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80s rock legends Heart coming to Des Moines this fall

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, IOWA [WHO-TV] — This fall you can return to the ‘heart’ of the cassette-era at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines when Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart bring their “Royal Flush Tour” to town. Heart will play the downtown arena on November 19th. Tickets go on sale through HyVeeTix.com today (Friday, April 5th).

Heart has had dozens of songs reach the charts in their nearly 50 year career, including classics like “Magic Man”, “Crazy on You”, “Barracuda”, “Heartless”, “These Dreams” and “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You”. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

Heart will be joined in Des Moines by Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening. Jason is the son of founding Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham whose death in 1980 led to the end of the band. Jason has since joined the surviving members of Led Zeppelin for live performances. Bonham will play a catalog of his father’s hits.

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Girl’s and Boy’s Final Results from Van Meter Track Meet

Sports

April 5th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Girls Results

Girls Team Scores
1 Adm, Adel 177
2 Van Meter 145
3 Winterset 117
4 Boone 96
5 Acgc 56
6 Panorama 47
7 Ames 46
8 Cam, Anita 37

Girls 100 Meter Dash
1 Sellers, Jaidyn PANO 12.11
2 Moore, Eden VANM 12.53
3 Seehase, Calli ADM 13.22
4 Busch, Carly BOON 13.25
5 Kleemeier, Jaya WINT 13.29
6 Standley, Peyton ADM 13.32
7 Tollari, Aniston ADM x13.39
8 Speltz, Teya VANM 13.74

Girls 200 Meter Dash
1 Sellers, Jaidyn PANO 25.76
2 Tollari, Aniston ADM 27.27
3 Seehase, Calli ADM 27.38
4 Busch, Carly BOON 27.74
5 Bruins, Bella VANM 28.32
6 Schmidt, Torianna ADM x28.51
7 Seiberling, Ada VANM 28.77
8 Vodenik, Gracie BOON 28.81

Girls 400 Yard Dash
1 Sellers, Jaidyn PANO 1:00.88
2 Bruins, Bella VANM 1:04.76
3 Boese, Madison VANM 1:05.81
4 Davis, Luci WINT 1:07.23
5 Guedeyi, Suzanne AMES 1:08.58
6 Siefken, Madison ADM 1:09.04
7 Wadzinski, Elaina BOON 1:11.22
8 Craven, Mackenzie WINT 1:11.42

Girls 800 Meter Run
1 Campbell, Ava ACGC 2:23.73
2 Fryar, Brooklyn VANM 2:25.84
3 Craven, Sami WINT 2:31.83
4 McCann, Lizzy VANM 2:34.59
5 Seidler, Klaire WINT 2:39.20
6 Sutton, Mackealin ADM 2:43.75
7 Hyer, Macy VANM x2:48.62
8 Eden, Jaci CAM 2:52.71

Girls 1500 Meter Run
1 Streck, Laura VANM 4:58.61
2 McCoy, Emma VANM 5:08.20
3 Campbell, Ava ACGC 5:11.04
4 Eggleston, Allie ADM 5:28.53
5 Back, Morgan WINT 5:30.15
6 Smith, Maven WINT 5:31.18
7 Lutz, Laicey PANO 5:31.71
8 Hunter, Lydia VANM x5:43.94

Girls 3000 Meter Run
1 Eggleston, Allie ADM 11:39.45
2 Sutton, Morgan WINT 11:45.50
3 Back, Morgan WINT 11:52.19
4 Mattes, Paige ADM 11:58.90
5 Johnson, Adelae AMES 13:30.72
6 Riley, Isabella AMES 13:32.12
7 Lu, Claire AMES x13:35.18

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
1 Kleemeier, Jaya WINT 16.14
2 Coghlan, Elise ADM 17.08
3 Smyth, Isabella ADM 17.51
4 Lillard, Bailey CAM 17.55
5 Keller, Kylie VANM 17.72
6 Wheeler, Alexis BOON 17.76
7 Hanselman, Gigi WINT 18.25
8 Simmons, Saylor VANM 18.45

Girls 400 Meter Hurdles
1 Kleemeier, Jaya WINT 1:09.20
2 Coghlan, Elise ADM 1:10.94
3 James, Madi ADM 1:11.11
4 Hansen, Ada CAM 1:13.28
5 Harkins, Burkli VANM 1:14.34
6 Howie, Avery BOON 1:16.65
7 Davidson, Madelyn BOON 1:17.27
8 Esslinger, Shelby AMES 1:17.68

Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
1 Boone 52.78 – Bailey, Halle Howie, Avery Ades, Erin Busch, Carly
2 Van Meter 53.09 – Dubbin, Makenzie Netten, Finley Wiedman, Kennedy Rebelsky, Haedyn
3 Adm, Adel 53.19 – Standley, Peyton Schmidt, Torianna Book, Isabelle Nelson, Haley
4 Winterset 55.13 – Applegate, Neela Nordstrom, Madelyn McLaren, Ainsley Gross, Addison

Girls 4×200 Meter Relay
1 Adm, Adel 1:52.38 – Standley, Peyton Book, Isabelle Nelson, Haley Schmidt, Torianna
2 Van Meter 1:52.65 – Dubbin, Makenzie Speltz, Teya Rebelsky, Haedyn Wiedman, Kennedy
3 Boone 1:55.09 – Bailey, Halle Ades, Erin Howie, Avery Busch, Carly
4 Winterset 1:57.77 – Applegate, Neela Baldwin, Bailey Gross, Addison Nordstrom, Madelyn

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
1 Adm, Adel 4:18.04 – Tollari, Aniston James, Madi Coghlan, Elise Seehase, Calli
2 Van Meter 4:21.21 – Speltz, Teya Fryar, Brooklyn Bruins, Bella Moore, Eden
3 Acgc 4:46.87 – Schafer, Brooklyn Akers, Savannah Langgaard, Nora Gruber, Meranda
4 Winterset 4:46.90 – Davis, Luci Sheffield, MaKenna Seidler, Klaire Craven, Mackenzie

Girls 4×800 Meter Relay
1 Van Meter 9:57.79 – McCann, Lizzy Fryar, Brooklyn Streck, Laura McCoy, Emma
2 Adm, Adel 10:32.84 – James, Madi Morse, Brecken Sutton, Mackealin Davison, Mallory
3 Ames 11:39.26 – Duhn, Alaina Bennett, Edie Mortvedt, Julia Bhave, Bradie
4 Winterset 11:55.36 – Sheffield, MaKenna Iniesta, Abril Smith, Natalie Craven, Mackenzie

Girls 800 Sprint Medley
1 Van Meter 1:53.31 – Dubbin, Makenzie Wiedman, Kennedy Netten, Finley Moore, Eden
2 Adm, Adel 2:00.22 – Standley, Peyton Schmidt, Torianna Seehase, Calli Siefken, Madison
3 Winterset 2:02.59 – Applegate, Neela Gross, Addison Nordstrom, Madelyn Craven, Sami
4 Cam, Anita 2:04.20 – Rich, Ruthie Lillard, Bailey Williamson, Kylee Hansen, Ada

Girls Distance Medley
1 Acgc 4:36.54 – Muller, Hannah Akers, Savannah Schafer, Brooklyn Campbell, Ava
2 Van Meter 4:48.21 – Netten, Finley Banks, Avery Weber, Bella Hunter, Lydia
3 Winterset 4:54.70 – Andrew, Braelyn McLaren, Ainsley Iniesta, Abril Smith, Maven
4 Cam, Anita 4:55.78 – Venteicher, Gracie Follmann, Emma Rich, Ruthie Hansen, Ada

Girls 4×100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle
1 Adm, Adel 1:10.97 – Smyth, Isabella Schmidt, Eliza Nelson, Haley Coghlan, Elise
2 Van Meter 1:11.67 – Rebelsky, Haedyn Harkins, Burkli Boese, Madison Keller, Kylie
3 Boone 1:20.17 – Wheeler, Alexis Johnson, Noelle Davidson, Madelyn Howie, Avery

Girls High Jump
1 Warmuth, London ADM 5-05.00
2 Biggs, Elodie AMES 5-00.00
3 Hanselman, Geona WINT 4-08.00
4 Ades, Erin BOON J4-08.00
5 Johnson, Noelle BOON J4-08.00
6 Witt, RyAnn WINT 4-06.00
7 Moss, Zuri ADM J4-06.00
8 Fuerst, Julia AMES J4-06.00

Girls Long Jump
1 Tollari, Aniston ADM 17-01.00
2 Banks, Avery VANM 15-03.50
3 Bruins, Bella VANM 15-02.50
4 Nelson, Kylie WINT 14-04.50
5 Klein, Piper BOON 14-02.50
6 Biggs, Elodie AMES 13-11.50
7 Rouse, Isabelle ACGC 13-11.00
7 Beving, Gracie VANM x13-11.00

Girls Shot Put
1 Stanford, Kennedy ADM 37-02.00
2 Wiebold, Emma BOON 33-02.00
3 Boals, Caydence ACGC 31-00.00
4 Braun, Taylor ADM 30-04.25
5 Littler, Becca ACGC 30-02.50
6 Follmann, Courtney CAM 29-05.50
7 Vaughn, Morgan WINT 28-09.50
8 Shivers, Maleah BOON 27-10.50

Girls Discus Throw
1 Wiebold, Emma BOON 108-08
2 Ades, Erin BOON 107-00
3 Steenblock, Arilyan PANO 103-02
4 Taylor, Izabella WINT 100-07
5 Stanford, Kennedy ADM 90-00
6 Braun, Taylor ADM 89-08
7 Follmann, Courtney CAM 89-06
8 Akers, Karlee WINT 84-04

Boys Results

Boys Team Scores
1 Adm, Adel 188.50
2 Acgc 138
3 Winterset 109
4 Earlham 108
5 Van Meter 65
6 Atlantic 61.50
7 CAM, Anita 46

Boys 100 Meter Dash
1 Doll, Brevin ADM 10.86
2 Houser, Tye ATL 11.36
3 Madsen, Eli ACGC 11.50
4 Cooper, Jaydn WINT 11.74
5 Spieker, Chase CAM 11.76
6 Lane, Trevor EARL 11.80
7 Hatchitt, Jon ADM 11.82
7 McNeal, Ethan ATL 11.82

Boys 200 Meter Dash
1 Madsen, Eli ACGC 23.17
2 Cooper, Jaydn WINT 23.98
3 Brincks, Luke ACGC 24.33
4 Peterson, Cason VANM 24.41
5 Tadlock, Bowen WINT 24.50
6 Sorensen, Kade ACGC x24.66
7 Warden, Harrison EARL 24.71
8 Parkison, Braydon VANM 24.88

Boys 400 Yard Dash
1 Rynearson, Brayden ADM 52.64
2 Shull, Hudson ADM 54.10
3 Peterson, Cason VANM 54.26
4 McNeal, Ethan ATL 56.12
5 Stringham, Easton ACGC 56.92
6 Doggett, Tate VANM 58.78
7 Burger, Harvey EARL 59.10
8 Trujillo-Garcia, Max ACGC 59.80

Boys 800 Meter Run
1 Hook, Parker ADM 2:06.03
2 Hulse, Luka VANM 2:06.35
3 McClain, Jarrett ACGC 2:06.49
4 Mahaffey, Andrew ACGC 2:06.99
5 Davison, Brayden ADM 2:08.49
6 Canoyer, Dallas EARL 2:10.79
7 Braet, Dawson EARL 2:12.23
8 Leasure, Jace WINT 2:17.46

Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 Timmerman, Torin ADM 4:38.83
2 Hotopp, Cole WINT 4:50.03
3 Sloss, Gavin ACGC 4:51.66
4 Holdmeyer, Shay ADM 4:51.71
5 Cowman, Eli WINT 4:52.21
6 Hall, Robbie ADM x5:00.27
7 Braet, Donovan EARL 5:00.52
8 Hulse, Luka VANM 5:01.06

Boys 3200 Meter Run
1 Mahaffey, Andrew ACGC 10:13.86
2 Sloss, Gavin ACGC 10:50.57
3 Nichols, David EARL 10:59.32
4 Taylor, John WINT 11:02.44
5 Chapman, Issac ADM 11:15.14
6 Marple, Max ADM 11:24.04
7 Sheffield, Landon EARL 11:24.75
8 Yanacheak, Luke ADM x11:37.23

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Follmann, Jack CAM 15.03
2 Lohmann, Zach ADM 15.13
3 Hale, Walker EARL 15.37
4 Petersen, Jeret EARL 15.69
5 Krantz, Luke ADM 15.82
6 Schneider, Treyton ACGC 15.87
7 Schneider, Brexton ACGC 16.14
8 Rasmussen, Colton ATL 16.65

Boys 400 Meter Hurdles
1 Follmann, Jack CAM 56.20
2 Kier, Keaton ADM 57.69
3 Fever, Tate ACGC 59.53
4 Hall, Jake WINT 1:00.52
5 Petty, Grant ATL 1:01.24
6 Kluesner, Reid ADM 1:01.90
7 South, Jathan ACGC 1:01.97
8 Winey, Ethan EARL 1:02.46

Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
1 Adm, Adel 42.97 – Flora, Aiden Rychnovsky, Grant Engleman, Grant Gelhaar, Tyler
2 Earlham 44.32 – Lane, Trevor Petersen, Jeret Smith, Caleb Hale, Walker
3 Winterset 45.00 – Mortvedt, Zac Swanson, Wyatt Thompson, Tate O’Neal, Lochlann
4 Van Meter 45.10 – Cole, Garrett Gordon, Ben Trudo, Cael Moore, Caleb

Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
1 Adm, Adel 1:28.41 – Flora, Aiden Rychnovsky, Grant Engleman, Grant Doll, Brevin
2 Winterset 1:31.92 – Mortvedt, Zac Swanson, Wyatt Thompson, Tate O’Neal, Lochlann
3 Van Meter 1:34.11 – Cole, Garrett Gordon, Ben Trudo, Cael Moore, Caleb
4 Acgc 1:35.20 – Sorensen, Kade Solorzano, Anthony Brincks, Luke Bunde, Lance

Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
1 Adm, Adel 3:34.81 – Hook, Parker Shull, Hudson Davison, Brayden Rynearson, Brayden
2 Acgc 3:37.08 – Stringham, Easton Brincks, Luke Bunde, Lance Madsen, Eli
3 Winterset 3:41.81 – Day, Gavin Strohbehn, Ben Gondek, Nate Allen, Colin
4 Earlham 3:42.35 – Berkley, Jackson Petersen, Blake Reynolds, Blake Canoyer, Dallas

Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
1 Winterset 8:40.45 – Day, Gavin Strohbehn, Ben Cowman, Eli Hotopp, Cole
2 Earlham 9:01.55 – Braet, Dawson Petersen, Blake Reynolds, Blake Canoyer, Dallas
3 Adm, Adel 9:26.52 – Messer, Griffin Baase, Rylan Post, Camden Holdmeyer, Keegan
4 Van Meter 9:31.96 – Oliver, Cory Bradley, Mason Glade, Adam Newell, Liam

Boys 800 Sprint Medley
1 Van Meter 1:39.31 – Gordon, Ben Moore, Caleb Peterson, Cason Trudo, Cael
2 Winterset 1:40.22 – Cooper, Jaydn Swanson, Wyatt Mortvedt, Zac O’Neal, Lochlann
3 Cam, Anita 1:40.73 – Croghan, Kegan Spieker, Chase McKee, Carson Follmann, Jack
4 Earlham 1:41.39 – Lane, Trevor Winey, Josh Smith, Caleb Berkley, Jackson

Boys Distance Medley
1 Adm, Adel 3:53.74 – Guile, Talan Harvey, Talon Gerleman, Leyton Peters, Sam
2 Earlham 3:56.57 – Berkley, Jackson Winey, Ethan Maly, Carson Braet, Donovan
3 Acgc 3:59.41 – Skram, Tommy Fever, Tate Van Meter, Cole McClain, Jarrett
4 Winterset 4:10.59 – Tadlock, Bowen Hockett, Lane Gondek, Nate Allen, Colin

Boys 4×110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle
1 Adm, Adel 1:01.42 – Lohmann, Zach Kier, Keaton Krantz, Luke Pitzen, Jackson
2 Earlham 1:02.50 – Petersen, Jeret Amsden, Cason Winey, Josh Hale, Walker
3 Cam, Anita 1:08.48 – McKee, Carson Winther, Kayden Follmann, Jack Croghan, Kegan
4 Winterset 1:09.01 – Alcorn, Gage Bellamy, Jace Hall, Jake Rivera, Nathan

Boys High Jump
1 Bunde, Lance ACGC 6-02.00
2 Kluesner, Reid ADM 5-10.00
3 Schneider, Treyton ACGC 5-08.00
4 Petersen, Jeret EARL J5-08.00
5 Haley, Jay VANM 5-06.00
6 Gondek, Nate WINT 5-04.00
7 Parker, Adam EARL J5-04.00
8 Thompson, Logan WINT J5-04.00

Boys Long Jump
1 Lane, Trevor EARL 20-11.00
2 Thompson, Tate WINT 20-04.00
3 Rasmussen, Colton ATL 20-03.50
4 Gelhaar, Tyler ADM 19-09.00
5 Winther, Kayden CAM 19-08.00
6 Hale, Walker EARL 19-06.50
7 Hansen, Jarrett ATL 18-07.00
8 Larson, Jaice ATL x18-03.00

Boys Shot Put
1 Hickey, Drew ADM 47-07.00
2 VanDerLinden, Seth WINT 46-00.00
3 Jacobe, Payton ACGC 44-01.00
4 Darrow, Xavier ATL 43-11.00
5 Oberhoffer, Caleb ADM 42-06.00
6 Entriken, Ryan ADM x41-10.50
7 Kuehler, Alex VANM 37-09.50
8 Wahl, Mason ACGC 37-04.00

Boys Discus Throw
1 Hickey, Drew ADM 146-08
2 Darrow, Xavier ATL 139-05
3 Long, Keegan EARL 120-01
4 Wahl, Mason ACGC 118-09
5 Bruce, Cohen ATL 114-09
6 Jacobe, Payton ACGC 113-05
7 Entriken, Ryan ADM 112-05
8 Chester, Brayden CAM 111-05

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UI student creates Caitlin Clark portrait in 720 Rubik’s Cubes

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A fourth-year dental student at the University of Iowa has carefully crafted a work of mosaic art immortalizing Hawkeye basketball star Caitlin Clark — out of more than 700 Rubik’s Cubes. Like millions of other fans, Sioux City native Brian Dang closely follows the Iowa women’s basketball team. He wanted a new project to sink his teeth into while also spotlighting the accomplished Clark, and anyone who’s seen his finished work agrees, it’s a three-point swoosh.

“I used to be an engineer, so I like all these different kinds of 3-D puzzles and I like to suffer a little bit,” Dang says, laughing. “I like to figure out the hard, difficult things, so I got into Rubik’s Cubes because I was pretty bored at home, my parents don’t have internet or anything, and then I decided I just wanted more of a challenge, like trying to make art out of it.” Dang found a bulk supplier who sold him the necessary 720 “mini” Rubik’s Cubes for around 300-dollars. He’s made a few other smaller pieces of art using the plastic cubes as his medium, but none of them were this big. Dang says the portrait took a lot of planning.

“You want to have nice contrasts and stuff because you only have so many colors you can use with a Rubik’s Cube,” Dang says. “I plan it out on a spreadsheet. It’s takes a bit. And then I kind of pixelate the picture a little bit, because all pictures are just pixels. And then once I have that all planned out, it takes maybe three days, and then I go about solving my Rubik’s Cubes to those different colors.” The work features Clark in a white Iowa jersey, with her right hand to her ear, and it’s remarkably realistic. While the Iowa City campus isn’t gigantic, the 25-year-old Dang says he’s never met Clark, nor has he bumped into her between classes, but he hopes their paths will someday cross.

Brian Dang (UI photo)

“Yeah, no, that’d be awesome. If I could get a picture with her with it, and have her autograph it, that’d be amazing,” Dang says. “But both of us probably have busy times because I’m in the clinic a lot here at the school, and then she’s busy playing in all these games, so it’s really hard to get in contact with each other, or even running into each other.” For now, the piece is on display at the U-I dental building. Dang says if the Hawks win the national championship on Sunday, he may be inspired to create another “cubist” Clark that’s even bigger and better.

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Red Oak man arrested for Assault w/the intent to commit sexual abuse

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police, Thursday afternoon, arrested 26-year-old Devon Lee Smith, of Red Oak. Authorities charged Smith with Assault, with the Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse (an Aggravated Misdemeanor). He was taken into custody at around 4:30-p.m. and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Smith’s bond was set at $2,000.

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Bill would extend statute of limitations for Boy Scouts sexual abuse survivors

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa [via Iowa Capital Dispatch] — The Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would add an exemption to the time limit on filing child sexual abuse lawsuits, allowing former Boy Scouts in the state to be a part of the national settlement against the organization. Senate File 2431, approved unanimously by the committee Thursday, would extend the statute of limitations on civil actions involving child sexual abuse — specifically for “claims against the bankruptcy state of a congressionally chartered organization.”

The exception references the 2020 Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement, allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court to move forward in February, that involves more than 82,000 men who said they were sexually abused by Boy Scouts troop leaders while in the organization as children.

Survivors involved in the 2020 settlement agreement have the ability to recover funds through the Scouting Settlement Trust of $2.46 billion. But Iowans involved may not be able to receive as much compensation as victims in other states. Settlement payouts are determined using multiple factors, including both the details and length of abuse suffered by victims, as well as the state’s statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims.

Current Iowa law requires that child sexual victims file suit by age 19, or within four years of having knowledge that the abuse resulted in injuries and suffering. Lawyers involved in the settlement said these limitations mean that Iowa has until April 19 to change the law on the statute of limitations, or Iowa victims will receive less compensation from the Boy Scouts settlement than others across the country.

Answering questions from reporters Wednesday, Reynolds said she would be “open” to consideration of the bill if it is passed by the Legislature.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, April 5th, 2024

Weather

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 60. East winds @ 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. E/SE winds 10-25 w/gusts to near 30 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny & windy, w/a 20% chance of afternoon showers. High near 65. E/SE @ 20-40 mph. .
Tom. Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 43. E/SE @ 20-45 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, otherwise partly sunny & windy. High near 63. Winds SE @ 15-30 mph.
Sun. Night: Breezy. A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 40.
Monday: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 58.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low this morning, 24. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 59, and the Low was 30. The All-Time Record High on April 5th in Atlantic, was 88, in 2000. The Record Low was 14, in 1920. Sunrise: 6:56. Sunset: 7:49.

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Senator proposes change in panels that help select Iowa judge

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A senator has a plan that would give the governor authority to appoint the majority of members on commissions that nominate Iowans to be district court judges. Republican Senator Julian Garrett would have the governor appoint six of the 11 members on each of the district court nominating panels. “The process is already politicized from my perspective,” Garrett says. “We’re trying to improve it and fix it.”

A budget bill that’s cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate includes Garrett’s proposed change for district court judicial nominating commissions. Iowa governors appoint judges from lists of nominees submitted by these commissions and Peter Hird of the Iowa A-F-L C-I-O says the change would give the governor more influence over the judicial branch. “Giving the governor the power to appoint the majority of people who are going to nominate judges definitely to me and to our organization gives us a lot of concern.”

Garrett’s proposal also removes the judges from each of the district court nominating commissions. Doug Struyk, of the Iowa State Bar Association, says the perspective of a local district judge provides valuable insight about the lawyers who’re applying to become a judge. “The judge would have interacted with these applicants, seen their temperament, seen their timeliness of filings,” Struyk says, “and I believe that, from someone who’s been in the shoes of a judge, would be particularly good information for the other members of the commission to have when they were reviewing applicants.”

In 2019, Governor Reynolds signed a law that removed the longest serving Iowa Supreme Court justice from the commission that nominates people to serve on the Iowa Court of Appeals AND the Iowa Supreme Court. For the past five years Reynolds has also had the authority to appoint a majority of the members of that STATE judicial nominating commission.

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MARLENE ANN REMSBURG, 84, of Audubon (Svcs. 4/6/24)

Obituaries

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

MARLENE ANN REMSBURG, 84, of Audubon, died Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, at the Audubon  County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for MARLENE REMSBURG will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, April 4th, at the Audubon Church of Christ. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will meet with friends on Friday, April 5th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery, in Audubon.

Memorials may be directed to the Audubon Fire and Rescue Association, and sent to the care of Mark Remsburg (210 Broadway Street, Audubon, Iowa, 50025).

MARLENE ANN REMSBURG is survived by:

Her husband of 61 years – Randy Remsburg.

Her son – Mark (Janell) Remsburg.

Her daughters – Mindi (Richard) Kacmarynski, and Shelly (Chad) Madden.

Her brothers – Ron (Carol) Brant and Phil (Susie) Brant.

Her sister – Karen Henning .

9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

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Panorama Boys Soccer Season Preview

Sports

April 5th, 2024 by admin

The Panorama boys soccer team got their regular season underway last night in 5-4 win against East Sac County. The Panthers have 19 participants out and are coached by Matt Fron.

Coach Fron gave a brief recap on how last season went.

Coach Fron said his teams defense is going to be their shining position   this year.

Junior Panther Captain Taytum Bates indicted that playing other sports has helped him play as a team and got him prepared to play soccer.

Coach Fron says the teams main focus is to make the playoffs.

The Panthers next match will be taking on Kuemper Catholic on Friday April 5th in a non-conference match. That match will start at 7:00 p.m.

 

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State-certified caregiver charged with sexual exploitation of a minor

News

April 4th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – A state-certified caregiver has been arrested and charged with sexually exploiting a minor while employed by an Iowa nursing home. Over the past 12 months, Martell Guider, a 36-year-old male certified nursing assistant, has been the subject of complaints regarding a series of alleged incidents involving sexual impropriety at three Iowa nursing homes located in Audubon, Correctionville and Kalona. The most recent case, and the only one in which criminal charges have been filed, involves Guider’s employment at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.

According to police and prosecutors, officials at Pleasantview confronted Guider sometime in January after multiple employees raised concerns that he was being inappropriate with a minor who was present at the home but not a resident.

Martell Guider, a state-certified nursing assistant. (Photo courtesy of the Washington County Jail)

 

Police allege that after his supervisors talked to him about the complaints, Guider sent explicit photos of the minor to his employer. According to the police, Guider had threatened the minor to induce her to send him the photos via the social-messaging platform Snapchat. When asked about the photos, Guider allegedly acknowledged he had saved them for his sexual gratification.

According to the police reports, Guider’s colleagues at Pleasantview also complained that he had been making unwanted advances toward female co-workers in the nursing home. He was then barred from the care facility, according to police. Guider is now charged with sexual exploitation of a minor by causing the minor to engage in a sex act; sexual exploitation through the use of photographs; possession of material depicting a minor engaged in sex; and first-degree harassment. He has yet to enter a plea in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 9.

Court records show that at the time of his arrest, Guider was employed through Shiftkey, a temp agency that provides workers for health care facilities. Prior to his arrest in the Pleasantview case, Guider was fired from two other Iowa nursing homes amid allegations of sexual impropriety.

The first of those cases dates back to April 2023, when a female caregiver at Audubon’s Friendship Home filed a complaint with the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing about Guider’s behavior. Six months later, Guider was working at Correctionville Specialty Care when he was the target of a complaint that he had raped a resident of the home.

No charges were filed in either the Correctionville case or the Audubon case. Audubon police have acknowledged they fielded at least two complaints about Guider’s conduct at Friendship Home but didn’t pursue the matter. Audubon Police Chief Coby Gust said the complainants provided text messages and photos and expressed concern that the man’s behavior could spill over into his interactions with vulnerable residents, Gust said.

According to the complainant in the Friendship Home case, officials at the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals rejected her complaint about Guider last April, allegedly telling her the issues she raised were best addressed by management at the home since they involved worker-to-worker conduct that had no actual or potential impact on residents.

When asked about that, DIAL spokeswoman Diane McCool said the agency “cannot comment on whether information was received regarding a particular individual.”

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