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Graham Named New Montgomery County Extension Program Coordinator

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak, Iowa – Officials with ISU Extension and Outreach in Montgomery County said Monday (Today), Sadie Graham has accepted the position of Program Coordinator with the County Extension Office. As Program Coordinator, Graham will provide leadership to the Montgomery County 4-H and Youth program, develop local programming based on county needs, and build community collaborations. Graham will begin her new duties on a part time basis in mid-March, and start full time on May 9.

Graham holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Science from Northwest Missouri State University and will be completing her Master’s in Business Administration from Northwest this Spring. She brings experience with business, agriculture and event coordination to Montgomery County Extension.

Sadie Graham

Of her new position, Graham said “I am inspired by the opportunity to work with a team that promotes agriculture to the youth in the community. ” Mike Thomas, Chairperson of the Montgomery County Agricultural Extension Council, said “In addition to her passion for agriculture, Sadie will bring communication and relationship building skills to the position. We congratulate and welcome her to Montgomery County Extension.”

ISU Extension and Outreach brings research-based programming from Iowa State University directly to local counties in four educational areas:

4-H & Youth Programming
Ag & Natural Resources
Human Sciences
Community & Economic Development

For more information about ISU Extension and Outreach in Montgomery County, visit www.extension.iastate.edu/montgomery.

(UPDATE) Names released in fatal Madison County crash

News

February 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Winterset, Iowa) –The Iowa State Patrol, Monday evening, released the names of the victims of Sunday morning’s crash in Madison County. The Patrol reports the driver of the 2003 GMC Sierra pickup, 16-year-old Jacob Ryan Short, of Indianola, was trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene.

The accident happened as the pickup, which was traveling at excessive speeds in the 2400 block of 195th Trail at around 2:30-a.m., Sunday, went out of control, entered a ditch and struck a tree. The driver, who was trapped, died at the scene.

Three passengers in the pickup were injured: 15-year-old Halley Renee Brown, and 17-year-old Blake Charles Feuring, both of Winterset, along with 18-year-old Cameron Ryan Johnson, of Lorimor. None of the victims were wearing their seat belts. The Patrol says Brown was transported by personal vehicle to the Madison County Hospital, in Winterset. Feuring and Johnson were not transported to the hospital.

Alcohol is a suspected contributing factor in the crash. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Madison County EMS assisted the Patrol at the scene.

SHARON KAY BOOS, 76, of Griswold (Svcs. 3/3/22)

Obituaries

February 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

SHARON KAY BOOS, 76, of Griswold, died Sunday, Feb. 27th, at Cass Health, in Atlantic. Funeral services for SHARON BOOS will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, March 3rd, at the Griswold Central Church of Christ. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.

Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, from 5-7 PM, at the Griswold Central Church of Christ.

Interment will be in the Griswold Cemetery.

SHARON BOOS is survived by:

Her daughters – Patrice “Patti” Amos (and husband Jeff), of Griswold, and Katina “Kati” Williams (and husband Troy), of Millard, NE.

Her step children: Dan (Shirley) Boos, of Persia; Dave (Becky) Boos, of Council Bluffs, and Linda (Cecil) Teater, of Centennial, CO.

Her brother – Burdell (Charlotte) Hensley.

5 grandchildren; several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.

HAROLD LeROY RUSTVOLD, 86, of Audubon (Svcs. 3/3/22)

Obituaries

February 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

HAROLD LeROY RUSTVOLD, 86, of Audubon, died Sunday, Feb. 27th, at Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines. Funeral services for HAROLD RUSTVOLD will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, March 3rd, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Family visitation at the funeral home is on Wed., March 2nd, from 6-until 8-p.m.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

HAROLD L. RUSTVOLD is survived by:

His daughters – Cynthia Rustvold, and Carla (Eric) Christensen, all of Audubon; Jana Burnside, of Kansas City, MO., and Lindsey (Ryan) Venteicher, of Shawnee, KS.

His brothers – Bob Rustvold, of Ft. Dodge; Roy Rustvold, JR (& wife Dee), and Don (Lynne) Rustvold, all of Audubon, and Ronnie Rustvold, of Carroll.

His sister – Better (Marvin) Nielsen, of Tucson, AZ.

11 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, in-laws, other relatives, and friends.

Superintendent of Iowa’s largest district leaving a year earlier than expected

News

February 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district will be stepping down at the end of this school year – a year earlier than expected. Last spring, the Des Moines School Board voted not to extend Superintendent Thomas Ahart’s contract beyond June 2023. Ahart now says he plans to resign June 30th of this year.

“Des Moines Public Schools is in a really good place right now considering especially the record low funding that we’ve had over the last decade,” Ahart said, “and so I feel it’s a good time for me to take a step away to reevaluate where I want to go with my career.” At the start of school in the fall of 2020, Ahart led the Des Moines district’s defiance of state rules requiring in-person attendance. Republican lawmakers reduced state support for the district in early 2021 in response.

“The last two years didn’t feel like two years,” Ahart said. “You know, it felt more like, you know, four or five years.” Ahart, speaking at a news conference this (Monday) afternoon, told reporters the work has been tough. He sent school employees an email before the news conference to announce his departure, saying there’s a fine line between a groove and a rut.

Ahart has been the district’s superintendent since 2012. The school board will appoint an interim superintendent for the upcoming school year and conduct a nationwide search for Ahart’s replacement.

Girls State Basketball Scoreboard 02/28/2022

Sports

February 28th, 2022 by admin

Class 5A Quarterfinals

#1 Johnston 47. #8 Dowling Catholic 38 Box Score
-Anna Gosslig scored 19 points to lead three double-figure scorers for Johnston as they remain unbeaten. The Dragons had a scoring drought in the first half but recovered to shoot 50% for the game. The Dragons are trying to get back to the 5A Championship game for the third straight season.

#4 Pleasant Valley 52 vs. #5 Iowa City High 47 Box Score
Halle Vice scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Pleasant Valley rally from 11 down in the first half to advance. City High had four looks in their last possession but couldn’t get a shot to fall as they trailed 50-47. Vice sank two free throws to seal it.

#7 West Des Moines Valley 49, #2 Des Moines Roosevelt 44 Box Score
Meridith Rieker poured in 20 points to lead the Tigers and Elise Jaeger added 14 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals. The Tigers sealed the game at the free throw line, going 17-24 at the stripe.

#6 Waterloo West 67, #3 Ankeny Centennial 59 Box Score
Sahara Williams had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 assists. Halli Poock added 21 points and Sierra Moore had a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Class 3A Quarterfinals

#1 Unity Christian 40,  #8 Davenport Assumption 37 Box Score
Tyra Schuiteman led Unity Christian with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Assumption had a possession late for a potential go-ahead basket but Schuiteman intercepted a pass and was fouled. She knocked down the free throws to provide the final 3-point margin.

#4 Estherville-Lincoln Central 49, #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 34 Box Score
Kaitlyn Tendal scored 17 points and Haylee Stokes added 16 for E-LC. The Midgets jumped out to an early 13-3 lead and never surrendered the edge.

#2 West Lyon 38 vs. #7 Roland-Story 23 Box Score
West Lyon held Roland-Story to just 3 second half points to grab the win. Brooklyn Meyer scored 21 points and had 3 rebounds and 3 blocks to lead the way.

Caitlin Clark earns Big Ten Player of the Week honor

Sports

February 28th, 2022 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday. 

Clark has tallied 31-career Big Ten weekly honors – 13 freshman, 12 player and six honor roll. This week’s award is the seventh Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season for Clark. 

In three games for Iowa, including two top-10 wins, Clark averaged 33 points, 9.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game. 

In the Hawkeyes’ win over No. 6/5 Michigan, the West Des Moines, Iowa, native posted her 14th season and 23rd career double-double, knocking down 38 points and assisting 11 shots for her teammates. She shot 72.7 percent from 3-point range (8-for-11) and 61.1 percent from the field (11-for-18).

Clark posted two perfect games from the free-throw line, including making 9-of-9 against Indiana and 8-of-8 against Michigan in front of a sold-out crowd, shooting 92.9 percent for the week.

Clark and the No. 12 Hawkeyes will face the winner of Minnesota vs. Northwestern on Friday, March 4 at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. (CT) on the Big Ten Network.

Brockington repeats as Big 12 Player of the Week

Sports

February 28th, 2022 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Izaiah Brockington collected his sixth conference weekly honor of the season as he earned his second-consecutive Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week accolade. Brockington is the first Cyclone with six honors in a season since DeAndre Kane in 2013-14.

Brockington was dominant in leading the Cyclones to a pair of wins. He averaged 26.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals, while shooting 55.6 percent from the floor (20-36) and 50 percent behind the arc (6-12).

Against West Virginia, the senior guard recorded a career-high 35 points, making 14-of-22 shots and a career-best five 3-pointers on eight attempts. He scored 25 second-half points as ISU rallied from a 12-point deficit. Brockington followed that performance with 17 points, eight rebounds and two assists against K-State, helping lift ISU to a fourth-straight win.

Texas’ Timmy Allen captured his first award of the season as newcomer of the week.

Keegen Murray named Big Ten Player of the Week

Sports

February 28th, 2022 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball sophomore Keegan Murray has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the Big Ten Conference Office.

The All-America candidate has earned the Big Ten weekly honor a program-best five times this season (Nov. 22; Dec. 20; Jan. 3; Feb. 14; Feb. 28). Luka Garza previously held the school record for most Big Ten weekly accolades since the inception of the award during the 1981-82 season (three times in 2020-21).

Murray (6-foot-8, 225 pounds) helped propel the Hawkeyes to a pair of comfortable victories last week versus Michigan State (86-60) and at Nebraska (88-78). Murray averaged 21.5 points — shooting 57 percent from the field — eight rebounds, two assists, one block, and a steal in the two contests.

Against the Spartans, Murray tallied game bests in points (28) and steals (2), while also collecting five rebounds, two assists and a block. The 26-point win over Michigan State was Iowa’s largest margin of victory in Iowa City since 1996 (83-47). The victory was also the program’s 500th in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, dating back to its opening in January 1983.

The forward registered his team-leading seventh double-double against the Huskers, totaling 15 points, a game-best 11 rebounds, two assists and a block.

Murray is the only NCAA Division I player this season averaging 23+ points, 8+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks). He has scored 25 or more 12 games this season, the most of any player from a major conference this season. He has tallied 30+ points four times, the most by any underclassman in a single season in program history. Murray ranks fourth in the nation in points per game and his 23.2 scoring average is most of any player from a major conference.

Iowa (20-8, 10-7) faces Northwestern (13-14, 6-12) tonight at 7:01 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Tickets are available for purchase at hawkeyesports.com/tickets.

AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 02/28/2022

Sports

February 28th, 2022 by admin

1 South Carolina (30) 27-1 750 1
2 Stanford 25-3 719 2
3 NC State 26-3 687 3
4 Louisville 25-3 659 4
5 Baylor 23-5 626 5
6 LSU 25-4 567 8
7 UConn 22-5 555 7
8 Iowa State 24-4 527 9
9 Texas 21-6 510 11
10 Michigan 22-5 492 6
11 Maryland 21-7 460 13
12 Iowa 20-7 395 21
13 Ohio State 22-5 329 17
T-14 Indiana 19-7 327 10
T-14 Arizona 20-6 327 12
16 North Carolina 23-5 300 18
17 BYU 25-2 258 19
18 Tennessee 22-7 245 16
19 Oklahoma 22-6 244 20
20 Notre Dame 21-7 224 14
21 Virginia Tech 21-8 113 23
22 Florida Gulf Coast 26-2 103 24
23 Florida 20-9 89 15
24 Georgia 20-8 51 25
25 Georgia Tech 20-9 50 22