JOAN H. REED, 93, of Atlantic, died Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A private graveside service for JOAN REED will be held at the Atlantic Cemetery. The staff of Schmidt Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for the Reed family.
Joan Reed is survived by:
Her daughter – Susan (Dan) Norman,
Her son – Kelly (Rondelle) Reed
10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and her daughter in law, Janet Reed..
(Lewis, Iowa) – The Cass County Conservation Board held a youth fishing derby at Cold Springs Park on June 11th 2022. Prizes were awarded for the most overall weight: 1st Dayton Thomas ( 2nd from Right) , 2nd : Ethan Scoles( left), 3rd : Addyson Freerksen (Right). Awards also given for heaviest single fish and longest single fish: Ethan Scoles ( left) , and shortest single fish: Chloe Pendergast (2nd from Left).
The CCCB would like to thank all those that donated items for the event: Weirich Welding for the trophies, Cappel’s Ace Hardware, and Scheels for prizes. For further details please contact Micah Lee with the Cass County Conservation Board at 712-769-2372.
MICHAEL DARLING, 75, of Greenfield, died Thursday, June 9, 2022, at his home in Greenfield. A Celebration of Life service for MICHAEL DARLING will be held 2-p.m. Friday, June 17th, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield.
The family will greet friends on Friday, June 17, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield ;Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
Burial is in the Victoria Township Cemetery, south of Massena. Full Military Graveside Honors will be conducted by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357.
Memorials: To the Michael Darling Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
MICHAEL DARLING is survived by:
His son – Greg Darling, of Omaha.
His daughters – Laura (Auby) Ninemire, of Pella, and Kathleen (Aaron) Short, of Des Moines.
His brother Chris (Sandy) Darling, of Urbandale.
6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Chris Parks and Cass/Adair County Conservation Officer Grant Gelly talk all things outdoors. This week they discuss young wildlife, turkey harvest numbers, new fishing atlas updates, and an odd local celebrity squirrel.
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Former Audubon state championship coach Frank Howell has passed away at the age of 52.
Howell had a long career coaching girls basketball at both the high school and collegiate level. He led Audubon to a state championship in 1999.
Howell had stops at Cedar Rapids Washington, Audubon, Dallas Center-Grimes, Central Decatur, and Graceland University. His teams made 8 state tournament appearances and he led his teams to over 350 wins.
Services for Coach Howell are pending.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association has announced the postseason baseball assignments for Class 1A and 2A.
Postseason play begins with first round district games on Saturday, July 2nd. Here is a look at area assignments.
CLASS 1A
District 2: East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Riverside, Sidney, St. Albert, West Harrison, Woodbine
District 12: Melcher-Dallas, Moravia, Moulton-Udell, Seymour, Sigourney, Southeast Warren, Twin Cedars, Wayne
District 13: Ankeny Christian Academy, Baxter, Collins-Maxwell, Earlham, Madrid, Martensdale-St. Marys, Murray, Ogden
District 14: Bedford, CAM, East Union, Lamoni, Lenox, Mormon Trail, Mount Ayr, Southwest Valley
District 15: AHSTW, Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, Griswold, Logan-Magnolia, Stanton, Tri-Center
District 16: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Glidden-Ralston, IKM-Manning, Kingsley-Pierson, Newell-Fonda, River Valley, Woodbury Central
CLASS 2A ASSIGNMENTS
DISTRICT 4: ACGC, Greene County, Panorama, Van Meter, West Central Valley, Woodward-Granger
District 14: Central Decatur, Des Moines Christian, Interstate 35, Nodaway Valley, PCM, Pleasantville
District 15: Clarinda, Missouri Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Underwood
District 16: Cherokee, Kuemper Catholic, MVAOCOU, OABCIG, Ridge View, West Monona
SOFTBALL
John Stephens Classic @ Creston
Ankeny 12, Atlantic 1
Bondurant-Farrar 6, Atlantic 3 (A: Jada Jensen 2 doubles, 2 runs)
Ankeny 15, Creston 0
Creston 6, Earlham 3
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Clarinda 2, Shenandoah 1
Kuemper Catholic 18, Red Oak 2
Kuemper Catholic 17, Red Oak 2
Corner Conference
Essex 6, Stanton 5
Griswold 3, East Mills 0 (G: Karly Millikan No-hitter, 10 K’s)
Griswold 15, East Mills 0 (4 inn, G: Brenna Rossell and Joey Reynolds 2-4, 4 RBI each. Rossell pitched no-hitter, 5 K’s)
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 7, Audubon 1 (AHSTW: Rylie Knop 3 hits, 1 RBI)
AHSTW 7, Audubon 6 — 8 inn (AHSTW: Natalie Hagadon walk-off RBI single, 2 hits.)
Logan-Magnolia 11, Tri-Center 0
Missouri Valley 8, Riverside 1 (M: Audrie Kohl 10 K’s)
Underwood 14, IKM-Manning 0
Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 8, CAM 4 (E: Macy Emgarten 10 K’s. Alisa Partridge 2 hits, 1 RBI, 3 runs.)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, West Harrison 0
Woodbine 7, Glidden-Ralston 0
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 12, Bedford 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 12, East Union 1
Mount Ayr 4, Nodaway Valley 2
Southwest Valley 11, Lenox 6 (SWV: Camryn Johnston, Evy Martin, Ryanne Mullen all with 2 hits)
Southeast Warren 10, Wayne 2
OABCIG Tournament
Denison-Schleswig 6, East Sac County 5
Woodward-Granger Tournament
Ogden 6, Lewis Central 5 (8 inn.)
Lewis Central 7, Woodward-Granger 2
Other Scores
Orient-Macksburg 11, Mormon Trail 1
BASEBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Lewis Central 10, Atlantic 0 (LC: Casey Clair 2 hits, 2 RBI)
Clarinda 6, Glenwood 4
Glenwood 3, Clarinda 1
Kuemper Catholic 12, Red Oak 8
Red Oak 18, Kuemper Catholic 13
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 12, AHSTW 2 (AUD: Evan Alt 3 hits, 2 RBI. Gavin Smith double and a HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs)
Riverside 8, Missouri Valley 5 (R: Aiden Bell 2 hits, 2 RBI)
Tri-Center 11, Logan-Magnolia 1
Tri-Center 12, Logan-Magnolia 7
Underwood 9, IKM-Manning 0
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 10, Boyer Valley 4
CAM 8, Exira-EHK 2 (C: Joe Kauffmann 12 K’s Colby Rich 3 hits)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, West Harrison 2 (8 inn.)
Woodbine 17, Glidden-Ralston 0
Corner Conference
East Mills 12, Griswold 8 (EM: 10 first inning runs, Mason Crouse 2 hits 2 RBI, 3 runs. G: Brayden Lockwood 2 hits, 2 RBI)
East Mills 12, Griswold 1 (EM: Peyton Embree 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 Runs)
Stanton 34, Essex 1
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 10, Bedford 6
Lenox 7, Southwest Valley 6
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, East Union 3
Mount Ayr 13, Nodaway Valley 3
Wayne 5, Southeast Warren 3
Other Scores
CB Thomas Jefferson 18, Des Moines North 0
Dowling Catholic 7, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Red Oak Police report an early morning arrest on Saturday. At 1:38 a.m. Officers arrested 27-year-old Trevor Allen Johnson of Red Oak following a traffic stop at the intersection of G Avenue and 200th Street on the charge of Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense. Johnson was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, June 11, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. SW @ 15. High 85.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. S @ 10. Low 64.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Humid. E @ 10. High 87.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 71.
Monday: Cloudy, windy, and hot. S @ 20. High 96.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Windy. S @ 20. High 91.
Yesterday’s high was 80 and the low was 60. This day last year the high was 85 and the low 62. The all-time record high was 99 set in 1892. The record low was 36 set in 1903. Sunrise this morning is 5:45 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:53 p.m.
LOGAN, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Public Safety, Friday, said that on April 22, 2022, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible inappropriate relationship between former West Harrison School Teacher Benjamin J. Work and a minor student. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, along with agents from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, initiated an investigation into the allegation. Mr. Work was placed on administrative leave by the West Harrison School District on April 22, 2022.
During the investigation, law enforcement identified six minor students that Mr. Work had reportedly had inappropriate contact with between the fall of 2021 and spring of 2022. On June 3, 2022, Mr. Work resigned from the West Harrison Community School District.
Benjamin Work (Harrison County S/O photo)
On June 10, 2022, Benjamin Work was arrested at his residence without incident. He was transported and booked into the Harrison County Correctional Facility. Work has been charged with five counts of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee (Class D Felony), five counts of Lascivious Conduct with a Minor (Serious Misdemeanor) and two counts of Indecent Contact with a Child (Aggravated Misdemeanor).
Note: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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