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Griswold Boys Tiger Relays 04/22/2021

Sports

April 22nd, 2021 by admin

Class A Team Scores

  1. Riverside 202
  2. Bedford 136
  3. Southwest Valley 94
  4. Heartland Christian 49
  5. Iowa School for the Deaf 32
  6. Griswold 19

Riverside picked up wins from Mikey Casson in the 100M and 200M, Aiden Bell in the 400M, Drake Woods in the 800M, Aiden Bell in the 1600M, Mason McCready in the 3200M, Brogan Allensworth in the High Jump, 4x100M Relay, 4x800M Relay, and Sprint Medley.

Class AA Team Scores

  1. Clarinda 170
  2. Red Oak 93
  3. Shenandoah 89
  4. Underwood 71
  5. Creston 55
  6. Logan-Magnolia 55
  7. Tri-Center 42

Clarinda won 7 events on their way to the team title. Michael Shull led the way with wins in the 100M and Long Jump for the Cardinals. Brett McGee of Tri-Center won the 1600M.

Full results HERE.

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Spring Sports Scoreboard 04/22/2021

Sports

April 22nd, 2021 by admin

Girls Soccer

Lewis Central 8, Atlantic 0 (Edria Brummer with 21 saves for Atlantic.)
Harlan 2, Missouri Valley 0
Kuemper Catholic 6, Creston 0
Panorama 4, Van Meter 2
Tri-Center 6, Nodaway Valley/WCV 0

Boys Soccer

Denison-Schleswig 1, Bishop Heelan 0
Greene County 2, Des Moines Christian 1
Sioux City North 5, Glenwood 2
Treynor 4, Kuemper Catholic 0
Underwood 4, Logan-Magnolia 1
Van Meter 3, Panorama 1

Girls Tennis

Atlantic 5, Clarinda 4 ATL_BG21_Clarinda_results
CB Abraham Lincoln 7, CB Thomas Jefferson 2
Creston 7, Audubon 2
Denison-Schleswig 6, Sioux City East 3
Harlan 6, Shenandoah 3

Boys Tennis

Atlantic 7, Clarinda 2 ATL_BG21_Clarinda_results
Boone 9, Denison-Schleswig 0
Boone 9, Creston 0
Creston vs. Denison-Schleswig
Lewis Central 8, Red Oak 1
Lewis Central 6, St. Albert 3
Shenandoah 7, Harlan 2
St. Albert 7, Red oak 2

Girls Golf

Atlantic 190, Clarinda 228. Medalist: Roni Hook, Atlantic (44). Runner-Up: Lexi Noelck, Atlantic (46). Other Atlantic Scores: Belle Berg 48, Abby Muller 52, Reagan Leonard 55, Abby Smith 59.
Creston 194, Shenandoah 197, Southwest Valley NTS. Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Cresotn (39)
Denison-Schleswig 217, Harlan 236. Medalist: Jocelyn Cheek, Harlan (49)
Logan-Magnolia 235, Audubon 236. Medalist: Sydney Beymer, Audubon (53).
Tri-Center 213, Missouri Valley 236. Medalist: Presley Pogge, Tri-Center (50)
Wayne 241, Melcher-Dallas 271, Martensdale-St. Marys NTS, Southeast Warren NTS. Medalist: Abby Clark, Wayne (53).

Boys Golf

Atlantic 161, Clarinda 169. Medalist: Lane Nelson, Atlantic (37). Runner-Up: Cooper Neal, Clarinda (38) Other Atlantic Scores: Braden Smith 41, Garrett McLaren 41, Drey Newell 42, Cruz Weaver 45, Roth Den Beste 49.
Creston 176, Shenandoah 191, Southwest Valley 231. Medalist: Colby Burg, Creston (40)
Harlan 193, Denison-Schleswig 200. Medalist: Jace Gubbels, Harlan (44).
Nebraska City 191, Plattsmouth 198, Glenwood 200. Medalist: Zach Shukis, Plattsmouth (41).
IKM-Manning 167, Exira-EHK 174. Medalist: Kyler Rasmussen, IKM-Manning (38). Runner-Up: Tyler Petersen, Exira-EHK (39).
Logan-Magnolia 182, Audubon 185. Medalist: Jacob Fetter, Logan-Magnolia (42).
Tri-Center 161, Missouri Valley 180. Medalist: Dominic Haynes, Tri-Center (39).
Wayne 187, Southeast Warren 198, Martensdale-St. Marys 201, Melcher-Dallas 246. Medalist: RC Hicks, Wayne (43).
Spencer Invitational: Kuemper Catholic shot 337 for 3rd. Mitchell Badding led Kuemper with an 82, good for 7th place.

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Boyer Valley girls and boys golf teams top RVC Meet at Anita

Sports

April 22nd, 2021 by admin

The Boyer Valley girls and boys golf teams came out winners at the Rolling Valley Conference golf meet at Anita on Thursday.

Girls Team Scores

  1. Boyer Valley 189
  2. CAM 208
  3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 218
  4. Exira-EHK NTS

Girls Individuals

  1. Makenzie Dumbaugh, Boyer Valley 46
  2. Maci Miller, Boyer Valley 46
  3. Alexia Miller, Boyer Valley 46

Boys Team Scores

  1. Boyer Valley 178
  2. CAM 184
  3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 189
  4. Woodbine 193

Boys Individuals

  1. Cory Bantam, Woodbine 43
  2. Caden Nielsen, Boyer Valley 43
  3. Logan Lawrence, CAM 43

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Atlantic girls grab team win at 2021 Carroll Tiger-Knight Relays

Sports

April 22nd, 2021 by admin

Girls Team Scores

  1. Atlantic 137
  2. Carroll 112
  3. Boone 87
  4. Dallas Center-Grimes 81
  5. Denison-Schleswig 72
  6. Greene County 49
  7. Kuemper Catholic 30
  8. Creston 19

Atlantic grabbed wins from Haley Rasmussen in the Long Jump and 400M and 200M, Taylor McCreedy in the 3000M and 1500M, 4x800M (Clarie Pellett, Kennedy Goergen, Madison Botos, Ava Rush), Distance Medley (Madison Huddleson, Caroline Pellett, Kennedy Goergen, Taylor McCreedy), Ava Rush in the 800M, Chloe Mullenix in the 400M Hurdles, and 4x400M Relay (Mullenix, Goergen, Rush, and Rasmussen).

Boys Team Scores

  1. Harlan 129
  2. Gilbert 100
  3. Lewis Central 83
  4. Atlantic 80
  5. Denison-Schleswig 54
  6. Kuemper Catholic 53
  7. Carroll 45
  8. Greene County 44

Harlan picked up wins from Will McLaughlin in the Discus, Mason Griffith in the 100M, Michael Erlmeier in the 400M, 4x200M Relay, and Trey Gross in the 800M. Atlantic got wins from the Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Garrett Reynolds, Joe Weaver, Zane Vance, and Colin Mullenix), and Colin Mullenix in the 110M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles.

Full results: 2021 Carroll Tiger Knight Relays

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TOM SPORRER, 75, of Manning (Visitation 4/25/21)

Obituaries

April 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

TOM SPORRER, 75, of Manning, died Thursday, April 22nd, at home. Visitation for TOM SPORRER will be held on Sunday, April 25th, from 3-until 5-p.m., at the Ohde Funeral Home, in Manning. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, face masks and social distancing are recommended.

Burial will be in the Gray Cemetery, at a later date.

TOM SPORRER is survived by:

His wife – Eileen Sporrer, of Manning.

His sons – Phil (Lisa) Sporrer, of Ames, and Tim (Lori) Sporrer, of Audubon.

His daughter – Angie (Rod) Williams, of Hamlin.

His brothers – Larry Sporrer, Keith Sporrer, Ken Sporrer, Dave (Sylvia) Sporrer, and Marty Sporrer, all of Templeton, and Randy (Vanda) Sporrer, of CA.

His sister – Sue Romey, of Carroll.

8 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

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ACLU files another lawsuit seeking to require state to pay for transgender surgery

News

April 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The A-C-L-U of Iowa has filed a third lawsuit seeking to strike down the state’s denial of Medicaid coverage for transition-related surgery for transgender Iowans. The group’s legal director, Rita Bettis Austen, says this lawsuit makes the same argument against the denial. She says they believe it is both unconstitutional and a violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The A-C-L-U won the first case in 2018, and then Iowa Legislature passed a bill that allows organizations using public insurance dollars to opt-out of covering transgender surgery.

A second lawsuit was filed after that bill became law — but was dismissed before being heard. “In this most recent case the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on procedural grounds that we first have to seek and be denied coverage,” Austen says. She says Aiden Vasquez sought coverage and has been denied, and they are now taking the state to court again. “This law brings significant harm to our clients and others who rely on Medicaid who desperately need this surgery. And it is important to realize that this policy has no basis in medicine or science,” according to Bettis. ”

Gender dysphoria in some cases puts people at risk of death by suicide — and significant distress.” Vasquez made a statement about the lawsuit during a zoom call with reporters. “I desperately need this surgery. Having to jump through so many hoops just to try to get coverage for this surgery has been mentally and emotionally very draining and difficult. It is hard to know that the state has gone out of its way to discriminate against me and block my medical care just because I am transgender,” Vasquez says.

Mika Covington, who also is transgender, was a part of the original lawsuit. Austen says Covington’s latest request for coverage is still in process and she says Covington would join the lawsuit if the request is denied by the state.

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Atlantic’s Becker, CAM’s McKee and Venteicher grab medals at Drake Relays

Sports

April 22nd, 2021 by admin

A few immediate area athletes had some top-notch performances at the Drake Relays on Thursday.

In the Boys 800M Run Atlantic’s Craig Alan Becker took 2nd Place with a time of 1:56.51. That time was over 3 seconds faster than his qualifying time of 1:59.97 ran in Harlan earlier this season. Ames’ Aniey Akok won the race with a time of 1:56.01.

CAM had their first ever girls and boys qualifiers for the Drake Relays this year with Molly Venteicher in the Shot Put and Connor McKee in the 400M Hurdles. CAM has had athletes compete at the Drake Relays before but this is the first time they have had athletes that had to qualify based on previous performance.

Both Venteicher and McKee made the most of the opportunity. Venteicher finished with a 6th Place medal with a best toss of 38-7.00. McKee brought home an 8th Place medal with a time of 56.11, matching his best time of the season so far.

Medal winners from the area include:

Girls Discus: Kelsey Fields (Creston)- 4th 125-2
Girls 100M: Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama)- 5th 12.73
Boys 100M: Brayden Wollan (Underwood)- 7th 11.14
Girls 400M: Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama)- 6th 58.28
Boys 400M: Brayden Wollan (Underwood)- 1st 48.94
Discus: Layne Pryor (Woodbine)- 1st 185-0
Girls Shot Put: Zoe Rus (Underwood)- 5th 38-8.50, Molly Venteicher (CAM)- 6th 38-7.00, Kelsey Fields (Creston)- 2nd 41-05.00.
Girls Long Jump: Shay Sinnard (Carroll)- 1st 18-0.25
Boys 800M: Craig Alan Becker (Atlantic)- 2nd 1:56.51
Boys 400M Hurdles: Connor McKee (CAM)- 8th 56.11, Noah James (Treynor)- 6th 55.49, Sid Schaaf (Treynor)- 2nd 54.84
Girls 4x400M: Harlan (Kaia Bieker, Brecken Van Baale, Lilly Metzger, Liv Freund)- 8th 4:06.29, Panorama- (Gwen Steffen, Olivia Steffen, SHay Storesund, Jaidyn Sellers) 6th 4:05.38.
Boys 4x400M: Treynor (Todd Pedersen, Noah James, Devin Vorthmann, Sid Schaaf) 6th 3:26.92

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Over $22,000,000 in Water Systems Investments from USDA: New funds for Anita, Shenandoah, and Sidney to upgrade wastewater and water storage systems

News

April 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

SHENANDOAH — Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) applauded the announcement of $22,549,000 in new federal investments to improve water and sewer infrastructure in three cities within Iowa’s Third Congressional District.

The investments were part of nearly a half a billion dollars in funds for rural water, energy, and biofuel infrastructure announced today by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.

“Access to safe and sanitary water infrastructure and clean drinking water should be universal in our great nation, but that requires investments that will keep our communities healthy,” said Rep. Axne. “I’m pleased to see more than $22 million in Rural Development funds coming back to southwest Iowa today to help our rural communities implement the upgrades and maintenance needed to provide for their communities.”

The three projects within Iowa’s Third Congressional District are:

  • Anita: A $1,880,000 loan and $401,000 in grant funding to improve the municipal sewer system by building a Submerged Attached Growth Reactor treatment system and an ultraviolet disinfection treatment system. These improvements will extend power from Anita Municipal Utilities to the lagoon system and upgrade the lift station.
  • Shenandoah: A $17,743,000 loan and $2,000,000 in grant funding to expand and upgrade the city’s wastewater facility and infrastructure. Funds will be used to install a four-million-gallon equalization basin, an ultraviolet disinfection station and a flood-risk-protection berm.
  • Sidney: A $525,000 grant to complete infrastructure improvements to the city’s water system, including a new plant and transmission main, a water storage tower and new water meters.

The full list of projects announced today can be found here.

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Harlan Police look for help in identifying alleged break-in suspects

News

April 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Harlan Police Department is asking for your help in identifying a man and a woman who allegedly tried to break into the bill changer at local laundromat, and in the process caused quite a bit of damage. The couple drove away in a blue Pontiac Grand Prix 4 door with out of state plates. Any help would greatly appreciated. Thank You!!!

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Omaha man sentenced to 151 months in Child Porn case investigated by the C.Bluffs P.D. & Homeland Security

News

April 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

As the result of an investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department and Homeland Security, a man from Omaha convicted on child porn offenses, was sentenced Wednesday to serve nearly 12 1/2 years in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Acting U-S Attorney Jan Sharp, with the District of Nebraska, said 33-year old Nicholas Andrew Travis received his sentence Wednesday, following his conviction for Receipt of Child Pornography. After his release, Travis will be required to serve a 5-year term of supervised release, and is required to register as a sex offender. He was also ordered to pay $33,000 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.

On Jan. 24, 2020, special agents and task force officers with Homeland Security executed a search warrant at Travis’ apartment at the Open Door Mission, in Omaha. They seized his cell phone, which Travis admitted he used to download child porn from the internet, while at his apartment in Omaha. A forensic examination of the phone revealed 3,127 images and videos depicting children, specifically girls between the ages of three and  10, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The case was brought to the court as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice.

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