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Bohannon injured during assault in Iowa City  

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by Jim Field

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior basketball player Jordan Bohannon was physical assaulted early Sunday morning in Iowa City. Bohannon is recovering after receiving medical attention to treat a serious head injury.

“Thankfully Jordan is recovering well after being attacked by an individual he did not see coming at him,” said Iowa head basketball coach Fran McCaffery. “We were made aware of the incident immediately. We are grateful that friends who were with Jordan at the time kept the incident from escalating. His health is our number one concern.”

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Creston and ADM advance from Girls 3A Region 2 Golf Final at Atlantic

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by Jim Field

Girls Class 3A Region 2 Golf Final @ Atlantic (Nishna Hills Golf Course)

Team Scores

  1. Creston 371 (State Qualifier)
  2. ADM 381 (State Qualifier)
  3. Atlantic 393
  4. Winterset 401
  5. Clarke 406
  6. Carlisle 407
  7. Glenwood 413
  8. Ballard 414
  9. North Polk 420
  10. Perry 430
  11. Bondurant-Farrar 482
  12. Saydel 489

Individual State Qualifiers

  1. Rylie Driskell, Creston 74
  2. Lillie Peterson, Carlisle 88
  3. Emma Mellencamp, ADM 92
  4. Monica Thomas, ADM 92
  5. Jaya West, Winterset 92
  6. Maria Groumoutis, Creston 93

Atlantic Scores: Belle Berg 94 (7th), Roni Hook 97 (11th), Abby Smith 99 (14th), Lexi Noelck 103 (24th), Reagan Leonard 104 (27th), Abby Muller 109 (39th).

Full results HERE.

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DONALD ROBINSON, 77, of Harlan (Svcs. 05/26/2021)

Obituaries

May 24th, 2021 by Jim Field

DONALD ROBINSON, 77, of Harlan died Sunday, May 23td at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Funeral Services for DONALD ROBINSON will be held on Wednesday, May 26th at 11:00 a.m. at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Family will greet friends on Tuesday, May 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Burial will be in the Red Line Cemetery.

DONALD ROBINSON is survived by:

Daughters: Stacey (Todd) Kelley of Harlan. Angela Schwarte of Dubuque.

Son: Kelly Robinson of Irwin.

Sister: Jean Borcher of Irwin.

6 Grandchildren

4 Great-Grandchildren

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Atlantic baseball opens up at Lenox

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by admin

The Atlantic baseball team opens up the season Monday night with a trip to Lenox. The Trojans are hoping to build off a 6-10 campaign last year and return their team leaders from last season.

Simpson recruit Grant Sturm is back after leading the team with a .451 average and 23 hits last season. The shortstop also led the team with 17 runs scored. Catcher Bodie Johnson returns after a 10 hit campaign with 4 runs scored.

Lane Nelson will lead the rotation after 3 wins and 22 strikeouts last season. Gunner Kirchhoff returns after leading the squad with 13 RBI’s off 17 hits.

The Trojans will travel to Denison-Schleswig on Thursday with a road doubleheader next Tuesday at Clarinda.

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Jipsen/Comes win High School, King/Draper win Junior State Fishing at Prairie Rose

Ag/Outdoor, Sports

May 24th, 2021 by admin

Atlantic, IA. – Fifty High School and Junior students anglers from across the state competed in the first TBF/SAF Iowa State Fishing Championship presented Conductix Wamplfer at Prairie Rose State Park on Saturday. Each team consisting of two competitors launched their boats at 7am to bagged their five largest fish on the 173- acre lake. The teams returned at 2:30pm to begin the official weigh-in to see who had hauled in the biggest bag of fish.

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The Atlantic team of Cooper Jipsen and Dylan Comes won the SAF Powerade High School Competition with five fish, totaling 11.07 pounds. In the runner up spot goes to Joaquin Wailes of Wiota and Joey Oathoudt of Corning, IA with a 5 bag limit totaling 10.07 lbs, 3rd place went Carter Frost and Cade Hoover of Cedar Falls with 5 bag limit, weighing 10.03. Comes claimed the AM Corhon Big Bass award with 3.01 lb bass. Cooper Jipsen and Dylan Comes will now compete in a National Tournament in South Carolina.Drey Newell and Braden Smith, the overall points champions, will also advance to the National Fishing Tournament in South Carolina. The two seniors from Atlantic finished sixth in the Tournament.The two teams will also try to qualify for the SAF World Finals which held in conjunction with the National Championship Tournament. Over 3 million dollars worth of scholarships and prizes are on the line for the student anglers.  

Emmett of Panora, IA and AJ Draper of Linden, IA caught a 5 bag limit score the TBF Junior Iowa State Championship in the Fairlife Yup Junior Series with their bag weighing 11.04 pounds. Second place went to Hade and Holden DeVore of Atlantic, IA. as they hauled in 5 bass at 10.11 lbs.and rounding out the field in third place was the team of Jake Wailes of Atlantic, IA and Brentyn Hoover of Anita,IA their total was 5 bass 10.03 lbs. King also earned the AM Cohron & Sons Big Fish of the tournament with his bass weighing in at 2.09 pounds. King and Draper earned their spot at the Junior World Championships where they will be competing against the top teams from the rest of the US (and the Canadian provinces). This competition will be on the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities at the end of July. They will be competing for over $10,000 in scholarships and other prizes.  

Over 200 people attending the official weigh-ins to cheer on the student anglers. 25 teams weighed in an impressive 124 fish totaling 226.58 lbs. which average out to be 1.83 per fish. It is estimated that each student angler team caught caught an average of 20 fish throughout the day looking to improve their size, which a staggering 500 fish caught by the student anglers. All fish were returned to the lake safely and probably happy to see the student anglers leave because everyone one of them fished like a Bassmaster Elite angler on Saturday. This would not have been possible without the generosity of passionate sponsors, individual contributors, local community support, volunteers and parents. Because of you we are creating something very special for our youth, that will stay with them for a lifetime.

Powerade High School Boat Series results from the McDermott & Son Roofing Company SAF SWIFT tournament at Lake Anita on Saturday.
1st– Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, IA and Dylan Comes, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 11.13 lbs., Boat Captain- Dent Petty
2nd- Joey Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Joaquin Wailes, Wiota, IA, 5 bass, 10.07- Boat Captain- Bob Harris
3rd tie- Carter Frost, Cedar Falls, IA and Cade Hoover, Cedar Falls, IA, 5 bass, 10.03- Boat Captain- Mike Frost
3rd tie– Korben Brunt, Anita, IA and Owen Hoover, Anita, IA, 5 bass, 10.03 lbs., Boat Captain- Randy Hoover
3rd tie- Owen Wilkinson  , Corning, IA and Daniel Mattox, Corning, IA, 5 bass, 10..03- Boat Captain- Johnathon Locke
6th– Drey Newell, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 10.02 lbs.- Boat Captain- Brady Dickerson
7th– Will Neville, Oabcig Falcons and Ways Raasch, Oabcig Falcons 5 bass, 10.00 lbs.
8th– Jake Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Dakota Breaud, Corning, IA, 1 bass, 9.15 lbs., Boat Captain- Chuck Elmquist
9th– Colton Rudy, Atlantic, IA and Colin Rudy, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 9.13 lbs., Boat Captain- Chuck Rudy
10th– Caleb Nue-, Johnston, IA. and Mason Pospeshil, Johnston, IA., 5 bass, 9.10 lbs.
11th tie- Cameron Hoden, Tri-Center Trojans, and Addisyn Redinbaugh, Tri-Center Trojans, 5 bass, 9.07 lbs.
11th Tie– Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA and Caden Forristall, Carson, IA, 5 bass, 9.07 lbs., Boat Captain- Eric McCready
13th– Tegan Steinkuehler, Harlan, IA and Tytan Frohlich, Harlan, IA, 5 bass, 9.06 lbs., Boat Captain- Derrick Steinkuehler
14th – Vicente Butcher, Corning, IA., and Conor Britten, Red Oak, IA., 4 bass, 2.10 lbs., Boat Captain- Jim Robinson- Villisca

Fairlire Yup Junior Boat Series results from the McDermott & Son Roofing Company SAF SWIFT tournament at Lake Anita on Saturday.
1st- Emmett King, Panora, IA. and AJ Draper, Linden, IA., 5 bass, 11.04 lbs., Boat Captain-Jeremy King
9th- Hade DeVore, Atlantic, IA., and Holden DeVore, Atlantic, IA., 5 bass, 10.11 lbs., Boat Captain- Brad DeVore
4th-Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA,5 bass, 10.03 lbs. Boat Captain- Rob Clausen
4th-Tyson Partlow, Menlo, IA and Carey Mitchell, Stuart, IA, 5 bass, 10.01 lbs. Boat Captain- Rob Clausen
5th: Gavin Dougherty, Lewis, IA and Garrett Stetzel, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 10.00 lbs., Boat Captain- Koby Stetzel
6th- Hunter Quist, Atlantic, IA., and Aiden Smith, Elliot, IA., 5 bass, 9.09 lbs., Boat Captain-Brian Moore
7th: Grayson Molgaard, Atlantic, IA and Owen Miller, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 9.08 lbs., Boat Captain- Peter Molgaard
8th: Letty McSorely, Carson, IA and Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, 2 bass, 9.06 lbs.,- Boat Captain- Adam Krueger
9th–Cody Swank, Harlan, IA and Braxton Hass, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 9.05 lbs.,  Boat Captain- Don Switzer
10th- Colton Anderson, Atlantic, IA and Maddy Anderson, Atlantic, IA., 5 bass, 8.01 lbs., Boat Captain- Kirt Knudsen
11th: Brody Hughes, Red Oak, IA and Bently Hughes, Red Oak, IA, 5 bass, 6.04 lbs., -Boat Captain- Bill Hughes

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Van Meter, Treynor advance from Class 2A Region 2 Girls Golf Final

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by admin

Class 2A Region 2 Final @ Neola (Quail Run Golf Course)

Team Scores

  1. Van Meter 344 (State Qualifier)
  2. Treynor 360 (State Qualifier)
  3. Woodward-Granger 382
  4. Shenandoah 393
  5. Red Oak 418

Individual State Qualifers (Updated)

  1. Kylie Carey, Van Meter 70
  2. London Wille, Van Meter 76
  3. Brooklyn Currin, Treynor 80
  4. Avaree Miller, OABCIG
  5. Madeline Lewis, Treynor 84
  6. Abby Cobb, Panorama 86

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Boyer Valley and Westwood advance at Girls Class 1A Region 2 Golf Final, Griswold’s Reynolds medalist

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by admin

Class 1A Region 2 Final @ Anita (Crestwood Hills Golf Course)

Top 2 Teams and Top 6 individuals plus ties advance to State.

Team Scores

  1. Boyer Valley 392 (Qualified for State)
  2. Westwood 399 (Qualified for State)
  3. Kingsley-Pierson 403
  4. Sidney 407
  5. CAM 409
  6. St. Albert 419
  7. Coon Rapids-Bayard 427
  8. Mount Ayr 457

Individual State Qualifiers

  1. Jenna Reynolds, Griswold 90
  2. Brooklyn Beery, Kingsley-Pierson 92
  3. Alexia Miller, Boyer Valley 92
  4. Katlyn Nielsen, Boyer Valley 92
  5. Avery Dowling, Sidney 92
  6. Cali Schelm, Westwood 93
  7. Reese Snyder, CAM 93

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IGHSAU Preseason Softball Rankings 05/24/2021

Sports

May 24th, 2021 by admin

2021 Preseason Softball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Monday, May 24, 2021

Class 1A
School 2020 Record
1 Newell-Fonda 18-3
2 Lynnville-Sully 20-3
3 Lisbon 21-5
4 Collins-Maxwell 21-2
5 Sigourney 15-5
6 Wayne 17-5
7 Newman Catholic 19-4
8 Akron-Westfield 17-3
9 Martensdale-St. Marys 15-6
10 Clarksville 19-1
11 Twin Cedars 20-6
12 Exira-EHK 15-1
13 Turkey Valley 17-2
14 Southeast Warren 15-7
15 Lenox 11-9

Class 2A
School 2020 Record
1 Louisa-Muscatine 20-6
2 Northeast 20-4
3 Central Springs 17-4
4 Wilton 14-4
5 Earlham 19-5
6 Mount Ayr 10-5
7 Ridge View 11-9
8 North Linn 25-1
9 Underwood 14-5
10 Van Meter 14-9
11 Durant 10-5
12 Iowa City Regina Catholic 9-14
13 Colfax-Mingo 12-6
14 East Marshall 15-3
15 Treynor 9-5

Class 3A
School 2020 Record
1 Williamsburg 25-5
2 Davenport Assumption 21-6
3 Mount Vernon 21-6
4 West Burlington/Notre Dame 14-4
5 Atlantic 17-2
6 North Polk 14-4
7 West Liberty 14-2
8 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 14-9
9 Spriit Lake 13-4
10 Anamosa 13-2
11 West Lyon 12-3
12 Clarke 11-6
13 Humboldt 20-3
14 Nevada 11-9
15 Roland-Story 10-11

Class 4A
School 2020 Record
1 Winterset 17-7
2 West Delaware 21-5
3 Fairfield 24-2
4 North Scott 17-11
5 Norwalk 17-7
6 Dallas Center-Grimes 21-10
7 Carlisle 20-4
8 Xavier 16-10
9 Charles City 13-4
10 ADM 12-5
11 Benton Community 15-9
12 Creston 13-6
13 Harlan 15-5
14 Burlington 17-7
15 Marion 15-9

Class 5A
School 2020 Record
1 Fort Dodge 28-4
2 Muscatine 19-4
3 Waukee 23-5
4 Indianola 14-6
5 Iowa City High 18-5
6 West Des Moines Valley 23-5
7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 26-1
8 Iowa City Liberty 17-9
9 Pleasant Valley 17-7
10 Johnston 15-8
11 Ankeny Centennial 23-9
12 Bettendorf 19-7
13 Ankeny 19-11
14 Southeast Polk 11-13
15 Cedar Rapids Prairie 12-8

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Feenstra visits ‘Big Horn’ sector of Texas border with Mexico

News

May 24th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra went to Van Horn, Texas, this weekend to tour what’s called the “Big Horn” sector of the U.S./Mexico border. Feenstra, who represents Iowa’s fourth congressional district, says illegal border crossings are at crisis levels and the Biden Administration needs to secure the border. Feenstra, who met with law enforcement officers in Texas, says fentanyl seizures have dramatically increased.

Republican Congresswomen Ashley Hinson of Marion and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa also have been to the southern border. All three Republicans from Iowa who are members of the U.S. House have called on Vice President Kamala Harris to visit the border.

President Biden has asked Harris to address the root causes of migration out of Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador and he’s assigned the secretary of Homeland Security to address issues along the U-S/Mexico border.

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Fort Dodge woman sentence for stealing $120,000 from elderly relative

News

May 24th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A Fort Dodge woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing an elderly relative’s life savings. 40-year-old Janice Jurgensen of Fort Dodge pleaded guilty to wire fraud. At her sentencing hearing, Jurgensen admitted stealing more than 120-thousand dollars from her relative, an elderly veteran who had suffered a severe stroke.

After getting power of attorney for the man, prosecutors say Jurgensen used his debit card to buy food, gas and even pay the fees for a dating website. Jurgensen drained the victim’s life savings and he was unable to pay for his nursing home care.

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