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UPDATE: No injuries during Atlantic fire

News

May 4th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched at around 4:50-a.m. today (Wednesday), to a residential fire at 106 Cedar Street. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel says flames were showing when the first crews arrived on the scene.

Cappel said apparently, no one was in the residence.

Chief Cappel said an investigation into the cause of the blaze is underway, and will take some time. No injuries were reported. The house was considered a total loss. Atlantic Police, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies and Cass County Emergency Management assisted at the scene.

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Sac City man professes his love (w/misspellings) on the City’s water tower

News

May 4th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Sac City, Iowa) – Officials with the Sac City Police Department, in a social media post Tuesday, said that on Sunday, May 1st, Sac City Police investigated an incident of vandalism at the Sac City Water Tower. Authorities say someone sprayed graffiti on the tower, causing over $350 in damage. Following an investigation, Eric Muggenberg of Sac City, was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, for allegedly causing the vandalism.

In the graffiti, Muggenberg allegedly spray-painted in red, the words “Eric and Heather together forever,” along with two hearts pierced by arrows. A picture of the vandalism drew chuckles on social media, because the word “together” was spelled missing the letters “e, t and g.”

Photo of the vandalized Sac City water tower, via the Sac City PD Facebook page.

All persons charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Royals ride big 7th inning to 7-1 win over Cardinals

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

The Kansas City Royals erupted for 5 runs in the 7th inning and picked up a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. It was a 2-0 game before the 5-run 7th and the Cardinals got their lone run in the 8th.

The Royals pounded out 15 hits on the night, led by a 4-hit game from lead-off man Edward Olivares. He also scored a run and had an RBI. Bobby Witt Jr. had 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI, and a walk.

Dakota Hudson got tagged with 9 hits and 3 earned runs in the Cardinals loss. The Cardinals fall to 13-10 on the season and the Royals improved to 8-14.

The Royals and Cardinals will finish out their set today with a game that has been moved up due to rain threat later in Kansas City. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame starting at 11:15 a.m. and first pitch at 12:10 p.m.

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IGHSAU sets sites and assignments for girls golf postseason

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

The Iowa Girls High School Girls High School Athletic Union has released the regional sites and assignments for the upcoming golf postseason. The first round of regionals takes place on Wednesday, May 13th. Regional finals will be contested on May 18th.

View the full regionals HERE

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Pella Tulip Festival back to full strength this year

News

May 4th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Planners in Pella are anxiously awaiting the Thursday opening of this year’s Tulip Festival. Pella Historical Village spokesperson, Valerie Van Kooten, says they are prepping for lots of visitors during the three-day run. “We are expecting probably some of our largest crowds ever. If advanced ticket sales are any indication — the buses that are coming in — I think people are ready to get out,” she says. It will be the first time things are like they were before the pandemic. “We had, what we kind of called a tulip time light last year, where we didn’t have parades. We needed to control crowds in one area, so we had a lot of the events but we didn’t have parades to encourage people not to gather in one area,” Van Kooten explains. “So this year we’re back totally to where we were three years ago in 2019.

The cold weather has slowed the tulip growth a bit — but she says that is a good thing. “They’re just coming into their peak and I think they’ll be at their peak probably this weekend and into next week. So, it’s a rare year when they haven’t yet hit their peak by tulip time but this might be the year where they’re going to be good for another week or two,” she says. Different varieties of tulips are planted to try and ensure there’s always the color for the festival. “We plant early varieties, middle varieties and late varieties and the early varieties are coming up to be finished. The middle varieties are just blooming on full bloom and the late varieties are coming up and starting to show color,” according to Van Kooten. “So there’s always something blooming at Tulip Time, but they can’t all bloom at the same time because of the way they’re planted for early, middle or late.”

She says they learned from the changes they made in the scaled-back celebration. “It’s funny because as we meet and plan and everything, we all kind of have to think twice about how we did things, you know, three years ago and we learned a lot during the pandemic of things that work and things that don’t and some of the things we put in place during the pandemic will stay. So it wasn’t all bad. We learned a lot about our festival and about our visitors,” Van Kooten says.

You can find a full schedule of events at the website: pellahistorical.org.

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CAM boys, Woodbine girls win Rolling Valley Conference track titles

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

Rolling Valley Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022

Girls Team Scoring

  1. Woodbine 167
  2. CAM 132
  3. Boyer Valley 93
  4. Glidden-Ralston 76
  5. Ar-We-Va 42
  6. Exira-EHK 30
  7. Coon Rapids-Bayard 15
  8. West Harrison 11

CAM got event wins from Mallory Behnken (Discus, Shot Put), Sprint Medley, and 4x100M Relay.

Exira-EHK was 3rd in the 4x400M Relay, and 4x800M Relay

Full results HERE

Boys Team Scoring

  1. CAM 161
  2. Woodbine 134
  3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 87
  4. Boyer Valley 57
  5. West Harrison 47
  6. Ar-We-Va 44
  7. Exira-EHK 28
  8. Glidden-Ralston 28

CAM picked up wins from Lane Spieker (100M, 200M, Long Jump), Cale Maas (400M), Jack Follmann (400M Hurdles), Cade Ticknor (Discus), Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Distance Medley.

Exira-EHK had a 2nd place finish from Derrek Kommes in the High Jump and 3rd place finish from Cash Emgarten in the 200M.

Full results HERE

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ACGC boys, Van Meter girls win at WCAC track meet

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

West Central Activities Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022

Girls Team Scores

1
Van Meter
155.50
2
Madrid
102.00
3
Ogden
86.00
4
Panorama
79.00
5
Des Moines Christian
64.50
6
West Central Valley
55.00
7
Earlham
54.00
8
ACGC
53.00
9
I-35, Truro
46.00
10
Pleasantville
36.00
11
Woodward-Granger
7.00

Jaidyn Sellers of Panorama won the 100M, 200M, 400M, and High Jump.

ACGC’s Chloe Largent was runner-up in the High Jump.

Full results HERE

Boys Team Scores

1
ACGC
118.00
2
DSM Christian
110.50
3
Madrid
107.00
4
Earlham
101.00
5
Van Meter
78.50
6
I-35, Truro
77.00
7
Pleasantville
50.50
8
Ogden
45.00
9
West Central Valley
23.00
10
Woodward-Granger
19.00
11
Panorama
8.50
12
Woodward Academy
3.00

ACGC picked up event wins from Austin Kunkle (100M, 200M), Cael Hoing (Discus), 4x100M Relay, and 4x200M Relay.

Full results HERE

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Wayne girls, Central Decatur boys win POI track championships

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

Pride of Iowa Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022

Girls Team Scores

1
Wayne
162.50
2
Nodaway Valley
145.00
3
Mount Ayr
112.50
4
Cent Decatur
93.50
5
Martensdale St Marys
85.00
6
Lenox
49.00
7
Southwest Valley
28.00
8
Southeast Warren
21.00
9
East Union
19.00
10
Bedford
16.50

Nodaway Valley got wins from Maddax DeVault (100M Hurdles, 400M Hurdles), 4x100M Relay, and 4x400M Relay.

Full results HERE

Boys Team Scores

1
Cent Decatur
179.00
2
Mount Ayr
130.00
3
Lenox
113.00
4
Nodaway Valley
64.00
4
Southwest Valley
64.00
6
Martensdale St Marys
55.00
7
Southest Warren
48.00
8
East Union
33.00
9
Bedford
27.00
9
Wayne
27.00

Nodaway Valley got a win from Doug Berg in the 1600M and 3200M.

Marshall Knapp of Southwest Valley won the High Jump.

Lenox’s Devin Whipple won the Discus and Johnathan Weaver won the Shot Put. The Tigers also won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Full results HERE

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Fremont-Mills girls, East Mills boys win Corner Conference track titles

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

Corner Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022

Girls Team Scores

1
Fremont-Mills
177.00
2
Stanton
105.00
3
East Mills
94.00
4
Essex
79.00
5
Griswold
70.00
6
Sidney
53.00

Fremont-Mills picked up event wins from Teagan Ewalt (400M, 800M), Emily Madison (400M Hurdles, High Jump), 4x400M Relay, 4x800M Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Griswold’s Paige Luft won the Discus and was 4th in the Shot Put.

Full results HERE

Boys Team Scores

1
East Mills
141.00
2
Stanton
119.00
3
Sidney
104.00
4
Fremont-Mills
97.00
5
Griswold
67.00
6
Essex
54.00

East Mills got wins from Matthew Haley (100M), Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Sprint Medley.

Griswold got wins from Cody Dorscher (800M, 3200M), and Cale Swain (Long Jump).

Full results HERE

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Treynor girls, Underwood boys win WIC track titles

Sports

May 4th, 2022 by admin

Western Iowa Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022

Girls Team Scores

1
Treynor
155.50
2
Underwood
120.50
3
Riverside
108.00
4
Logan-Magnolia
99.00
5
Audubon
71.00
6
IKM-Manning
62.00
7
Tri-Center
59.00
8
AHSTW
32.00
9
Missouri Valley
27.00

Treynor picked up wins from Jozie Lewis (200M), Jadyn Huisman (Discus, Shot Put).

Riverside got wins from Veronica Andrusyshyn (100M, 100M Hurdles), 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, and Distance Medley.

Audubon got a win from Stefi Beisswenger (1500M).

Full results HERE

Boys Team Scores

1
Underwood
191.00
2
Treynor
100.00
3
IKM-Manning
90.00
4
Logan-Magnolia
81.00
5
Missouri Valley
73.00
6
Riverside
71.00
7
Audubon
62.00
8
AHSTW
30.00
9
Tri-Center
28.00

Underwood wins were from Chase Ryan (100M), Raymond Patomson (400M), Scott Pearson (800M), Carter Davis (110M Hurdles), Mason Boothby (High Jump, Long Jump), Thomas Huneke (Shot Put), 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, 4x800M Relay, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Sprint Medley, and Distance Medley.

IKM-Manning got wins from Lane Sams (1500M), and Caden Keller (3200M).

Full results HERE

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