large portions of Iowa have remained in drought for months, Kluck says long-term weather patterns have been moving more precipitation into the central parts of the country.

Kluck says with another La Nina possible, there is no guarantee that Southwestern moisture will continue.

Predictions are calling for a third year of La Nina, which could lead to a colder-than-normal winter across the Northern Plains.

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(Update w/names) Fatal accident in Hardin County

News

August 29th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Hubbard, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol, Monday afternoon, released the names of those who were involved in a collision between a semi tractor-trailer and a station wagon Sunday night, south of Hubbard, in Hardin County. Authorities say the driver of a 1996 Volvo station wagon, 39-year-old Joel Jeffress, of Madrid, died at the scene. He was traveling east on County Road D-65, and failed to stop at the posted intersection with Highway 65.

A 2005 Kenworth semi traveling south on Highway 65 struck the Volvo. The driver of the semi, 61-year-old Kenneth Hack, of Alden, was injured and transported by Hubbard EMS to the hospital in Iowa Falls.  The accident remains under investigation.

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, the Hardin County Emergency Squad, Hubbard Fire and EMS, Iowa Falls EMS and the Iowa DOT’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Agency assisted at the scene.

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Auditor of State Rob Sand announces the winners of the 2022 Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) program.

News

August 29th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Auditor of State Rob Sand, Monday, congratulated counties, cities, and school districts across Iowa for participating in the Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) program. “The Auditor’s Office is excited to see local leaders share our passion for saving tax dollars,” said Sand. “Collectively, we have the potential to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for our communities.”

Sand created the PIE program in 2019 to encourage governmental entities to implement cost-cutting measures and spark innovative ideas to save public funds. The PIE program also provides local leaders with tools to collaborate and share their concepts, known as PIE recipes, via the Auditor of State website. “If someone has a great idea on how to save tax dollars, we want them to spread the word,” said Sand. “PIE provides local leaders with an easy, streamlined sharing process.”

In the last year, PIE participation in Iowa has increased by more than 55%. Eighty-four counties and 310 cities submitted entries in 2021, and for the first time, 121 school districts participated. The PIE program has proven so successful, that the Mississippi Auditor of State, a Republican, launched the program in his state. “This shows that when you put people over partisan politics, we all win,” said Sand. 

Auditor Sand congratulates the 2022 PIE winners listed below and thanks them for their participation. He will hand-deliver a pie to officials in each community at a later date.
COUNTIES
Largest County: Polk
Smallest County: Ringgold
Best Performing County: Johnson
Best Performing Largest Fifth County: Johnson
Best Performing Second Fifth County: Clayton
Best Performing Middle Fifth County: Kossuth
Best Performing Fourth Fifth County: Louisa
Best Performing Smallest Fifth County: Ringgold
Most Improved County: Jackson
CITIES
Largest City: Des Moines
Smallest City: Beaconsfield
Best Performing City: Des Moines
Best Performing Largest Fifth City: Des Moines
Best Performing Second Fifth City: Guttenburg
Best Performing Middle Fifth City: Milo
Best Performing Fourth Fifth City: Plainfield
Best Performing Smallest Fifth City: Fostoria
Most Improved City: Gilbertville
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Largest Community School District: Davenport
Smallest Community School District: Gilmore City-Bradgate
Best Performing Community School District: Hamburg
Best Performing 4A Community School District: College
Best Performing 4A Runner Up Community School District: Bettendorf
Best Performing 3A Community School District: Howard-Winneshiek
Best Performing 3A Runner Up Community School District: Sioux Central
Best Performing 2A Community School District: MFL-MarMac
Best Performing 2A Runner Up Community School District: Missouri Valley
Best Performing 1A Community School District: Hamburg
Best Performing 1A Runner Up Community School District: Belle Plaine

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