LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh.
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Drake poured in 22 points in the fourth quarter and picked up a 62-55 win over UNI in the second round of the WNIT on Monday. It was a pretty tight game most of the way with both offenses struggling to find their groove. The Bulldogs opened up the 4th on a 9-0 run and that proved to be enough to get the win.
Maggie Bair led Drake with 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Anna Miller had a double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks off the bench. The Bulldogs improved to 20-13 on the season and will advance on to the quarterfinals. Drake completed a three-game season sweep of the Panthers and it was their 5th win in a row in the series.
UNI was led by 11 points from Kam Finley and Grace Boffeli, Karli Rucker, and Cynthia Wolf each added 10. UNI ends the season with a record of 23-11.
Drake will play at South Dakota State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. for the quarterfinal round.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Officials with the Iowa Firefighters Association, Saturday night, presented The Fire Department of the Year Award, to members of the Red Oak Fire Department. The award – which was presented in Ames – is given to a department that significantly supports the Iowa Firefighters Association and the Fire Service in at least one of many areas such as fire prevention, legislation, convention, membership, etc.
The nomination addressed several attributes that the Red Oak Fire Department contributes:
(Photo: L-R-Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce, Captain Kenny Hamman, and Lt. Brian Hamman)
The Red Oak Fire Department is partnered with the Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau as one of the seven testing locations in the state, which allows firefighter students in the southwest Iowa portion of the state, a location to come to for certification testing to help eliminate the need to travel to Des Moines for testing. The partnership also allows our location to be available for various training events. The Red Oak Fire Department has also been able to assist a few other departments with logistical information. They are developing their department operations to be very similar to how Red Oak is designed (staffing, funding, response guidelines, etc.)
The award directly reflects every member of the Red Oak Fire Department. The amount of time each member dedicates to the department is astonishing. This is a combination of training, shift work, emergency responses, and special events. Each Firefighter possesses a mastery of expertise, and when you bring all those folks together, you have a genuinely outstanding fire department. This is also demonstrated by all the other departments that we get to work with. The Fire Department of the Year award is a direct reflection of each Firefighter and their families for the massive amount of sacrifice and support that they invest in making sure our communities are protected.
This is also a reflection of the support the Fire Department receives from the Red Oak Community, City Administration and Council, the surrounding communities, and the surrounding fire departments. The Red Oak Fire Department extends a heartfelt thank you to all of you for everything you have and do for our department!!!!
Jim Field visits with Communications Director Joe Jayjack of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation about a meeting Saturday at 10:00 am in the Atlantic Public Library. Cass County Conservation invited the INHF to present a program on Land Protection in Iowa.
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(Red Oak, Iowa) – A grain elevator fire in Red Oak, late Monday morning caused an undisclosed dollar amount of damage to an exterior dryer stack. No injuries were reported. According to officials, the incident happened at the Bunge Corporation on Fernwood Avenue, a little after 11-a.m.
When the first crews arrived on the scene they observed fire coming from the northeast stack, as well as a field fire directly north of the facility. The employees had been safely evacuated.
Firefighters fought the dryer stack and a nearby field fire at the same time. There efforts concluded at around 1-p.m., with both fires extinguished and hot spots cooled off.
Photo via Red Oak Fire Dept.
Bungee staff said the dryer stack unit could be repaired. Fire officials said Bunge safety staff and maintenance personnel were instrumental in their tackling the ground operations.
The Montgomery County’s Emergency Management Agency, the Montgomery County Sheriff Office, Montgomery County Communications and the Red Oak City Water Department assisted Red Oak Fire at the scene.
JUNE I. BLOHM, 89, of Audubon, died Sunday, March 20th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for JUNE BLOHM will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, March 24th, at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home
A family visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, on Thursday, from 10-a.m. until the time of service.
Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
JUNE BLOHM is survived by:
Her son – Randy Blohm (and spouse Laurie Gilbert), of Audubon.
Her daughters – Lori (Kevin) Lewis, of Grimes, and Rachel Blohm, of Carroll.
5 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell says new leaders are emerging on offense during spring drills. With veterans like Brock Purdy, Breece Hall and Charlie Kolar gone from last year’s team that finished 7-6 new leadership will be counted on.
Campbell says offensive lineman Trevor Downing and receiver Xavier Hutchinson are two of the players who have stepped up.
Ten Iowa football players looked to improve their draft stock on Monday by taking part in Pro Day in Iowa City. Defensive back Dane Belton says playing the “cash” position for the Hawkeyes has boosted his NFL prospects.
Tyler Goodson is trying to become a rare Iowa running back that makes it in the NFL.
Goodson says a key to making a roster will be versatility.
Safety Jack Koerner had a forty time of 4.51.
Koerner has been seeking the advice of Los Angeles Rams safety Jake Gervase who also started his Iowa career as a walk-on.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – One person suffered minor injuries, and one person was arrested, following a three-vehicle accident at around 11:06-p.m. Monday, just outside of Red Oak. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year-old Daniel James Wilson, Jr., of Red Oak, was in a Chevy Impala, and stopped at the red light for the construction zone on the River Bridge, just east of Highway 34 and G Avenue. A Pontiac G6 driven by 20-year-old Alyssa Anne Bartmess, of Clarinda, was stopped behind Wilson’s vehicle, when an eastbound Chevy pickup driven by 55-year-old Steven Lynn Henderson, of Oakland, NE., struck the Pontiac from behind.
The impact pushed the car into the Chevy Impala. Authorities say Bartmess was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital for treatment of her injuries. Henderson was arrested for OWI/1st offense, and was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond. All three vehicles were totaled.
Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by Red Oak Police and Fire personnel.