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ISU Releases Complete 2024 Soccer Schedule

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May 14th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State and head coach Matt Fannon announced the 2024 soccer schedule Tuesday afternoon. The 2024 slate is highlighted by a program-high 12 home games – plus a home exhibition game – to go along with seven road contests.

The Cyclones will play eight non-conference games this year, with six coming at the Cyclone Soccer Complex, as part of the 19-game schedule. The schedule includes a lone exhibition match and is capped with 11 league games. ISU will meet up with seven teams that qualified for the 2023 College Cup in 2024 – four in the non-conference and three in Big 12 play – with BYU having made it to the semifinals last season.

The 2024 season unofficially begins on Aug. 7, when the Cyclone welcome Minnesota to Ames for an exhibition contest, making it the third straight season the two teams have met for preseason play. The season officially gets underway on Thursday, Aug. 15, with Western Illinois coming to town. ISU and WIU will meet for the fourth time and the first time since 2013, when the Cyclones won 2-0.

Following the season lid-lifter, Iowa State will remain at the CSC for a game with the Creighton Bluejays on Aug. 18 before hitting the road for its first away contest of the season. ISU’s first road trip will be a short one, as the team is set to head to Des Moines on Aug. 22 for a date with Drake in the state’s capital. A week later, on Aug. 29, the Cyclones will be visited by Saint Louis, the first of seven 2023 College Cup participants on the schedule.

The Cyclones will continue to play 2023 postseason qualifiers, as their next two games – at Memphis (9/1) and vs. Michigan (9/5) – will also be against teams that made last season’s College Cup. Iowa State concludes its non-conference slate in mid-September, with a pair of home games sandwiched around the Big 12 opener on the road.

ISU and Northern Colorado will meet on Sept. 8 before the Cyclones embark on their third road trip of the season, the conference opener at Kansas (9/12). Following a one-off game in Lawrence, ISU returns to the Cyclone Sports Complex to cap the non-conference slate against in-state foe Iowa on Sept. 15 as part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

The Cyclones will then host UCF in the home conference opener (9/19). The Cyclones will remain in Ames to face off with old Big 12 foe Colorado on 9/22 in the teams’ first meeting since 2018, when they played as part of a non-conference schedule.

ISU is back in action the following Thursday as it heads to Salt Lake City for the first-ever meeting with the Utah Utes (9/26). The Cyclones wrap their two-game road trip in Provo, taking on the BYU Cougars to close out September (9/30). The Cyclones open October play on the sixth, welcoming Kansas State to town. The team will remain in Ames as Cincinnati makes its first-ever appearance in Ames on 10/10.

In its final road trip of the season, Iowa State heads south to face off with defending league champs Texas Tech (10/13) and Oklahoma State (10/17). The conference schedule concludes at the Cyclone Sports Complex with TCU (10/20) and Baylor (10/25) rounding out home competition.

ISU will not match up with Arizona, Arizona State, Houston or West Virginia this season.

Complete 2024 Iowa State Soccer Schedule

Aug. 7 – MINNESOTA (exh.)

Aug. 15 – WESTERN ILLINOIS

Aug. 18 – CREIGHTON

Aug. 22 – at Drake

Aug. 29 – SAINT LOUIS

Sept. 1 – at Memphis

Sept. 5 – MICHIGAN

Sept. 8 – NORTHERN COLORADO

Sept. 12 – at Kansas *

Sept. 15 – IOWA

Sept. 19 – UCF *

Sept. 22 – COLORADO *

Sept. 26 – at Utah *

Sept. 30 – at BYU *

Oct. 6 – KANSAS STATE *

Oct. 10 – CINCINNATI *

Oct. 13 – at Texas Tech *

Oct. 17 – at Oklahoma State *

Oct. 20 – TCU *

Oct. 25 – BAYLOR *

HOME games in all caps | * = Big 12 Conference

40th anniversary of Iowa Vietnam Memorial marked

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A ceremony on the state capitol grounds today (Tuesday) marked an anniversary for the state’s Vietnam Memorial.  “The Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated 40 years ago on Memorial Day May 28 of 1984 by then Iowa Governor Terry Branstad,” according to Dan Gannon, Commander of the Des Moines Chapter 20 of Vietnam Combat Disabled Veterans.

Gannon says the Iowa Memorial came two years after the National Vietnam Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D-C. Gannon, who served in the Marines in Vietnam says many other Iowans served our country as well. “During the Vietnam War years 115-thouand Iowans served in Vietnam in all branches of the military,” he says. “Their average age was 19. They were still teenagers barely out of high school and some not yet old enough yet to vote for the president’s who sent him there.” Gannon says nearly 900 Iowans gave the ultimate sacrifice.

“Eight hundred and 68 Iowans became casualties of that Vietnam War their names are etched as you can see in the black granite to my to my back,” Gannon says. “There are over 58-thousand-281 names on the Vietnam Wall in D-C.” He says it wasn’t very far into the war before the first Iowan died. “Iowa’s first casualty of the Vietnam War was Navy hospital corpsman second class Gerald Owen Norton. He served with the first Marine airwing and was killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam on October the second of 1962, Gannon says. Iowa Vietnam War Memorial

He says Norton, who was from Moulton, was the first corpsman killed in the war. Gannon says the last Iowan killed in combat tragically came just before the war ended. “Nineteen-year-old United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Darwin Judge from Marshalltown, Iowa. He died on the 29th of April 1975. The last day of the war during a rocket attack. His death occurred just prior to the final evacuation of the Embassy in Saigon.” Gannon says He says five Iowans received the Medal of Honor for their conduct in the Vietnam War.

It is the 17th year there has been a state ceremony for Iowa Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day. All of the names of the Veterans on the Iowa wall were read for the first time in another ceremony that followed the anniversary recognition.

Residents seek details of Western Iowa Tech settlement with Chilean students

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Residents in the Sioux City area say their local community college needs to be more transparent about a $3 million settlement with 13 Chilean students who accused the school of human trafficking.

Three other international students from Chile have not yet settled with Western Iowa Tech. Dave Bernstein, the president of State Steel in Sioux City and a former member of the Iowa Economic Development Board, addressed the Western Iowa Tech board yesterday.

“I think there’s great concern over the fact that most likely there will be additional settlements taking that number up significantly, whether or not you actually have insurance in place to cover that or not, whether that’s going to take a hit to tuition’s or come out of your state funding or come out of the levy that goes against property tax holders within this area,” he said. “I think that’s a very significant concern that all taxpayers have a right to know.”

Rosanne Plante, a Sioux City lawyer, is a former instructor at the college. She said the school’s reputation has been tarnished. “You don’t reach a settlement of $3 million without spending a significant amount of money on lawyers,” Plante said, “and without determining that it’s far better to settle than it is to have your dirty laundry aired.”

The students say the college promised a free two-year program with internships, but they were forced into manual labor jobs at a dog food factory and a food processing plant to pay off tuition. The trial in a separate case involving Western Iowa Tech students from Brazil is scheduled to start about a year from now.

Glenwood Police report, 5/14/24

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest today (Tuesday), of 19-year-old Jonathan Young, from Glenwood. Young was taken into custody for Failure to appear. His cash-only bond was set at $300.

Gov. Reynolds, Sec. Naig request federal assistance from USDA for Iowa farmers impacted by severe storms

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES – Governor Reynolds today sent a letter co-signed with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig to Secretary Tom Vilsack at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting federal assistance for farmers whose properties were damaged or destroyed by severe weather on April 26-27, 2024. 

The governor issued the letter after being notified earlier in the day that a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration had been authorized by the White House, opening Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration programs to disaster-affected homeowners, renters, and businesses in eight counties. 

An excerpt from the letter to the USDA is included below: 

“Iowa farmers have been significantly impacted by these storms and require assistance to recover from these catastrophic damages and to rebuild and replace destroyed grain bins, farm equipment, and operational business losses.  Disaster assistance programs only offered through the Farm Service Agency following a Secretarial Designation, including the Farm Loans Program and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock Program, are needed to help Iowa farmers recover from these storms. 

“As a result, we respectfully request your consideration and prompt issuance of U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretarial Designation and activation of any and all eligible assistance for the following eight Iowa counties:  Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, and Union.” 

The letter can be read in its entirety online. 

TIM McCOY, 68, of Atlantic (Graveside Svcs. 5/18/24)

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

TIM McCOY, 68, of Atlantic, died November 16, 2023, at Griswold Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, in Griswold. Graveside services for TIM McCOY will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the Wiota Cemetery. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

A luncheon in the reception room of the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic, will follow the graveside service.

Memorials may be directed to the Tim McCoy Family at this time, they will be designated to some of his favorite local organizations. They may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home P.O. Box 523, Atlantic, IA 50022.

TIM McCOY is survived by:

His brother – Dwight McCoy.

His sisters – Karen Rose and Debbie Meyer;

and many nieces and nephews.

Gov. Reynolds announces Approval of Presidential Major Disaster Declaration

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today that President Biden has approved Iowa’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are now authorized to provide assistance to Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, and Union Counties that were impacted by severe weather on April 26, 2024.

Residents in these counties can now apply for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individual Assistance Program, which provides disaster-affected homeowners, renters, and businesses with programs and services to maximize recovery, including assistance with housing, personal property replacement, medical expenses, and legal services. Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated areas can begin applying for assistance by calling 1-800-621-3362. The helpline operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., 7 days a week. Anyone using a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, can give FEMA the number for that service. Other options include registering online at www.disasterassistance.gov or downloading the FEMA app.

Homeowners, renters, businesses, and nonprofit organizations whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster, may be able to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the SBA. In addition, small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, and private, nonprofit organizations impacted by the severe weather may be eligible to apply for working capital loans.  Applicants may apply online, receive additional disaster assistance information, and download applications at www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance.

Applicants may also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA disaster assistance. For people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program is no longer available in counties where the FEMA Individual Assistance Program has been made available and residents should apply for the FEMA Individual Assistance Program.

Linda Edelman, RN, BSN Receives The DAISY Award

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with Cass Health have announced Linda Edelman, RN, BSN is the newest recipient of The DAISY Award, which celebrates excellence in nursing. Edelman has been a nurse for 37 years, and she has worked primarily in public health, with several years of home health experience also. She says “While I was working on my BSN, I was doing my community health rotation in Council Bluffs and that’s when I first found my interest in public health. I loved being able to go into the community and being able to take care of people of all ages from young, pregnant women to my patients who were well into their 90s.” .

Edelman was nominated by Cass County Public Health Director Beth Olsen. In her nomination letter, Olsen said “My nomination is based specifically on the care she provides to our Pacific Island community members. Linda has taken the time to learn about their culture and wants to deeply understand the issues that this community faces each day. She meets them where they are and understands the deep and complex layers of working with an entire community whose culture and approach to healthcare is quite different than what an American nurse is trained for.

“Linda adjusts her works hours to accommodate their long and varying shift work, going above and beyond to meet their needs. It is not uncommon for Linda to work an evening, weekend or on her day off- if that is when the patient has time to meet with her. This community trusts Linda deeply with their healthcare needs. She is known as a resource for the entire community, helping with many things beyond her original intentions of connecting with these individuals. It’s not uncommon to see them greet her in the grocery store or for children to run up and give her a hug when they recognize her on the street.

Linda listens attentively to each concern she is presented with and seamlessly connects each individual and family to the care and services they need to have a better life and experience in Atlantic.” Edelman said, “I love what I do, and I am passionate about helping this community. There’s so much work to be done, and I really want these new residents to feel like this is their home, and we care about them. I really care about them, and I get back so much gratification from helping them.”

Linda Edelman, RN, BSN

As for the DAISY Award, Edelman said it was a huge surprise and shock. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen. It is a complete honor, and I want to make sure to say that I am so blessed to work with such wonderful people. I’ve worked with a lot of terrific people, a lot of departments, a lot of people in the community – and I’m just so lucky be part of an amazing team,” she said.

Nurses at Cass Health are honored twice annually with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.® The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate care nurses provide to patients and families every day. The DAISY Award committee at Cass Health thanks all nominators for their submissions. Each nurse who was nominated will be presented with a special pin and a copy of the nomination.

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.)  The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

This is one initiative of The DAISY Foundation to express gratitude to the nursing profession.  Additionally, DAISY offers J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects, The DAISY Faculty Award to honor inspiring faculty members in schools and colleges of nursing, and The DAISY in Training Award for nursing students. More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org. An online nomination form is available at https://www.casshealth.org/daisy.

IHSSN Releases Information on How to Watch the Iowa High School Co-ed State Championship Track Meet

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May 14th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

EMERSON, IA – The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) State Track Championships, May 16-18, 2024, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The competition begins at 9 a.m. each day and programming will conclude at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s programming will conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m., barring any changes due to weather. The co-ed state championship track meet will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be viewed via the following partners:
 Mediacom (MC-22)
 Aureon Affiliates
 Premier Communications (CH 450)
 The Community Agency (TCA), (CH 510)
The event will also be streamed for free in its entirety on IHSSN.com and the WatchIHSSN App. Viewers can also access the stream through IHSAA and IGHSAU websites. At the completion of the 2024 meet, a digital archive can be purchased at IHSSN.com, where meets from previous years are also available.

Montgomery County Supervisors act on City of Red Oak property tax abatement’s

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May 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors have approved a request to abate Red Oak City-owned property taxes for parcels at 300 E. Market Street, 818 E. Nuckols Street, and 306 E. Elm Street. Auditor Jill Ozuna said the City has not provided her with details on plans for the use of the properties, including whether or not the houses on those lots will be demolished.

The Board discussed and then approved the abatement and refund of Red Oak City-owned property tax paid in error by Bruce Reich, for 210 N. 5th Street, in the amount of $324.00. Jill Ozuna said…

The Supervisors in Montgomery County discussed the FY 25 County Budget w/regard to a revenue correction on the Long-Term Debt Schedule. Jill Ozuna explained no action was needed by the Board.

She said also, on the presentation she gave on the budget, the levy amounts are different than what was presented. The budget was corrected, with no affect on the actual budget.

And, the Board set June 11, 2024, at 8:30-a.m., as the date and time for a canvas of the June 4th Primary Election results. Jill Ozuna reminds voters in Montgomery County, that in-person absentee voting for the June 4th Primary, begins Wednesday, May 15th. Montgomery County Engineer Karen Albert provided the Board with a weekly Secondary Roads Department report.

The next Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 21st, will include discussion and action on updating the County Ordinance pertaining to vendor permits for the July RAGBRAI® event.