Courtney Marie Wright
The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman wanted on a Page County warrant, was arrested Monday (Sept. 20) at the Atchison County Missouri Sheriff‘s Office in Rock Port, Missouri. 38-year-old Courtney Marie Wright was arrested on the warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation and Possession of a Controlled Substance– 3rd or subsequent
offense. Her cash or surety bond was set at $10,000.
(Audubon, Iowa) – The family of a sailor who died in the attacks on Pearl Harbor, says his remains will be arriving in Omaha, Tuesday, and then transported to Audubon in preparation for his funeral service that takes place Saturday, Sept. 25th. The remains of Eli Olsen will leave Offutt Air Force Base at around 9-a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21st, and should arrive at Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon, by around 10:30-a.m. His family invites the public to line the highways and interstate overpasses to welcome him home.
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eli Olsen, of Exira. KIA Dec. 7, 1941 on the USS Oklahoma.
Eli was a 23-year old Navy Petty Officer onboard the USS Oklahoma, when it sank during the bombing of the Hawaiian island naval base. He served as a storekeeper on the vessel.
Funeral services for Eli Olsen will take place Saturday, September 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Exira Lutheran Church, which burial in the Exira Cemetery. The family invites everyone to the Exira American Legion Park for a luncheon following the committal service. There will be some seating available, but everyone is encouraged to bring their own chairs.
ORLANDO, Florida – University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark and former Hawkeye Luka Garza are one of 38 athletes selected as finalists for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award. This honor is the only national award that puts the best in sports, male and female, head-to-head for the title of “top athlete.”
Voting for the award is open to the public at aausullivan.org. The finalist voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27.
The AAU Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding athlete in the United States. Representatives from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) created the Sullivan Award with the intent to recognize contributions and achievements from athletes across the country.
During her freshman campaign, Clark averaged 26.6 points, 7.1 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game in 30 games this season, setting the Iowa freshman record with 26.6 points per game (men’s or women’s), recording the fourth-highest points per game in single-season in Iowa history (men’s or women’s), and was the 2020-21 NCAA Division I scoring leader (men’s or women’s).
The West Des Moines, Iowa, native was named co-Freshman of the Year and first team All-America by The Athletic, USBWA, and WBCA after leading the nation in total assists (214), total points (799), points per game (26.6), field goals made (266), 3-pointers made (116), and ranked second in assists per game (7.1) and 3-pointers per game (3.87). Last month, Clark won her third gold medal and was named the FIBA U19 World Cup Most Valuable Player. The USA Team Captain amassed 100 points, 39 assists, 37 rebounds, seven steals, and six blocks in seven contests.
Garza, who graduated in May with an Economics degree, swept all major postseason men’s basketball awards in 2021 (Wooden, Naismith, Associated Press, Oscar Robertson, NABC, Lute Olson, Sporting News) to become the program’s first consensus National Player of the Year. He became the first Hawkeye men’s basketball player to earn the Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year award. Iowa’s first two-time unanimous consensus first-team All-American led the nation in total points (747), 30-point games (8), field goals made (281), and 20-point games (22). The native of Washington, D.C., ranked second nationally in points per game (24.1).
His 747 points in 2021 extended the single-season school record that he set last season. The two-time Big Ten Player of the Year broke Iowa’s 32-year-old scoring record held by Roy Marble on Feb. 21, 2021. He finished his Hawkeye career with 2,306 points, which ranks seventh best in Big Ten history. Garza is the only men’s basketball player in Big Ten history to accumulate 2,250 points and 900 rebounds. He was drafted in the second round by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA Draft.
“These exceptional athletes truly embody the spirit of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award,” said Jennings “Rusty” Buchanan, AAU President and CEO of the AAU. “They not only top performers in their sport, but also display qualities of leadership, good character, and sportsmanship both on and off the field.”
Last year, the AAU crowned co-winners Sabrina Ionescu, University of Oregon, and Spencer Lee, University of Iowa. Ionescu became the seventh basketball player to take home the award, while Lee became the fifth wrestler to be named the top athlete. The pair are the third duo to win, following the footsteps of the 86th recipients, former Navy quarterback, Keenan Reynolds and former University of Connecticut forward, Breanna Stewart in 2015 and the basketball twins Kelly and Coco Miller in 1999.
Ionescu and Lee joined a world-renowned list of Sullivan Award recipients, including famed Olympians Michelle Kwan (2001), Michael Phelps (2003), Paul Hamm (2004) and Shawn Johnson (2008); University of Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning (1997), Penn State guard John Urschel (2013); 200m backstroke world record holder Missy Franklin (2012) and University of Wisconsin setter Lauren Carlini (2016).
The AAU James E. Sullivan Award presentation will be held at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 22, with a special recognition reception in conjunction with the Orlando Magic later that evening.
(Radio Iowa) – A Sioux City woman has been sentenced to six months in prison for making false claims for unemployment benefits during the first couple of months of the pandemic. Fifty-nine-year-old Linda Bosquez pleaded guilty to stealing at least 24-thousand dollars in unemployment benefits she was not entitled to receive. Prosecutors say she used her name and others to file for unemployment benefits in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio in May and June of 2020.
Court records indicate Bosquez has three previous theft convictions and two prior convictions for fraud. She’s been ordered by a federal judge to repay the states of Georgia, Michigan and Ohio for the unemployment benefits she illegally received last year.
BELLEVUE, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports authorities have identified 36-year-old Iris Merfeld, of Zwingle, as the woman involved in the fatal fall at Bellevue State Park this past weekend. According to authorities, Merfeld had been visiting an overlook known as Pulpit Rock in Bellevue State Park in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, when she fell an estimated 150 feet from the bluffs to the rocks below. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities believe alcohol may have played a role in the incident. No foul play is believed to be involved. The Jackson County Sheriff, Bellevue Police Department, Bellevue Fire Department and Maquoketa Police Department assisted the Iowa Department of Natural Resources with the incident.
Bellevue State Park remains open for visitors.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s said Monday (Today), one person was injured during an accident Thursday evening. Authorities say a 2008 Dodge driven by 32-year-old Nicholas Carlson, of Council Bluffs, was found to have gone out of control, entered a ditch, went over a culvert, and struck a power pole before crashing into a residential yard in the area of 221st and Barrus Road.
During the incident, the vehicle struck two trees, causing minor damage to one of them, while the other was split in-half and rolled onto its side. Carlson initially claimed to have no injuries, but was assessed by EMS personnel and transported by Silver City Fire and Rescue to the hospital to be checked out.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Sept. 15th, of man from Cass County (IA). 42-year-old Shawn Glen Wolverton, of Atlantic, was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $2,000. On Sept. 17th, 53-year-old Mark David Clemmer, of Glenwood, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault w/intent, and interference with official acts. Clemmer was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
On Sept. 18th, 47-year-old Timothy Wesley Ford, of Omaha, was arrested in Mills County on a U-S Marshal’s warrant. He was being held without bond. Also on the 18th, 27-year-old Shawna Marrie Watson, of Glenwood, was arrested for Assault w/bodily injury (Bond $1,000). There were two people arrested late Sunday night, in Mills County: 28-year-old Mariah Kay Bernita Swanson, of Mead, NE and 51-year-old Richard Dean Weaver, Jr., of Creston, were each arrested for a Controlled Substance Violation and Possession of Controlled Substance (Bond $6,000 each).
Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (4-0), LW #2 vs Dubuque Senior (Thur)
2. Ankeny (3-1), LW #3 vs DSM Roosevelt
3. Southeast Polk (3-1), LW #1 vs Waterloo West
4. WDM Valley (3-1), LW #4 @ Marshalltown
5. Iowa City High (4-0), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
6. Urbandale (3-1), LW #7 vs DSM East
7. Cedar Falls (3-1), LW #9 @ Muscatine
8. Linn-Mar (4-0), LW (X) vs CR Jefferson
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie (3-1), LW (X) @ Ottumwa
10.Dowling Catholic (1-3), LW #5 vs C.B. Abe Lincoln
Class 4A
1. North Scott (4-0), LW #1 vs Iowa City Liberty
2. Indianola (4-0), LW #2 vs Perry
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3-1), LW #2 vs CR Washington
4. Bondurant-Farrar (4-0), LW #7 vs Carlisle
5. Lewis Central (2-2), LW #4 @ CB Jefferson
6. Fort Dodge (4-0), LW #6 @ Webster City
7. Fort Madison (4-0), LW #8 @ Mount Pleasant
8. Waverly-Shell Rock (3-1), LW #5 @ Waterloo East
9. Norwalk (3-1), LW #9 @ Boone
10.Newton (4-0), LW #10 vs Pella
Class 3A
1. Harlan (4-0), LW #1 vs Saydel
2. West Delaware (3-1), LW #2 @ Center Point-Urbana
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (4-0), LW #3 vs Carroll
4. Solon (4-0), LW #4 vs West Burlington
5. Humboldt (4-0), LW #5 vs Ballard
6. Nevada (4-0), LW #7 vs Gilbert
7. Independence (4-0), LW #8 @ South Tama
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1), LW #10 vs Sioux Central
9. Mount Vernon (3-1), LW (X) @ Benton
10.Davenport Assumption (2-2), LW #6 vs Central DeWitt (Thur)
Class 2A
1. Southeast Valley (4-0), LW #1 @ #4 Estherville Lincoln Central
2. Waukon (3-1), LW #2 @ Oelwein
3. Spirit Lake (4-0), LW #3 @ #6 OABCIG
4. Estherville Lincoln Central (3-1), LW #4 vs #1 SE Valley
5. West Marshall (3-1), LW #7 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
6. OABCIG (3-1), LW #5 vs #3 Spirit Lake
7. West Lyon (2-2), LW #10 @ Sheldon
8. Greene County (3-1), LW (X) @ Clarinda
9. Unity Christian (3-1), LW (X) vs Okoboji
10.Pocahontas Area (3-1), LW #6 vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Class 1A
1. Van Meter (4-0), LW #1 @ West Central Valley
2. Iowa City Regina (4-0), LW #2 @ Wilton
3. Underwood (4-0), LW #3 @ MVAOCOU
4. Pella Christian (4-0), LW #4 @ #6 Sigourney-Keota
5. Dike-New Hartford (4-0), LW #6 vs East Marshall
6. Sigourney-Keota (4-0), LW #7 vs #4 Pella Christian
7. West Sioux (3-1), LW #8 vs Western Christian
8. Cardinal (Eldon) (4-0), LW #9 vs Van Buren
9. Dyersville Beckman (4-0), LW #10 @ Postville
10.Waterloo Columbus (3-1), LW (X) @ Cascade
Class A
1. West Hancock (4-0), LW #1 @ North Union
2. Woodbury Central (4-0), LW #2 @ Lawton-Bronson
3. Grundy Center (2-1), LW #3 @ AGWSR
4. North Linn (4-0), LW #4 vs Soyuth Winneshiek
5. Riverside (Oakland) (4-0), LW #5 @ AHST
6. Logan-Magnolia (3-1), LW #6 vs Missouri Valley
7. North Tama (4-0), LW #7 vs Nashua-Plainfield
8. Mason City Newman (3-1), LW #8 vs #9 North Butler
9. North Butler (4-0), LW #10 @ #8 Newman Catholic
10.Earlham (3-1), LW (X) @ St. Albert
8-Player
1. Montezuma (5-0), LW #1 vs SE Warren
2. CAM (Anita) (4-0), LW #2 @ #4 Audubon
3. Easton Valley (4-0), LW #3 vs Central City
4. Audubon (4-0), LW #4 vs #2 CAM (Anita)
5. Remsen St. Mary’s (4-0), LW #5 @ St. Edmond
6. Newell-Fonda (4-0), LW #6 vs Kingsley-Pierson
7. Janesville (4-0), LW #7 @ #10 Turkey Valley
8. WACO (5-0), LW #8 @ New London
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4-0), LW #9 @ GMG
10.Turkey Valley (4-0), LW #10 vs #7 Janesville
BETTY EMELIE DeBORD, 96, of Atlantic died Thursday, September 16, 2021 at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral Services for BETTY EMELIE DeBORD will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 10:30 am at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting the family.
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Visitation will be held on Monday, September 20, 2021 from 5 pm until 7 pm at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Burial in the Atlantic Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to either the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and can be left or mailed to the funeral home at P.O. Box 523 – Atlantic.
BETTY EMELIE DeBORD is survived by:
Children: Larry (Judy) DeBord, Sandra (Henry) Eggert and Dorothy (Bob) Bond
9 Grandchildren
17 Great-Grandchildren
as well as nieces and nephews.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds and 25 other Republican governors are asking to meet with President Biden to discuss security at the U-S/Mexico border. Governor Reynolds says what’s happening at the southern border is affecting all 50 states. Reynolds says Iowa’s dramatic increase in meth and fentanyl seizures this year is connected to drug smuggling from Mexico.
This summer, Reynolds sent 28 Iowa State Troopers and Department of Public Safety officers south for two weeks to assist Texas authorities. Reynolds says Biden Administration policies have led to a border crisis and the federal government has a duty to solve it. The governor of Vermont was the only Republican governor in the country who did not sign the letter.
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