The University of Iowa will hold a celebration to honor the N-C-A-A runner-up women’s basketball team on Wednesday at six o’clock at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Fans will be able to hear from National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and other players and see the team’s trophies. The Hawkeyes made it to the Final Four and championship game for the second straight year.
(Radio Iowa) – A federal study finds instances of violence in healthcare settings are five times more likely than in other industries, and a clinic in northeast Iowa that was built in 1950 is planning to put up security cameras for the first time. Tom Eachus, executive director of the Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Clinic in Waterloo, says the plan to implement cameras is more preventative, designed to help everyone feel safe.
Eachus says, “We wanted to make sure that patients who come here for services, and staff who provide those services, family members who come with patients, are in an environment they feel safe and secure in.” Eachus says violence in the clinic hasn’t been a problem in his 35 years on the job. He adds, the cameras will be in place for long-term patient safety.
“So many of our patients have been with us 10, 20, 30, 40 years, and I think they feel comfortable here,” Eachus says, “but helping them feel safer in the event of a bad situation I think is just going to be more reassuring to them that it’s very welcoming.” Eachus says he’s only seen one or two instances of violence during his long tenure.
The clinic has spent the last several years partnering with local and county law enforcement to reevaluate what a safe mental health space looks like. The clinic serves about six-thousand patients in the region.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two women were arrested on separate charges Monday evening, in Montgomery County. According to the Sheriff’s report, 47-year-old Keyla Rae Churchill, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 6:40-p.m. in Red Oak, on two active Montgomery County warrants for Violation of Probation. Churchill was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.
And, at around 9:25-p.m., Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested 26-year-old Gwendolyn Elizabeth Weston, of Elliott, for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. Weston was arrested in Elliott and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where she was being held without bond. Red Oak Police assisted Deputies in handling the arrest.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — [KETV]- A Pottawattamie County supervisor said he didn’t realize he had too much to drink when he was arrested for operating while intoxicated. In a phone interview with KETV in Omaha, Jeff Jorgensen said he was having a tough time mourning the loss of his wife, who died in May 2023, and he was self-medicating.
According to a police report, Jorgensen hit a vehicle on westbound I-80 in Council Bluffs and was pulled over on the shoulder. When he got out, according to the report, he fell into the interstate. The Iowa State trooper who arrested Jorgensen said he smelled of alcohol and “could not stand” without losing his balance. A breath test showed his blood alcohol level to be 0.168, or more than twice the legal limit.
Jorgensen, who was attending a Republican event in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, said he stopped at a few different spots on the way home to Council Bluffs to have a drink. Jorgensen calls himself a social drinker. He told KETV he was extremely remorseful and will seek grief counseling and alcohol treatment.
He was charged in Pottawattamie County Court with first offense operating while intoxicated and released from jail on Monday. Jorgensen was elected to serve until December 2026. The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors meets next on April 9. The county released a statement that it was aware of the incident but would not comment further.
Pott. County Democrats Chair Lisa Lima issued a statement, Monday night, calling for Jorgensen’s resignation. In the statement, Lima said “As proud residents of Pottawattamie County, we call on Supervisor Jeff Jorgensen to resign following the disturbing criminal events of Saturday, April 6th. Mr. Jorgensen was involved in a serious Operating While Intoxicated incident that resulted in criminal charges. This represents yet another public display of poor choices made by Mr. Jorgensen that hurts the hard-working residents of our county.
As supporters of law and order, we call on Mr. Jorgensen to resign from his position on the Board of Supervisors immediately. Our community deserves elected leadership that takes responsibilities seriously and acts with integrity. Mr. Jorgensen undermines the trust and confidence of Pottawattamie County citizens with his continued poor choices. We urge fellow community members, local officials, and residents to join us in demanding that our community values of respect, dignity, and accountability are upheld without compromise.”
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa legislature has voted to establish the new crime of “grooming” and a school employee accused of luring a student into a sexual relationship could be charged with a felony. Under the bill, schools would be required to report alleged grooming behavior of any school employee to state officials. Senator Chris Cournoyer of Le Claire says it also requires the Iowa Board of Education Examiners to notify law enforcement if officials believe a crime has been committed.) “Students, both male and female, should always feel safe at school,” Cournoyer says, “and until we get these predators out of our schools, we need to be vigilant to protect our kids.”
Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines says the bill was inspired by a recent case in which a woman discovered a teacher who had manipulated her into an inappropriate relationship was being sued for doing the same thing to another student in another state. “There was a big fear that this school teacher would return back to the state of Iowa to use Iowa classrooms as hunting ground, again, to prey on more students,” Petersen says.
The bill calls on the Board of Educational Examiners to create what essentially is a case number for each complaint about a school staffer’s alleged grooming behavior. Representative Brooke Boden of Indianola notes the bill passed the House and Senate unanimously. “I’d just like to commend everybody for working together on this very important bill,” Boden says. “I think this makes sure that we remove the bad actors from any of our children, any of our schools.”
Lawmakers say the vast majority of Iowa teachers and school staff are good people, but it’s time to crack down on the few who prey on students with flirtatious behavior that’s meant to groom students for a sexual relationship.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. W/NW winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Wed. Night: Partly cloudy & breezy. Low around 41. NW @ 10-20 w/gusts to around 30 mph.
Thursday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 60.
Thu. Night: Mostly clear & windy, with a low around 37.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 65. Our Low this morning was 34. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 75, and the Low was 46. The All-Time Record High on April 9th in Atlantic, was 85, in 1977. The Record Low was 14, in 2016. Sunrise: 6:50. Sunset: 7:53.
CRESTON PANTHER INVIT
1. Creston (139 points)
Winners: Brandon Briley, 400 meter dash, 52.46.
Tom Mikkelsen, shot put, 50-04.50
4×100 meter relay, 46.70
4×200 meter relay of Seth Gordon, Casen Dryden, Xander Drake, Brayden Schoon, 1:37.80
Sprint medley relay, Evans, Briley, Gordon, Davin Wallace, 1:40.56
2. Southwest Valley (116 points)
Winners: KC Sitzman, 200 meter dash, 24.37
Carson Cooper, 800 meter run, 2:23.96
Walker Bissell, high jump, 6-00.00
Shuttle hurdle relay — Riley Hartman, Gavin Wetzel, Evan Fast, Walker Bissell, 1:09.70
Distance medley relay, Devin Greenwalt, Beau Johnston, Bissell, Santiago Quintans Piniero, 4:22.25
3. Mount Ayr (108 points)
Winners: Dyson Thompson, 100 meter dash (11.62), long jump, 19-09.50
Ryce Reynolds, 400 meter hurdles, 53.41
4×800 meter relay, Tegan Hill, Brock Shaha, Michael Adkisson, Aidan Murphy, 9:36.64
4×400 meter relay, 3:34.95
5. Stanton (67 points) — Winners: Nolan Grebin, 110 meter hurdles, 15.80
CARROLL RELAYS
Denison-Schleswig — Winners: 4×100 meter relay, Anthony Arambula, Morgan Wood, Luke Wiebers, Jake Fink, 45.97
Kuemper Catholic, Winners: Evan Adams, discus, 184-11, shot put 50-08.00
IKM-Manning — Winners: 4×800 meter relay — Abe Polzien, Isaac Blankman, Ben Ramsey, Lane Sams, 8:50.75
Distance medley relay — Davis Rasmussen, Ross Kusel, Polizei, Sams, 3:50.72
Exira/EHK, Winners: Cash Emgarten, 100 meter dash, 11.30, 200 meter dash, 22.8
EAST UNION CO-ED
1. Lenox (139 points)
Winners: Donald Bashor, 100 meter dash (11.91), 200 meter dash, 23.66.
Gabe Funk, 400 meter dash (51.59), 400 meter hurdles, 54.29
Shuttle hurdle relay — Bashor, Dawson Evans, Jordan Martin-England, Funk (1:03.09
4×800 meter relay — Cade Cordell, Patton Adams, Daysen Gregg, Owen Grundman 9:39.73
2. Bedford (110 points)
Winners: Kase Coleman, long jump, 20-03.25
4×400 meter relay, Garrison Motsinger, Hayden Riedel, Quentin Dalton, Kase Coleman, 3:40.95
3. East Union (81 points)
Winners: Jacob Driskill, 800 meter run, 2:10.01, 1600 meter run 5:10.21, 3200 meter run, 11:32.04
Morgan Cooley, discus, 160-07, shot put, 52-01.50
Distance medley relay — Cooley, Chaz Cornelison, Pheolan Kelley, Driskill, 4:01.51
4. Moravia (60 points)
Winners: Clayton Williams, high jump, 5-10.00
Sprint medley relay — Wyatt Throckmorton, Luke Long, Jackson McDanel, Lincoln Albertson, 1:42.03
4×200 meter relay — Throckmorton, Declan DeJong, Albertson, McDaniel, 1:36.45
5. CAM (56 points)
Winners: Jack Follmann, 110 meter hurdles, 15.12
4×100 meter relay, Kegan Croghan, Chase Spieker, Brayden Chester, Collin Bower 46.85
6. Melcher-Dallas (38 points)
6. Murray (38 points)
8. Diagonal (24 points)
9. Mormon Trail (16 points)
DON SCHILLING INVITATIONAL (AT LEMAR
2. Lewis Central (96.5 points)
Winners: Ethan Eichhorn, 1600 meter run, 4:36.72
Marshall Arkfeld, 3200 meter run (10:22.55|Garret Rutledge, discus, 131-09.00
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (90 points) — Alex Wilson, shot put, 50-11.50
4. LeMars (84 points)
5. Sioux City East (58 points) — Winners: Louden Grimsley, 100 meter dash, 11.10
7. Sioux City North (40.5 points) — Winners: Natnael Kifle, 800 meter run, 1:59.56
CRESTON PANTHER INVITATIONAL
1. Atlantic, (150 points)
Morgan Botos, 400 hurdles, 1:11.12.
Claire Pellett, 800 meters, 2:31.70,
Olivia Olson, discus throw, 95-00
800 meter sprint medley: Aliyah Williams, Jersey Phippen, Allison Middents, Haddley Baier, 2:00.53
4×200 meter relay: Williams, Stellah Van Aernam, Jaydin Nowatzke, A. Middents, 1:53.83
4×400 meter relay: Nicole Middents, Lila Wiederstein, Botos, Pellett 4:20.43
Distance medley relay: Pellett, Abigail Andersen, Addie Freund, Delaney Hinman, 5:04.55
3. Mount Ayr (82 points)
Aubree Shields, high jump, 5-00.00
4. Southwest Valley (80 points)
Emma Cooper 100 meters, 13.06, 200 meters,27.20, long jump, 16-07.00
Mackenzie Richards, shot put, 34-03.75
5. Creston (61 points)
Avery Staver, 400 meters, 1:02.53
4×800 meter relay: Ella Turner, Hope Henderson, Staver, Payton Davis, 10:39.69
6. Stanton (47 points)
Shuttle hurdle relay: Kyla Hart, Lauren Johnson, Elly McDonald, Hannah Olson, 1:09.85
7. Thomas Jefferson (43 points)
CARDINAL RELAYS (AT TREYNOR
1. Lewis Central (135 points)
Madeline Fidone, 400 meters, 1:02.82
Madelyn Hoss, 1500 meters, 5:13.62, 3000 meters, 11:34.60
Jordyn Matiyow, shot put, 39-01.50
800 sprint medley relay: Irelynn James, Ellie Borns, Brooke Nelson, Fidone, 1:55.83
2. Treynor (109 points)
Jadyn Huisman, discus throw, 113-04
Distance medley relay: Zoey Zadalis, Taylor Mass, Lilly Yochum, Alyssa Kulesa, 4:34.69
3. Fremont-Mills (92 points)
Bella Gute, 100 meter hurdles, 17.15
Emily Madison, high jump, 5-03.00
4×400 meter relay: Ellie Switzer, Gute, Madison, Hannah Wilson 4:24.33
Shuttle hurdle relay: Gute, Izzy Weldon, Carlie Nuckolls, Madison 1:09.20
4. Clarinda (89 points)
Jerzee Knight, 100 meters, 13.15, 200 meters, 27.09
Kylie Meier, long jump, 16-10.00
5. Riverside (85 points)
4×100 meter relay: Elly Henderson, Carly Henderson, Emma Gordon, Lydia Erickson, 51.66
4×200 meter relay: Gordon, C. Henderson, E. Henderson, Erickson, 1:49.26
4×800 meter relay: C. Henderson, Bentley Rone, Bailey Richardson, E. Henderson, 10:19.85
6. Underwood (60 points)
7. Logan-Magnolia (48 points)
8. Tri-Center (43 points) — Isah VanArsdol, 800 meters, 2:28.32
9. Shenandoah (37 points)
10. Missouri Valley (16 points)
11. West Harrison (13 points) Maclayn Houston, 400 meter hurdles, 1:12.24
12. Red Oak (10 points)
The Atlantic Trojans girls soccer team is off a solid start. The Trojans have a lot of new faces on the roster this season and are coached by Jesse McCann.
Coach McCann Talked about what his experience has been with dealing with a lot of inexperienced players this season.
Coach McCann had the opportunity to work with the team over the offseason and he elaborated on what his team has been focusing on.
Coach McCann talked about Sophomore goal keeper Katrina Williams and the big shoes that she has to fill this year.
Coach McCann commented on what the Trojans fans can expect out of their team this season.
The Trojans girls are coming off a 3-0 non-conference loss to Perry on Monday April 8th. Their next match will be on Friday April 12th, in a Hawkeye 10 Conference regular season matchup as they will be at Creston. That match will get underway at 5:30 p.m.
The Riverside Bulldogs track and field team is off to a great start to their season.
Riverside Coach Jared Hoffman said the team has been working hard and its been paying off.
Coach Hoffman talked about the individuals that have been doing well so far this year.
Coach Hoffman commented on where his squad sits healthwise.
Coach Hoffman elaborated on what he has his team do at every meet to help them stay healthy throughout the season.
The Bulldogs next track meet will be Tuesday April 9th at the Griswold Tigers Relays. That event will start at 4:30 p.m.
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