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Atlantic Girls Wrestling Battling in Very First Season

Sports

December 13th, 2024 by Christian Adams

In their very first year of existence, the Atlantic Girls Wrestling are battling and competing in their very first season. Although they dropped two matches at last night’s Triangular at Creston, Cadence Kinzie, Leah Thomas, and Hayley Armstrong all picked up wins. Head Coach Mike Greving has been proud of the way the team has battled through the early part of this first season.

There are always challenges when starting anything from scratch, much less a sports team. This can include anything from fundraising, acquiring uniforms and equipment to things like setting up procedures, habits, and even teaching athletes a new sport. Although Coach Greving said there have been challenges, the wrestling community of Atlantic has been there to help.

Despite being in their first season, there is some experience and leadership on this Atlantic team.

Some of those leaders for the Trojans have been sophomore Cadence Kinzie and junior Haley Huffman. Both bring experience to the table and have first and second-place finishes in their respective weight classes this year. Coacher Greving has been proud of the way they have wrestled this year, in addition to helping out the team.

Given the first-year status of the program, there were bound to be pleasant surprises and Greving has been impressed with some of his wrestlers who have adapted to a new sport.

Above all though, Coach Greving says it is about more than just results.

Coming up on Friday the Trojans will head to Council Bluffs for the Council Bluffs Classic and Greving is excited to see where his team is at.

After the Council Bluffs Classic, Atlantic will compete in the ADM Girls invite next Saturday before the Christmas break.

 

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High School Girls Wrestling Results from Thursday

Sports

December 13th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

AT CRESTON

Creston 48, Atlantic 18

Creston 48, Red Oak 33 

Red Oak 48, Atlantic 18 

Creston winners — Alainah Galanakis (2), Karlie Kruse, Evy Marlin (2), Grace Keeler (2), Lydia Williams, Danikka Barber (2), Nevaeh Chestnut (2), Karter Clayton (2), Sydney Hoffman

Atlantic winners — Leiah Thomas (2), Haley Armstrong (2), Cadence Kinzie (2)

Red Oak winners — Nicole Bond (2), Paige Baier (2), Lilly Ford (2), Abbi Henderson, Emma Sallach (2), Elaina Kuipers (2), Jaden McAlpin, Amber Rea, Bryleigh Mauer

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High School Boys Wrestling Results from Thursday

Sports

December 13th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

AT CRESTON

Atlantic 43, Creston 32

Atlantic 57, Red Oak 18 

Creston 59, Red Oak 21 

Atlantic winners — Aiden Smith (2), Kalvin Hayes (2), Jayden Harter (2), Donovan Hedrington (2), Evan Sorensen (2), Keaton Schroeder (2), Collin Harris (2), Braxton Hass (2), Dreven Smith, Mason Betts

Creston winners — Jackson Pettegrew (2), Weston Trapp, Kal Barber (2), Gunner Martwick (2), Kylen Parsons (2), Lane Travis (2), Colby Brammer, Colt Key, Ben James, Landen Lillie, Brodrick Phelps 

Red Oak winners — Kyler Sandholm, Adam Baier (2), Nolan Perrien, Tyler Schofield, Dayton Gusman, Curtis Jackson, Oliver Dykes 

 

AT SOUTHWEST VALLEY

Southwest Valley 54, CAM 12

Southwest Valley 60, Griswold 18

Southwest Valley 48, Southwest Iowa 18 

Southwest Iowa 30, CAM 16

Southwest Iowa 42, Griswold 30 

Griswold 48, CAM 18 

SWV winners — Brody Crozier (2), Gavin Wetzel (3), Brylan Marks (3), Ian Forsythe (3), Degan Farwell (3), Ben Waddell (2), Carson Boswell (3), Wyatt Shires (3), Carson Cooper (3), Brody Sparks 

SWI winners — Max Mount (3), Paxton Campbell, Blake Schaaf (2), Nash Moreland, Flynt Bell (2), Landon Ramos (2), Landon Roof (2), Tate Hanna, Evan Lang

Griswold winners — Wyatt Peterson (3), Jaden Jensen (3), RJ Dishong (3), Holden Jensen (2), Nollan Smith (2), Hudson Perkins, Quentin Ruchti-Wilson, Ethan Baxter

CAM winners — Kegan Croghan (2), Drew Barber, Drew Barber, Parker Wilson (2), Reilly Becker 

 

AT WAYNE 

Nodaway Valley 48, Wayne 36 

Nodaway Valley 46, Martensdale-St. Marys 27 

Nodaway Valley winners — Ty Strode (2), Keyin Steeve (2), Jett Christensen, Eli Harris (2), Derek Raasch, Caleb Christensen (2), Ashton Honnold (2), Trent Warner (2), Josh Nelson, Trevyn Colton

AT LENOX 

Interstate-35 54, Lenox 28 

Lenox 36, ACGC 24 

Lenox 52, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30

Interstate-35 51, Coon Rapids-Bayard 25 

ACGC 41, Coon Rapids-Bayard 31 

Lenox winners — Dylan Stein (3), Chase England (3), Caden Kaufman (2), JJ Martin-England (3), Laine Brown (2), Chase O’Riley (2), Wylie Brokaw (3), Levi Fitzgerald, Daysen Gregg, Keaton Lynn

CRB winners — Derek Harrison (2), Tyler Mohr (3), Kellen Hilgenberg (2), Owen Reineke (3), Ezra Cortez (3), Ethan Bauer (2), Treynor Cose (2) 

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High School Boys and Girls Basketball Scores from Thursday

Sports

December 13th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Boys Basketball

CAM 62, West Harrison 19

Martensdale St. Mary’s 58, Nodaway Valley 10

Bedford 47, Mount Ayr 45

Logan Magnolia 78, Fremont Mills 41

Greene County 47, Glidden Ralston 43

 

Girls Basketball

Martensdale St. Mary’s 54, Nodaway Valley 48

Mount Ayr 64, Bedford 24

Logan Magnolia 39, Fremont Mills 35

Glidden Ralston 52, Greene County 27

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Tuba players take center stage for six seasonal weekend concerts

News

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans in six cities will be able to celebrate the music of the Christmas season in an unusual way this weekend. Tuba, sousaphone, euphonium and baritone horn players of all ages and abilities will be playing in “TubaChristmas” concerts. Nationwide, it’s the 51st year that such displays of Christmas music have been happening. The first was in 1974 at the Ice Rink Stage of New York City’s Rockefeller Center as players gathered to honor the memory of world-renowned tuba player and Iowa native William Bell, who was born in Creston on Christmas Day 1902. The concerts in Iowa will be among the more than 200 similar concerts given throughout the United States and in several foreign countries this year.

This weekend’s performances include:
Dubuque — December 13 — 6:30 PM — University of Dubuque Heritage Center
Mason City — December 14 — 1:00 PM — Principal Pavilion, Southbridge Mall
Des Moines — December 14 — 2:00 PM — Drake University Performing Arts Hall
Cedar Rapids — December 14 — 3:00 PM — Downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library
Orange City — December 14 — 7:00 PM — Christ Chapel, Northwestern College
Ottumwa — December 15 — 4:00 PM — Indian Hills Community College St. John Auditorium

Photo by Bob Fisher

There’s one final performance in Perry on December 21st at 1 PM at First United Methodist Church. Performances were held earlier this month in cities including: Ames, Creston, Estherville, Oskaloosa, Sioux City and Spencer.

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State sees a record amount of unclaimed funds

News

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State Treasurer Roby Smith says more than 68 million dollars of unclaimed property has been turned over so far this year to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt. “This is the largest amount that’s been turned over to us. It brings our total amount to 586 million dollars that we’re safe keeping, that we’re looking back, looking to get back to Iowans,” Smith says. The record amount easily surpasses the previous record of nearly 43 million. Smith believes the large amount of unclaimed money and property is linked to the chaos of the pandemic. “Don’t know exactly, but we have spoken to other states, and what we’ve kind of come up with is businesses keep the money for three years, and it’s turned over,” he explains. “Three years ago we were coming out of the pandemic, so we believe it was dealing with the pandemic where you had businesses that were closing, transferring ownership, being sold.” Smith says.

He says all those transactions likely led to the money not being claimed and its now been turned over. Smith says the average amount claimed is 150 dollars, but it can be a lot more and a lot less. “I gave a check away to someone for 317-thousand dollars in November, we had a record amount of over four million dollars given away a year ago, or given back, I should say, not giving away four million dollars, so you just don’t know, sometimes it’s 25 dollars and sometimes it’s ten-thousand dollars,” Smith says. Smith encourages everyone to go to GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov and search for your name. “They can check for themselves, a family member, a friend, a business, a nonprofit. And we, like I said, we have 586 million dollars that we’re looking to reunite with Iowa and all across the state,” Smith says.

He says you may have found unclaimed property on the site already, but you check again as new items come in every year.

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Red Oak woman arrested on a warrant Thursday evening

News

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Red Oak was arrested Thursday evening on an active Montgomery County warrant for Interference with Official Acts. 33-year-old Brianna Marie Wagoner was arrested at around 6:30-p.m. in the 700 block of N. 5th Street in Red Oak. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

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No. 3 Iowa State rallies late to beat Iowa

Sports

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State turned up the defense at crunch time to rally for a victory in Iowa City, Thursday night. The third ranked Cyclones held Iowa without a field goal for more than six minutes down the stretch for an 89-80 victory, their first win in Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2014.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. It was a game the Cyclones trailed by 13 points in the opening half before battling back.

A Nate Heise layup with just over three minutes remaining gave the Cyclones their first lead of the game.

Curtis Jones led ISU with 23 points and Joshua Jefferson had a huge game with 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Iowa State made eight of 15 from three point range and scored 52 points in the second half.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes were dominated on the glass and the Cyclones had 18 offensive rebounds.

Owen Freeman led the Hawkeyes with 16 points.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

Weather

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: **Winter Weather Advisory from 4-p.m. today until NOON Saturday for mixed precipitation (snow/sleet/ice)** Mostly cloudy w/a 20% chance of freezing rain after 4pm. High near 27. E winds 15-30 mph. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Tonight: Freezing rain likely through midnight, then rain is likely. Temperature rising to around 34 overnight. E/SE winds @ 15-30 mph. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: Rain likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 38. E/SE winds @ 10-5 mph becoming NE in the afternoon.
Tom. Night: Cloudy, with a low around 28.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.
Monday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 44.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 22. The Low was 8. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 49 & the Low was 17. The Record High here on Dec. 13th, was 65 in 1921, and the Record Low was -20 in 1961. Sunrise: 7:37. Sunset: 4:50.

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Christmas Market Features Local Food, Gifts, Pizza, and Bounce Houses

Ag/Outdoor, News

December 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

ATLANTIC, IA (December 12, 2024) – Produce in the Park’s Christmas Market is being held at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA (1100 Maple St. Atlantic, IA 50022) on Saturday, December 21 from noon to 3:00 PM. There is no cost to enter Christmas Market. During the market, kids can enjoy free bounce houses inside the YMCA, and Zipp’s Pizzaria will be selling pizza in the YMCA’s parking lot.

This holiday farmers market is held just days before Christmas so shoppers can celebrate with local foods, decorations, and gifts. Christmas Market will offer lots of local vegetables including fresh greens, potatoes, squashes, sweet potatoes, carrots, and spinach, as well as honey, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and farm-fresh eggs. The holiday market will also offer Christmas cookies, gourmet cupcakes, kringle, and other baked goods and desserts.

In addition to local food, Christmas Market offers shoppers an opportunity to purchase local and handmade holiday decor and gifts. Shoppers can expect to find candles, soaps, crocheted toys, earrings, artwork, lavender products, wood crafts, seasonal hand towels, and more.

Vendors at Christmas Market 2024 will include:
● Food Truck: Zipp’s Pizzaria
● Bridgewater Farm – Lots of produce including greens, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots,
kale, mixed greens, and cilantro, farm-fresh eggs, beef, pork, pasta sauce, salsa.
● The Eye of Nebula – Baked goods including cookies and muffins, canned jellies, crochet
toys, candles, soaps, and skincare products
● Wings of Love Sweetly Crafted – Cinnamon rolls and dessert breads, reusable paper
towels, wipes, and burp cloths, and other various crafts
● Frosting Inc. – Gourmet cupcakes, peanut butter balls, and other baked goods
● KookieNow with Mrs. Phippen – Christmas Cookies in Triple Chocolate Mocha
Peppermint and White Chocolate Peppermint
● Paige’s Pieces – Earrings, signs, car hangers, keychains
● Brun Ko Farm – Chicken, lamb, eggs, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, spinach, spring
mix, garlic, honey, Gift Baskets
● Juj’n Juj’n and Mike Souder Original Art – Leather work, artwork
● Ter-Bear Honey – Honey
● The Kringleman Pastries – Danish kringle, Danish letters, eclairs, krispies, cream
horns, and other pastries

● J.W. Lavender Farms at Quakerdale Farms – Lavender plants, bags, and bundles, as
well as pillow sprays, candles, soaps, and more
● Imagine Garden Gift – Holiday decor and gifts
● Dragonfly Creations – Candles, soaps, crafts, and artwork
● RaMakes Home Decor – Seasonal decor, wood products, towels
● She Shed Designs – rustic home decor, purses, signs, dishcloths, repurposed antiques
● A Witch Crafts – artwork and crafts
● Resin for Reason – Resin art, keychains, magnets, jewelry, trays, jars, and more
● Jackalope Custom Design – Car coasters cups pens ornaments
● 6 Sisters Creations – Christmas candy, Christmas crafts, and chalk painting art

As with all Produce in the Park farmers markets, local organizations will be at the farmers market sharing information. Cass County Tourism will have a booth with a “Winter Recreation” theme, and Healthy Cass County will be sharing resources from various community organizations.

All Produce in the Park farmers markets accept SNAP EBT, otherwise known as food stamps, for all qualifying food items.

Christmas Market 2024 is sponsored by Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, Cass County Tourism, Cass Health, City of Atlantic, First Whitney Bank & Trust and Nishna Valley Family YMCA.

Produce in the Park continues to accept vendor applications for Christmas Market, and additional holiday markets planned for winter 2024-2025. Vendor applications can be found online at www.ProduceInTheParkAtlanticIowa.com; printed copies of the application are available at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce (102 Chestnut St., Atlantic, IA 50022).

Produce in the Park seeks vendors selling handmade or homegrown products, including local foods, as well as beauty products, candles, crafts, art, and decorations. For the latest information on Christmas Market, and all Produce in the Park markets, follow Produce in the Park on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ProduceInThePark) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/produceintheparkatlanticia/.

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