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Arenado goes 4-4, DeJong hits 2-run blast as Cardinals beat Pirates Saturday

Sports

April 9th, 2022 by admin

The St. Louis Cardinals improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Saturday at Busch Stadium. Paul DeJong hit a 2-run home run, his 32nd of his career, in the third inning to lead the Cardinals offense.

Nolan Arenado scored two runs and went 4-4 at the plate with 3 RBI for the Redbirds. Miles Mikolas got the start on the mound but Kodi Whitley picked up the win, the first of his career.

The Cardinals continue the series with the Pirates on Sunday with a 1:15 p.m. first pitch. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 12:20 p.m.

Treynor wins IKM-Manning Boys Tournament

Sports

April 9th, 2022 by admin

IKM-Manning Tournament
Manning and Manilla Golf Course
04/09/2022

Team Scores

  1. Treynor 165
  2. Boyer Valley 182
  3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 191
  4. ACGC 203
  5. IKM-Manning 210
  6. Underwood 211

Individual Top 5

  1. Ethan Konz, Treynor, 39
  2. Ryan McIntyre, Treynor, 40
  3. Max Nielsen, IKM-Manning, 41
  4. Jaden Forsythe, ACGC, 42
  5. Devin Melby, Boyer Valley, 42

Sidney wins Dale Erickson Memorial Golf Tourney in Anita

Sports

April 9th, 2022 by admin

Dale Erickson Memorial Golf Tournament
Crestwood Hills Golf Course in Anita, IA
04/09/2022

Team Scores

  1. Sidney 334
  2. CAM 348
  3. Fremont-Mills 349
  4. Bedford 352
  5. Panorama 364
  6. Audubon 371
  7. East Mills 391
  8. Exira-EHK 393
  9. Panorama JV 466

Individual Top 5

1 Chase Jahde, CAM, 78
T-2nd. Hayden Thompson, Sidney, 80
T-2nd. Owen Lucas, Bedford, 80
T-4th. Kyle Beam, Sidney, 82
T-4th. Cole Jorgensen, Sidney 82

Reminder: Easter Egg Hunt in Atlantic next Saturday (April 16th)

News

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) –  The City Park in Atlantic, has been egged! It’s no “yolk.” The Easter Egg Hunt is schedule for Saturday April 16th from 10:30 am-until Noon, at the downtown City Park.  Parks and Rec Director Bryant Rasmussen says “We invite all of you to come out for that.  In addition to the Easter Egg Hunt, we will have painted eggs which people have decorated for you to vote on.  The eggs will line the park so you can either walk through and look at them or drive around the park and view them from your cars.”

If you are choosing to drive; start at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Street.  Head south on Chestnut street and loop around the block.  The eggs will be on your right side.  Once you have seen all the eggs, stop by the Parks and Rec tent to place your vote for your favorite egg.  Votes will be tallied and the winning egg will be announced Saturday evening!  If you have not turned in your eggs.  Please do so by Wednesday afternoon by 3 pm.

Rasmussen says “We are doing the “cruise” a little different this year.  We are lining City Park with them since the traditional Easter Egg Hunt is back.”

U-S Ag Sec tests positive for COVID-19

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Washington, D-C) – According to multiple media reports, former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, the current US Secretary of Agriculture, is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. Vilsack received word of his test results on Friday. He’s the latest high-profile Washington figure to test positive for COVID-19. In a Twitter post, Saturday, Vilsack said “I tested positive for COVID. I’m both vaccinated and boosted and thankfully my symptoms are mild. If you have yet to get vaccinated and boosted, please don’t wait.” Vilsack’s office said he is is experiencing mild symptoms.

The positive test comes after the secretary met with Mexican officials earlier this week. The secretary tested negative at the time of his departure and after his return. The Mexican government has been informed of this positive test.

2 dead following a rollover accident in Warren County

News

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Milo, Iowa) – A single-vehicle rollover accident Friday night in Warren County claimed the lives of two 19-year-old men. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup driven by Bryce Vandeliune, of Milo, was traveling south out of Milo on County Road S-23 at around 10:45-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control.

The pickup slid into the west ditch and rolled over several times. The driver, and his passenger, Koby D. Clary, of Des Moines, were ejected and died at the scene. Neither was wearing a seat belt.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Warren County Sheriff’s Deputies and Milo Fire/EMS.

2 vehicle accident in Atlantic Saturday afternoon

News

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Minor injuries were reported but no one was transported to the hospital, following a collision between a full-size pickup and a small car, Saturday afternoon, in Atlantic. Assistant Police Chief Paul Wood said the accident which occurred at around 1:13-p.m. at 7th and Chestnut Streets, when a northbound red Mitsubishi at the stop light at the intersection, proceeded into the intersection after the vehicle in front, turned right.

 

(The driver of the car thought she had a green light. As she entered the intersection, her car was hit on the passenger front side by a Dodge Ram pickup traveling west on 7th Street.)

The pickup driver had a green light. After the impact, the car spun around and ended-up facing southwest on the corner of the intersection.

(The impact caused the car’s airbags to deploy.)

The occupants of the car suffered from minor bumps and bruises, according to the Assistant Chief. The names of the driver’s were not immediately released.

Iowa boat registrations expire April 30

Ag/Outdoor

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowans will be registering more than 231,000 boats before April 30, when current boat registrations expire. Boat registrations are good for three years and registration fees go to support water trails, navigation enforcement, aquatic invasive species, and boater education and safety.

Boat registrations are handled by Iowa’s county recorders and boat owners may bring their current registration to any recorder’s office when they renew. Nonresidents who register their boat in Iowa will go to the county where the boat is primarily used. Owners who purchased a boat from a private seller and are registering it in their name should bring the signed registration and to make sure the title is signed over to them, if applicable.

Only boats displaying a current registration are allowed to operate on Iowa waters.

VADA MARTIN, 89, of Greenfield (Celebration of Life 4/14/22)

Obituaries

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

VADA MARTIN, 89, of Greenfield, died Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield.  A Celebration of Life service for VADA MARTIN will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, April 14th, at the Greenfield United Methodist Church. Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., April 13th, from 3-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

Burial is in the Greenfield Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Vada Martin Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

VADA MARTIN is survived by:

Her husband – Bill O. Martin, of Greenfield.

Her son – Jeff Martin, of Japan.

other relatives and friends.

Red Oak woman arrested early this (Saturday) morning

News

April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop early this morning at 200th Street and Boxelder Avenue in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of a woman on drug charges.  According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the traffic stop happened at around 3:18 a.m. During an investigation that followed, Deputies arrested 39-year old Elysia Tylene White, of Red Oak, for possession of Marijuana 1st Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Interference with Official Acts.

White was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.