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2021 State Track team scores after Day 2

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May 21st, 2021 by admin

In 1A Boys Madrid leads with 34.5 points. Woodbine sits tied for 3rd with 26 points. CAM is 11th with 12.

Underwood leads the 2A Boys Team race with 30 points. Treynor right behind them in 2nd with 29 points. Clarinda is tied for 7th with 14.

In Boys 3A Pella leads with ADM 2nd. Harlan has a point on the board.

In Boys 4A Cedar Falls leads with 55 points and Ames is in 2nd with 31.5

In 1A Girls Bishop Garrigan is tied with Tri-Center for the top spot with 20 points each. Paton-Churdan is tied for 4th with 14 points.

In 2A Girls Mid-Prairie leads with 31 points. Panorama is tied for 9th with 13.

The 3A Girls race has a three way tie at the top: Solon, Carlisle, and Dubuque Wahlert all have 26 points.

The 4A Girls team scoring is led by Waukee with 49. Pleasant Valley is 10 points back in 2nd.

Check out the full team scoring HERE.

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2021 State Track Day 2 Photos and Interviews

Sports

May 21st, 2021 by admin

Atlantic Distance Medley Colin Mullenix, Zane Vance, Gannon O’Hara, and Craig Alan Becker

Atlantic’s Colin Mullenix and Zane Vance talk about the 400M Hurdles.

Audubon’s Gavin Smith on the 4x100M Relay Team qualifying and his 4th place medal in the 400M Hurdles. He also made the finals in the 110M Hurdles.

AHSTW’s Holly Hoepner 5th Place in 400M Hurdles

Mallory Behnken 6th in 1A Discus

CAM’s Connor McKee on his 3rd Place 400M Hurdles medal and 110M Hurdles race.

Griswold’s Paige Luft 7th in 1A Discus

CAM’s Molly Venteicher in 1A Discus

Audubon’s Jaci Christensen in 1A Discus

CAM’s Connor McKee in 110M Hurdles

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ISU prof: Keep wearing the mask if it makes you feel safe

News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – This week’s announcement from Governor Kim Reynolds eliminating mask mandates in schools and most businesses is making some Iowans anxious. Plus, the C-D-C says fully vaccinated people no longer need to socially distance or wear masks indoors, with some exceptions. Douglas Gentile, a psychology professor at Iowa State University, says many of us will need to ease slowly into resuming pre-pandemic activities.

“If you go out and you find ‘Oh my God, I’m freaking out,’ then leave,” Gentile says. “There’s nothing wrong with that, and try again another day, but don’t assume you’re never going to be okay going out to dinner again.” Gentile says it’s normal if activities don’t initially feel the same way they did before the pandemic, and if fully vaccinated people want to continue wearing masks, that’s also fine. Gentile says despite the drastic change in public health guidance, Iowans need to take the return to “normal” at their own pace.

“Don’t believe that your feelings should be the same as anyone else’s,” Gentile says. “We all handle stress differently. We’ve all come through this situation differently. We’ve all had very different experiences of it.” COVID-19 has affected the mental health of many Iowans, and some parents are noticing changes in their children. Janette Lems, of Johnston, says the trouble for her kids began when they started school last fall and she sought out in-person play therapy.

“I called eight different places. I was told that they had no openings until May and this was in January,” Lems says. “I had no idea that there were so many troubled children that were, at the age of five or six, having to seek out mental health.” According to the CDC, mental health-related emergency room visits increased 24 percent for young children and 31 percent for teens from March to October of last year compared to 2019.

(reporting by Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)

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Glenwood Police report, 5/21/21: 3 arrested on Child Endangerment & drug charges

News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Glenwood report four arrests took place, Thursday. Authorities say:

  • 25-year-old Kameron Myers, of Glenwood, was arrested for Child Endangerment and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Meyrs’ total cash or surety bond was set at $2,300.
  • 32-year-old Tera McAtee, of Glenwood, was arrested for Child Endangerment, Possession of a controlled substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $3,300.
  • 54-year-old Christina Jennings, of Glenwood, was arrested for Child Endangerment, Possession of a controlled substance, Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, Unlawful possession of prescription drug and Gathering where controlled substance are used, Her bond was set at $9,300.
  • And, 20-year-old Dezirae Kuhl, of Glenwood, was arrested on a Mills Co Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was being held without bond until seen by a magistrate judge.

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Sunnyside Pool opening delayed until June 7th

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Bryant Rasmussen, on Friday, said that “With the current weather pattern, heating up of the pool is taking longer. With regards to this the pool will open up on the June 7th as opposed to the 1st to allow for more time to increase the temperature of the water.”

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2021 State Track – Day 2 – Class 1A and 4A Results

Sports

May 21st, 2021 by admin

Class 1A Girls Distance Medley

Lenox- 19th 4:32.58 (Cassidy Nelson, Brooklyn Ecklin, TJ Stoaks, McKinna Hogan)
Logan-Magnolia- 15th 4:29.01 (Ava Goldsmith, Emma Perkins, Kiera Hochstein, Courtney Sporrer)
Audubon- 4th 4:18.29 (Madison Steckler, Abigail Zaiger, Mattie Nielsen, Hannah Thygesen)
Tri-Center- 1st State Champions 4:16.00 (Jaden Franke, Emile Sorenson, Kyla Corrin, Peyton Pogge)

Class 1A Boys 110M Hurdles Prelims

Gavin Smith, Audubon- 4th Qualified 15.59
Johnathan Weaver, Lenox- 12th 16.12
Sam Foreman, CAM- 22nd 16.70
Connor McKee, CAM- 11th 16.06
Cooper Kock, Ar-We-Va- 7th Qualified 15.88

Class 1A Girls 100M Hurdles Prelims

Jade Jackson, CAM- 9th 16.85
Cassidy Nelson, Lenox- 20th 17.55
Izzy Weldon, Fremont-Mills- 22nd 17.76
Maddax DeVault, Nodaway Valley- 5th Qualified 16.31

Class 1A Boys 4x200M Relay Final

St. Albert 6th 1:22.76 (Sam Rallis, DJ Weilage, Keaton Barnes, Brendan Monahan)
Coon Rapids-Bayard- 16th 1:34.04 (Easton Hays, Gabe Obert, Tanner Oswald, Omarion Floyd)
Audubon- 19th 1:34.24 (Ethan Klocke, Joel Klocke, Brandon Jensen, Matthew Beisswenger)
East Union- 24th 1:35.92 (Emmet Long, Kanyon Huntington, Scott Driskill, Caleb Comstock)

Class 4A Boys 4x200M Relay Final

Lewis Central- 15th 1:31.93 (Luciano Fidone, Jonathan Humpal, Brayden Loftin, Tyler Hinsley)

Class 1A Girls 4x200M Relay Final

Nodaway Valley- 2nd 1:46.66 (Abby Engals, Madison Fry, Annika Nelson, Maddax DeVault)
St. Albert- 15th 1:51.66 (Carly McKeever, Kaylee Epperson, Allie Petry, Lauren Williams)

Class 4A Girls 4x200M Relay Final

Lewis Central- 11th 1:47.41  (Irelynn James, Maddie Bergman, Atziri Medina, Madeline Fidone)

Class 1A Boys 400M Hurdles Final

Connor McKee, CAM- 3rd 55.01
Gavin Smith, Audubon- 4th 55.56
Hunter Hansen, West Harrison- 8th 58.13
Matthew Benidict, Sidney- 24th 1:01.46
Joel Klocke, Audubon- 11th 58.27

Class 1A Girls 400M Hurdles Final

Maggie Ragaller, Ar-We-Va- 15th 1:11.66
TJ Stoaks, Lenox- 20th 1:13.18
Lauren Malone, Boyer Valley- 6th 1:09.03
Emily Madison, Fremont-Mills- 9th 1:09.18
Lauren Williams, St. Albert- 7th 1:09.03
Tara Peterson, Stanton- 5th 1:08.81

Class 4A Girls 400M Hurdles Final

Abby LaSale, CB Abraham Lincoln- 8th 1:07.24

Class 1A Boys Distance Medley

Tri-Center- 15th 3:47.73 (Jaydon Dooley, Luke Lehan, Michael Denning, Brett McGee)
IKM-Manning- 10th 3:44.59 (Drew Doyal, Amos Rasmussen, Connor Keller, Quentin Dreyer)
Lenox- 21st 3:53.32 (Johnathan Weaver, Isaac Grundman, Brad Larson, Samson Adams)

Class 4A Boys Distance Medley

Lewis Central- 9th 3:37.12 (Luciano Fidone, Jonathan Humpal, Ethen Fishell, Nathan Sell)
CB Thomas Jefferson- 16th 3:41.19 (Austin Schubert, Tyler Huey, Hunter Ryba, Juan Martinez)

Class 1A Girls 4x100M Relay Prelims

East Union- 23rd 53.75 (Kaitlyn Mitchell, Grace Nixon, Mallory Raney, Noelle McKnight)
Riverside- 5th Qualified 51.54 (Veronica Andrusyshyn, Izzy Bluml, Emma Gordon, Lydia Erickson)
Ar-We-Va- 20th 53.37 (Hannah Kraus, Jamie Hausman, Kora Obrecht, Jadeyn Smith)

Class 1A Boys 4x100M Relay Prelims

Audubon- 7th Qualified 44.75 (Ethan Klocke, Matthew Beisswenger, Gavin Smith, Joel Klocke)
CAM- 22nd 45.67 (Karter Hilpipre, Connor McKee, Cade Ticknor, Lane Spieker)
East Union-18th 45.44 (Emmet Long, Kanyon Huntington, Scott Driskell, Caleb Comstock)
Lenox- 23rd 46.21 (Johnathan Weaver, Isaac Grundman, Keigan Kitzman, Brad Larson)
Coon Rapids-Bayard- 19th 45.45 (Easton Hays, Omarion Floyd, Tanner Oswals, Gabe Obert)
Woodbine- 12th 45.09 (Andrew Thompson, Erik Gau, Bernie Nelson, Jerry Malone)

Class 1A Girls 4x400M Relay Prelims

Riverside- 6th Qualified 4:14.94 (Lydia Erickson, Macy Woods, Mack Olmstead-Mitchell, Izzy Bluml)
Audubon- 5th Qualified 4:14.36 (Madison Steckler, Mattie Nielsen, Abigail Zaiger, Hannah Thygesen)

Class 4A Girls 4x400M Prelims

Lewis Central- 15th 4:12.29 (Gracie Hays, Madeline Fidone, Irelynn James, Maddie Bergman)

Class 1A Boys 4x400M Prelims

CAM- 20th 3:57.55 (Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Ethan Follmann, Sam Foreman)
Riverside- 13th 3:34.36 (Liam Fagan, Drake Woods, Aiden Bell, Mikey Casson)
St. Albert- 2nd Qualified 3:29.25 (Greg Fagan, Keaton Barnes, Brendan Monahan, Sam Rallis)

Class 4A Boys 4x400M Prelims

Lewis Central- DQ (Ethen Fishell, Wyatt Hatcher, Quentin Allen, Jonah Pomerenke)

Class 1A Girls Discus

Danielle Hoyle Paton-Churdan- 1st State Champion 130-11
Mallory Behnken, CAM- 6th 115-07
Paige Luft, Griswold- 7th 111-08
Elizabeth Zaiger, Audubon 8th 109-09
Jaci Christensen, Audubon- 20th 99-02
Molly Venteicher, CAM- 22nd 94-04
Jamie Plowman, Woodbine- 23rd 91-00

Class 4A Girls Shot Put

Elise Thramer, Lewis Central- 7th 37-05.75
Kierra Schmiedling, Lewis Central- 14th 35-03.25

Boys 4A Long Jump

Ryan Rohe, Lewis Central- 10th 21-06.25

Boys 1A High Jump

Matthew Benedict, Sidney- 3rd 6-03
Jack Roberts, Stanton- 4th 6-03
Marshall Knapp, Southwest Valley 6th 6-01
Cooper Kock, Ar-We-Va- 10th 6-01
Gabe Obert, Coon Rapids-Bayard- 11th 5-11
Samson Adams, Lenox- 13th 5-11
Brogan Allensworth, Riverside- 18th 5-09
Tyler Kingery, Exira-EHK- No Height

Boys 4A Shot Put

Hunter Deyo, Lewis Central- 8th 52-00.50

Boys 1A Discus

Layne Pryor, Woodbine- 1st State Champion 182-09
Dylan Hoefer, Woodbine- 5th 153-10
Devin Whipple, Lenox- 8th 149-08
Tre Melby, Logan-Magnolia- 11th 144-10
Cade Ticknor, CAM- 15th 140-08

Class 4A Girls Long Jump

Maddie Bergman, Lewis Central- 5th 16-11.75
Shelby Wilfong, CB Abraham Lincoln- 15th 16-01.50

Class 1A Girls High Jump

Jade Jackson, CAM- 10th 4-10
Vanessa Koehler, Glidden-Ralston- 8th 5-0
Maclayn Houston, West Harrison- 10th 4-10
Riley Jensen, Essex- 10th 4-10
Alexa Ahrenholtz, IKM-Manning- 7th 5-0
Cadence Douglas, Lenox- 1st State Champion 05-02 on first attempt

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Mental Health Awareness Walk

News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Cass County Health System’s Senior Life Solutions team is hosting a free community walk in support of Mental Health Awareness Month on Saturday, May 22, 2021 from 9 to 10 am in downtown Atlantic. The event is being co-hosted by Healthy Cass County and Cass County Iowa State University Extension.

“We welcome participants of all ages to join us to show support for mental health awareness. We all need to help end the stigma around seeking care for mental health, and showing up to community events like this is one small way that each of us can help normalize mental health care and show our neighbors that we’re here for them,” said Karmen Roland, RN, Program Director of Senior Life Solutions.

The walk will kick-off at 9 am in City Park at 6th and Chestnut. Participants will walk on the sidewalks to the Rock Island Depot, and then loop back to the park. Information about mental health services as well as light refreshments will be available in City Park.

“People across the county identified mental health as the number one health need in the recent Community Health Needs Assessment. It’s so important to have events like this where we can come together and show that mental health matters. It’s OK to not be OK. We want to end the stigma in Cass County,” said Brigham Hoegh, Cass County Wellness Coordinator.

“Green is the official color of mental health awareness, and while we encourage folks to wear green – you don’t have to! Just come and join in the fun, show your support, and get in some great exercise, too,” said Roland.

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Backyard & Beyond 5-21-2021

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

May 21st, 2021 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with Atlantic Parks & Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen.

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Rep. Axne Named Vice-Chair of Housing and Insurance Subcommittee

News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON – This week, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) was named Vice-Chair of the Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance. In a statement to the media, Axne said “During my first two years in Congress, it has been my privilege to work with my Committee colleagues to support improving the safety and affordability of housing, and it is my honor to be named as Vice Chair of the Housing, Community Development and Insurance Subcommittee.

“This past year has shown how absolutely critical housing is to the health and prosperity of American families, and I look forward to working with our Chairs and with members on both sides of the aisle to continue crafting and advancing policies that will help improve access to affordable housing, promote equity, and ensure that rural and urban communities alike have the resources to invest in the success of their residents.”

Her office says Rep. Axne has used her position on the subcommittee to support improved housing access and increased investments in affordable housing, and to advocate for the tens of thousands of Iowans that work in the insurance industry. Earlier this year, two Rep. Axne bills aimed at supporting Iowa’s homeowners and renters were included in the American Rescue Plan, a COVID-19 relief package that included over $30 billion in housing support. The House also recently passed legislation authored by Rep. Axne to preserve affordable housing options in rural areas. 

Rep. Axne is also a member of the Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets

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Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit NISHNANET

News

May 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by NISHNANET on Thursday, May 20th, 2021. The Ambassadors learned more about NISHNANET’s goals and expansion with their new 514 Chestnut store.

NISHNANET came to serve the rural Atlantic and Audubon counties in 2018. Since then, NISHNANET has expanded to serve over 300 customers providing them with low cost, high-speed internet, fiber optics, phone service, tech support, and more.

With the opening of their new Customer Service hub at 514 Chestnut Street, NISHNANET will be able to better support their existing customers and non-customers alike by providing internet technology support and high-quality technology retail. Scott Bennett, owner, shared that with this store, the company can answer questions in a detailed way and offer unique support in which when a customer purchases an item, the employee will configure the device and when the customer returns home, the device will work providing one on one customer support.

With NISHNANET’s new walk-in space, the question is raised, “What will be done with their original location at 2 East 6th Street?” Scott explained that with Cass/Atlantic Development’s help, they plan to turn their previous space into a “shared workspace.” A shared workspace allows those that work remotely to have access to a desk, telephone line, fast internet, printer, etc. The spaces can be rented with the purchase of a membership. More details will be released as the space comes together in July.

To keep up with NISHNANET, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/nishnanet and be sure to check out the new space located at 514 Chestnut Street.

NISHNANET can also be reached at 712-243-2497.

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