Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit with Allen Place

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were introduced to new staff members of Allen Place at the Rock Island Depot on Thursday, May 19th, 2022. The Ambassadors met the new Executive Director, Doug Hanigar, who was born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma. He and his wife and children moved to Atlantic in late December 2021. Doug was previously working in administration at a 320-bed facility in Oklahoma and has enjoyed working with staff and residents in a small, more personal setting.

Melinda Hunnicutt was born and raised in Audubon, Iowa and has worked in long term care since she was 14 years old. Melinda has worked in many positions within the long-term care communities such as an Environment Aid, CNA, and Kitchen Aid. At 32 years old, Melinda decided to go back to school to become a nurse. Melinda has been a nurse for 10 years and has recently celebrated her one year of employment at Allen Place.

Photo courtesy the Atlantic Chamber.

Allen Place provides services such as housekeeping, laundry, meal service, and activities in a vibrant community for residents on a short or long-term basis. Allen Place prides themselves on 24/7 care specific to the needs of each resident while providing a secure, comforting, and fun environment.

For more information about Allen Place call 712-264-5584 or visit https://www.enlivant.com/communities/iowa/allen-place-atlantic

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Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with Atlantic Ag & Auto Carquest

News

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Atlantic Ag & Auto Carquest on Wednesday, May 18th, 2022. The Ambassadors joined the business in celebrating the opening of the parts store located at 716 W 7th Street in Atlantic. The Chamber says Randy Eden has been in the parts & service industry for over 35 years and has always had a dream of “opening a parts store on the highway.”

photo courtesy the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce.

With the dream in mind, Eden, along with the Watts family, took on the large task of completely renovating the building that was once home to the Salvation Army. Through another Carquest location, the business was able to build a large inventory. With the help of Randy’s team of dedicated individuals, the business was able to officially open their doors April 18th.

Atlantic Ag & Auto Carquest specializes in auto replacement parts along with replacement parts for agriculture equipment including hydraulic hoses and fittings. Randy and his team strive to have high-quality parts on hand to get the customer back up and running with the shortest down time as possible. Atlantic Ag & Auto Carquest is open Monday-Friday 6AM-6PM and Saturday 6AM-1PM.

Atlantic Ag & Auto Carquest is located at 716 W 7th Street in Atlantic. For more information, call 712-254-7373 or visit their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/atlanticagandauto

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Backyard & Beyond 5-20-2022

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

May 20th, 2022 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with Tova Brandt of the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn.

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Unemployment rate drops, new weekly claims lowest since 1973

News

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped again in April. Iowa Workforce Development reports initial unemployment claims fell to five-thousand-290 (5,290) last month — the lowest monthly number since 1973. That led to a drop in the April unemployment rate to three percent, down from three-point-three percent in March. The total number of working Iowans increased by 10-thousand in April compared to March — and that’s 45-thousand-100 more than April one year ago.

Manufacturing added 11-hundred jobs — the most of any sector for the month — and the fifth consecutive gain for the sector.

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2022 State Track and Field Meet – Day 2 – Class 1A and 4A

Sports

May 20th, 2022 by admin

1A Girls Distance Medley

Riverside- 4th 4:21.29 Emma Gordon, Macy Woods, Elly Henderson, Carly Henderson
Audubon- 5th 4:22.05 Madison Steckler, Abigail Zaiger, Mattie Nielsen, Hannah Thygesen

4A Girls Distance Medley

CB Abraham Lincoln- 22nd 4:29.62

1A Boys 110M Hurdles Prelims

Jack Follmann, CAM- 12th 15.54
Sam Foreman, CAM- 17th 16.05
Gavin Smith, Audubon- 5th 15.30 Qualified
Cooper Kock, Ar-We-Va-3rd 15.00 Qualified
Gabe Funk, Lenox- 19th 16.28
Johnathan Weaver, Lenox- 9th 15.37

1A Girls 100M Hurdles Prelims

Lauren Williams, St. Albert- 17th 16.59
Maddax DeVault, Nodaway Valley- 1st 15.14 Qualified
Emily Williams, East Mills- 3rd 15.46 Qualified
Veronica Andrusyshyn, Riverside- 5th 15.65 Qualified
Vanessa Koehler, Glidden-Ralston- 21st 17.11
Madison Fry, Nodaway Valley- 8th 15.89 Qualified
Maggie Ragaller, Ar-We-Va- 16th 16.56

1A Boys 4x200M Relay

Riverside- 21st 1:35.33 Mason McCready, Liam Fagan, Grady Jeppesen, JJ Wilson
Coon Rapids-Bayard- 7th 1:32.48 Easton Hays, Gabe Obert, Raiden Doty, Omarion Floyd

4A Boys 4x200M Relay

CB Abraham Lincoln- 21st 1:38.14

1A Girls 4x200M Relay

Stanton- 24th 1:53.78
St. Albert- 19th 1:51.98
Mount Ayr- 6th 1:49.15
Audubon- 12th 1:50.47
Nodaway Valley- 3rd 1:47.46 Abby Engles, Madison Fry, Emma Lundy, Annika Nelson
Riverside- 2nd 1:47.14 Veronica Andrusyshyn, Izzy Bluml, Elly Henderson, Lydia Erickson.

1A Boys 400M Hurdles

Cale Maas, CAM- 22nd 1:00.96
Gabe Funk, Lenox- 17th 57.76
Jack Follmann, CAM- 5th 55.41
Gavin Smith, Audubon- 6th 55.66
Ryce Reynolds, Mount Ayr- 1st 53.03 STATE CHAMP

1A Girls 400M Hurdles

Maggie Ragaller, Ar-We-Va- 18th 1:10.85
Hannah Wilson, Fremont-Mills- 15th 1:10.41
Lauren Williams, St. Albert- 17th 1:10.53
Lauren Malone, Boyer Valley- 16th 1:10.52
Maddax DeVault, Nodaway Valley- 2nd 1:06.32

4A Girls 400M Hurdles

Abby LaSale, CB Abraham Lincoln- 2nd 1:04.59

1A Boys Distance Medley

Riverside- 5th 3:40.80 Tegan Schechinger, Grady Jeppesen, Mikey Casson, Ayden Salais.
Mount Ayr- 7th 3:41.14 Preston Fleharty, Jaydon Knight, Austin Cole, Adler Shay.

4A Boys Distance Medley

CB Thomas Jefferson- 24th 3:50.93

1A Girls 4x100M Relay Prelims

Nodaway Valley- 5th 51.29 Qualified Maddie Weston, Abby Engles, Emma Lundy, Madison Fry
Riverside- 3rd 51.09 Qualified Izzy Bluml, Lydia Erickson, Emma Gordon, Veronica Andrusyshyn

1A Boys 4x100M Relay Prelims

Coon Rapids-Bayard- 13th 44.76 Easton Hays, Raiden Doty, Omarion Floyd, Gabe Obert
St. Albert- 23rd 45.70 John Helton, Tony Busch, Keaton Barnes, Brendan Monahan

4A Boys 4x100M Relay Prelims

CB Abraham Lincoln- 21st 44.52

1A Girls 4x400M Relay Prelims

IKM-Manning- 4:19.58
Riverside- 2nd 4:09.14 Qualified Elly Henderson, Macy Woods, Lydia Erickson, Izzy Bluml
Nodaway Valley- 12th 4:16.35 Abby Engles, Alena Rectenbaugh, Emma Lundy, Annika Nelson.
Audubon- 8th 4:13.93 Qualified- Abigail Zaiger, Mattie Nielsen, Madison Steckler, Hannah Thygesen

1A Boys 4x400M Relay Prelims

Riverside-6th 3:31.67 Qualified Liam Fagan, Ayden Salais, Grady Jeppesen, Mikey Casson
Mount Ayr- DQ

1A Girls Discus

Jorja Holliday, Nodaway Valley- 9th 109-09
Paige Luft, Griswold- 12th 103-10
Lily Peters, Sidney- 14th 102-05
Mallory Behnken, CAM- 15th 101-11
Mia Allmon, St. Albert- 22nd 90-07

4A Girls Shot Put

Jacee Tindall, CB Abraham Lincoln- 17th 33-09.50

4A Boys Long Jump

Braden LaSale, CB Abraham Lincoln- 23rd 18-09.50

1A Boys High Jump

Jake Malcom, Fremont-Mills- 5th 6-02
Matthew Benedict, Sidney- 6th 6-02
Jack Roberts, Stanton- 7th 6-02
Cooper Kock, Ar-We-Va- 8th 6-00
Samson Adams, Lenox- 14th 5-10
Marshall Knapp, SW Valley- 14th 5-10
Derek Kommes, Exira-EHK- DNC

1A Boys Discus

Devin Whipple, Lenox- 17th 133-08
Koleson Evans, West Harrison- 15th 136-07
Lance Clayburg, Coon Rapids-Bayard- DNF
Dylan Hoefer, Woodbine- 8th 140-01
Cade Ticknor, CAM- 5th 142-05
Tru Melby, Logan-Magnolia- 6th 141-00

1A Girls High Jump

Vanessa Koehler, Glidden-Ralston- 15th 4-11.00
Cadence Douglas, Lenox- 2nd 5-03.00
Emily Madison, Fremont-Mills- 14th 4-11.00

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PAULA BEHRENDT, 78, of Omaha (Memorial Svcs. 5/28/22)

Obituaries

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

PAULA BEHRENDT, 78, of Omaha, died May 13th, at the UNMC in Omaha. Memorial services for PAULA BEHRENDT will be held Saturday, May 28th at 11-a.m., at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.

PAULA BEHRENDT is survived by:

Her daughter – Sherry Behrendt (Mark Helinski) [and Mark’s daughter Haley], of Harlan.

Her brother – Jeff (Lora ) Darling, of Kirkman.

Her sister-in-law Mildred Behrendt, of Harlan, other relatives and friends.

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John Deere ag equipment sales up 13% in last quarter

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Deere and Company saw net sales and revenue rise 11 percent in the last quarter and the company’s executives are predicting even higher sales of tractors and combines in the months ahead. Deere and Company’s net income in the last quarter was more than two billion dollars — about 300 million dollars more than in the same period last year. Deere’s chairman and C-E-O says it’s due to strong demand even as the company faces supply chain pressures on equipment production and delivery schedules.

Deere projects demand for farm equipment will remain strong through the rest of the year. Deere sales of ag equipment rose 13 percent in the past three months. Sales of John Deere lawn products and small ag equipment were up five percent and Deere’s construction and forestry division saw sales increase nine percent during the last quarter.

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Deer enters no hunting zone – in the Carroll Rec Center

News

May 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Carroll, Iowa) – It’s bad enough when a deer runs out in front of your vehicle and causes damage, but one deer in northwest Iowa decided to visit the Carroll Recreation Center Tuesday evening. In surveillance video posted on the City of Carroll Facebook page, the wayward deer can be seen losing its footing as it was making its way through one corridor and ended up in another corridor. It got back up on its legs, and heading out the same way it came in.

Still frame video image of a deer in the Carroll Rec Center (from the City of Carroll Facebook page).

“We heard she was in to sign up for some of our awesome afternoon classes,” said the city of Carroll on its Facebook page. “She left the same window she came in, but seemed in good health when she left. “We hope she’s doing well, but request that she knocks at the door next time she needs a day pass.”

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IGHSAU final Class 2A and 3A girls soccer rankings 05/20/2022

Sports

May 20th, 2022 by admin

2022 FINAL Iowa Girls Soccer Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Friday, May 20, 2022

Class 2A
School Record LW
1 Dallas Center-Grimes 17-0 1
2 Waverly-Shell Rock 14-1 3
3 Norwalk 14-3 2
4 Spencer 13-3 4
5 Xavier 10-3 5
6 Lewis Central 13-5 6
7 North Scott 10-5 7
8 Mount Vernon 16-1 9
9 Bondurant-Farrar 12-4 11
10 North Polk 11-4 8
11 Carlisle 12-2 12
12 ADM 9-7 10
13 Pella 9-6 13
14 Independence 13-2 14
15 Iowa Falls-Alden 15-2 15
Dropped Out: None

Class 3A

1 West Des Moines Valley 16-0 1
2 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 13-3 2
3 Ankeny 15-1 4
4 Waukee Northwest 14-2 5
5 Ankeny Centennial 14-3 3
6 Linn-Mar 15-2 6
7 Pleasant Valley 11-5 7
8 Dowling Catholic 10-5 8
9 Bettendorf 11-4 9
10 Muscatine 11-5 10
11 Iowa City High 11-3 11
12 Cedar Falls 12-3 13
13 Des Moines Roosevelt 8-3 12
14 Johnston 8-7 14
15 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 9-5 15
Dropped Out: None