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IRENE M. LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn (Svcs. 9-8-21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

IRENE M. LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn, died Thursday, Sept. 2nd, in Elk Horn. Funeral services for IRENE LARSEN will be held 1-p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, in Harlan has the arrangements. Masks are recommended and will be available.

Friends may call at the church from 11-a.m. until 1-p.m., Wednesday; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

Burial is in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

IRENE LARSEN is survived by:

Her daughters – Angela (Dennis) Hemminger of Blair, NE. Lynda Martin of Exira.

Her son – Eugene Larsen of Exira.

Her sisters – Harriet Campbell of Audubon. Shirley (Martin) Nelson of Elk Horn.

6 Grandchildren, several Great-Grandchildren & Great-Great-Grandchildren, other Relatives, and Friends

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MARVIN ALLEN PIITTMANN, 86, of Avoca (Memorial Svcs. 9/4/21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARVIN ALLEN PIITTMANN, 86, of Avoca, died Aug. 30th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Memorial services for MARVIN PIITTMANN will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Avoca.

Burial is in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.

MARVIN PIITTMANN is survived by:

His wife – Barbara [Wendt] Piittmann, of Avoca.

His son – Troy Piittmann, of Avoca.

His daughter – Audra (Russ Dickerson) Piittmann, of Boone.

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DAVID W. SCHRAMPFER, 79, of Exira (Celebration of Life, 9/8/21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

DAVID W. SCHRAMPFER, 79, of Exira, died Wed., Sept. 1st, at Accura Healthcare, in Manning. A Celebration of Life for DAVID SCHRAMPFER will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Sept. 8th, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Family visitation at the funeral home is on Tue., Sept. 7th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial, at a later date, is in the Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, in Cedar Rapids.

DAVID SCHRAMPFER is survived by:

His wife – Joan Schrampfer, of Exira.

His daughters – Denise ( Lonn) Kilworth, of Exira, and Debra (& wife Sherrie) Campbell, of Omaha.

His sister – Marian (Rudy) Hesla, of Waterville, Iowa.

3 grandchildren, his sisters-in-law, other relatives & friends.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Friday, 9/3/21

Weather

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Any showers will be ending this morning; Partly cloudy. High near 80. NW @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated showers late. Low 63. Winds light & variable.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated morning showers. High 81. NW @ 10-15.

Sunday: P/Cldy. High 82.

Monday (Labor Day): P/Cldy High 86.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 75. We received .28″ rain overnight into early this morning. Our Low was 65. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 91 and the Low was 52. The Record High on this date was 102 in 1937. The Record Low was 32 in 1974.

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Axne supports roll back of inheritance tax changes Biden has proposed

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says she’d like to see a proposed tax change get rolled back, so it only applies to the country’s richest families. President Biden has proposed treating the transfer of inherited property as if it were a sale, so capital gains taxes would be collected. Individuals would be able to inherit a million dollars worth of property and couples up to two million dollars worth of land or buildings, but Axne says that’s not a big enough exemption for family farms.

“Let’s say the farm was, I don’t know, $1000 an acre when they first got it and now it’s $7000 — so it’s a $6000 increase per acre and they’ve got 500 acres. You’re talking a lot of money that you’ve got to pay the taxes on. If you do that, you may end up having to sell some of the land to pay the taxes,” Axne says. “What we don’t want is to sell family farms.”

Axne says small business owners also could be prevented from passing their business onto the next generation. “I look at this as a Main Street issue,” Axne says, “and we’ve got to get this fixed.” Axne says it’s not just an issue in rural America. She cites as an example a couple who bought a property in the Bronx and have run a bodega for decades, as they would be unlikely to be able to pass the small convenience store onto their children or grandchildren.

“Let’s say they bought it back in the day for a couple of hundred thousand dollars 50 years ago and now with all the gentrification, everything in the Bronx, it could be worth $4 million,” Axne says. “They will not be able to pay the taxes on $3.8 million. Who’s going to come in there? 7-Eleven — it’s going to be a large company — so this is an issue across this country.”

Axne made her comments after a meeting in Adel with representatives of more than a dozen farm and ag-related organizations.

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(Update) – Governor seeks to overturn 2018 ruling that upheld abortion rights in Iowa

News

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a 2018 ruling that said Iowa women have a fundamental right to an abortion. Reynolds calls the court’s 2018 ruling one of the most liberal abortion decisions in the country. A DISTRICT court judge recently cited that 2018 Iowa SUPREME Court ruling as he struck down a law Reynolds signed in 2020 that would have required a waiting period for abortions. The state is appealing the district court’s ruling.

A legal brief filed August 24th argues U.S. case law on abortion is based on the federal constitution and the court’s 2018 ruling was “the definition of erratic.” The court ruled that under Iowa’s constitution, women have a right to an abortion in Iowa. The make-up of the court has changed since that 2018 decision, though. Governor Reynolds has appointed four of the seven justices serving on the Iowa Supreme Court today.

Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls says it’s time for Iowans to make their voices heard in opposition to extreme abortion laws, like a new Texas law banning abortions after the sixth week of a pregnancy. The Texas law gives its citizens the right to sue anyone they think is violating the law. Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported 60 Republican members of the IOWA legislature have signed onto a brief that asked Iowa’s Supreme Court to overturn its 2018 ruling that upheld abortion rights.

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High School Football Schedule – Week 2 – 09/03/2021

Sports

September 2nd, 2021 by admin

HIgh School Football Week 2
09/03/2021
Games listed by class of home team

Class 5A

Denison-Schleswig @ CB Abraham Lincoln- ON KDSNTV

CLass 4A

Indianola @ Glenwood
Carlisle @ Lewis Central
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Omaha South

Class 3A

Balllard @ ADM
Winterset @ Creston
Carroll @ Gilbert
Harlan @ Grinnell
Knoxville @ Oskaloosa
South Tama @ Saydel

Class 2A

Perry @ Greene County
West Central Valley @ Red Oak
Underwood @ Clarinda

Class 1A

Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic –ON KJAN AND KJANTV
ACGC @ Woodward-Granger
Shenandoah @ Nodaway Valley
Pleasantville @ I-35
Cherokee @ West Monona
Ridge View @ East Sac County- ON ESCN

Class A

Treynor @ Tri-Center
AHSTW @ Earlham
Riverside @ St. Albert
Central Decatur @ Mount Ayr
IKM-Manning @ Westwood
Missouri Valley @ Lawton-Bronson
Sidney @ Southwest Valley
Logan-Magnolia @ Woodbury Central

8-Player

Kingsley-Pierson @ Ar-We-Va- ON ROCKET MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Boyer Valley @ Audubon- ON BVTV
Woodbine @ CAM- ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Woodward Academy @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
West Harrison @ Exira-EHK- ON SPARTAN MEDIA
Lamoni @ East Union
Bedford @ Griswold- ON GrizTigerVision
Lenox @ East Mills
Moravia @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Glidden-Ralston @ GTRA
Mormon Trail @ Southeast Warren
Fremont-Mills @ Stanton

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High School Volleyball Scoreboard 09/02/2021

Sports

September 2nd, 2021 by admin

ADM Tournament

(2-0) Atlantic 21-21, Woodward-Granger 9-18
(2-0) Atlantic 22-21, Gilbert 20-13
(2-0) ADM 21-21, Atlantic 13-15
(2-1) Nevada 19-21-15, Atlantic 21-12-9
(2-1) Nevada 21-12-15, Woodward-Granger 18-21-8
(2-0) Norwalk 21-21, Atlantic 11-19
(2-0) Norwalk 21-21, ADM 18-7)
(2-0) Norwalk 21-21, Woodward-Granger 6-14
(2-0) Gilbert 21-21, Nevada 17-14
(2-0) Gilbert 21-21, Norwalk 19-19
(2-0) Gilbert 21-21, Woodward-Granger 15-18

Atlantic Stats: Jada Jensen 19 kills, 22 assists. Abby Smith 13 kills, 38 digs. Lexi Noelk 30 assists. Aubrey Guyer 29 digs. Ava Rush 27 digs.

Single Matches

(3-1) Boyer Valley 23-25-25-25, IKM-Manning 26-10-13-15
(3-1) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-18-25-25, LeMars 21-25-15-19
(3-0) Clarinda 25-25-25, Creston 8-15-18
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 11-9-21
(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, I-35 11-17-11
(3-0) Mount Ayr def. Essex
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 25-25-14-25, Southeast Warren 22-23-25-21 (NV: Lindsey Davis 30 assists, 13 digs. Maddax DeVault 21 kills, 13 digs. Genevieve Livingston 18 digs, 2 aces.)
(3-1) Red Oak 22-25-25-25, Kuemper Catholic 25–22-19-10
(3-1) Shenandoah 25-21-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 15-25-21-18
(3-2) Sidney 19-21-25-25-15, Stanton 25-25-12-23-10
(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 20-11-15

Missouri Valley Tournament

(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21, West Monona 10-8
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21, MVAOCOU 10-8
(2-1) Sioux City North 10-21-15, Missouri Valley 21-16-12

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St. Albert boys, Logan-Magnolia girls win at Lo-Ma XC Meet

Sports

September 2nd, 2021 by admin

2021 Logan-Magnolia XC Meet
09/02/2021

Girls Team Scores

  1. Logan-Magnolia 38
  2. Tri-Center 87
  3. Denison-Schleswig 92
  4. Boyer Valley 118
  5. St. Albert 119
  6. IKM-Manning 127
  7. AHSTW 141
  8. Underwood 162

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 17:48.48
  2. Madison Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
  3. Lola Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig
  4. Mariah Falkena, Boyer Valley
  5. Quinc Schneckloth, Tri-Center
  6. Haedyn Hall, Logan-Magnolia
  7. Clara Gorham, Boyer Valley
  8. Claire Miller, Denison-Schleswig
  9. Carly McKeever, St. Albert
  10. Emily Albertsen, IKM-Manning

Boys Team Scores

  1. St. Albert 52
  2. Missouri Valley 66
  3. IKM-Manning 88
  4. Denison-Schleswig 95
  5. Tri-Center 167
  6. MVAOCOU 167
  7. Underwood 175
  8. Logan-Magnolia 201
  9. Boyer Valley 213
  10. Heartland Christian 213

Boys Individual Top Ten

  1. Colin Lillie, St. Albert 15:24.40
  2. Bryce Patten, Underwood
  3. Hadyn Piskorski, St. Albert
  4. Leo Flores, Denison-Schleswig
  5. Nicholas Milner, Heartland Christian
  6. Kael Hamann, MVOCOU
  7. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley
  8. Brek Boruff, Missouri Valley
  9. Cody Gilpin, Missouri Valley
  10. Caden Keller, IKM-Manning

2021 Lo-Ma XC Meet Girls 2021 Lo-Ma XC Meet Boys

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Shenandoah woman arrested for allegedly removing items from a drug drop-off box

News

September 2nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Shenandoah Police Department, Thursday, said a woman was arrested Tuesday, after she allegedly tried to remove drugs from a drop box in Shenandoah’s Police Station. 29-year-old Jocelyn Coleman was arrested for Theft in the 3rd Degree, and Disorderly Conduct.

Authorities said Officers responded to the Police Department lobby, following a reported disturbance. A witness told police Coleman was removing items from the Drug drop box in the lobby. Coleman was unable to post a $2,300 bond, and was transported to the Page County Jail.

In an unrelated incident, Shenandoah Police, Tuesday, arrested 40-year-old Christopher Bowers, of Shenandoah, on an active Page County warrant. He faces a charge of failure to appear on an original charge of eluding law enforcement. Bowers was being held in the Page County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

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