(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported after a van struck a deer that was attempting to cross the road on Highway 44, this (Friday) morning. The 2011 Toyota Sienna driven by 35-year-old Kevin Michael Karn, of Coon Rapids, was traveling east on the highway at around 8:22-a.m., when the collision occurred.
Damage to the van was estimated to be $3,500.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY- Montgomery County Auditor & Commissioner of Elections, Jill Ozuna, Friday (today) announced the candidates who have filed for County Offices for the Primary Election on June 4, 2024. There were no Libertarian candidates for County Office.
The Atlantic Trojans boys golf season has come into to full swing. The Trojans have 17 athletes are coached this season by Kendra Henningsen, who is in her first year as head coach and brings abundance of experience to the program.
Coach Henningsen commented on how things went last season.
Coach Henningsen is feeling positive from what she’s seen in practice.
Coach Henningsen had this to say about playing in the Hawkeye Ten Conference.
Coach Henningsen explained what her main goals are for the year.
The Trojan boy’s first golf meet will be a Hawkeye Ten Conference regular season meet when they will take on Kuemper Catholic at the Carroll Country Club on Tuesday April 2nd. That golf meet will get underway at 4:30 p.m.
NORMA JEAN FINNELL, 89, of Conway (IA), died March 21, 2024. Graveside Funeral services for NORMA FINNELL will be held 11-a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in the Weirich Cemetery (70122 640th Street) at Griswold. Cummings Family Funeral Home in Bedford has the arrangements.
Memorials may be directed towards St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
The Iowa State men will advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time with a victory over Washington State Saturday in Omaha. The fourth ranked Cyclones opened the tournament with an 82-65 win over South Dakota State. Washington State edged Drake 66-61 on Thursday night.
That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. It is expected to be another pro-Cyclone crowd in Omaha.
Senior guard Curtis Jones says the fans give Iowa State an advantage.
Senior forward Tre King says Washington State will challenge the Cyclones in the post.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Two University of Iowa wrestlers – Drake Ayala (125) and Michael Caliendo (165) – advanced to Friday night’s semifinals during Session III of the 2024 NCAA Championships at the T-Mobile Center.
The wins clinched All-America honors for the Hawkeye duo. They are the 364th and 365th All-America honors in Iowa history.
Ayala is a first-time All-American and Caliendo earned his second All-America honor and first at Iowa.
Along with the two semifinalists, the Hawkeyes have four wrestlers alive on the consolation side of the bracket. Iowa is fifth in the team standings with 41.5 points, while Penn State is leading the team race with 86.5 points. Michigan (50.5) is second, Arizona State (44.5) is third and Iowa State (42.0) is fourth.
Ayala opened quarterfinal action with a 4-1 sudden victory decision over Oklahoma State’s Troy Spratley at 125.
Spratley earned an escape after choosing to begin the second period in the down position. Ayala responded with an escape in the third period. A takedown with 53 seconds remaining gave the Fort Dodge, Iowa, native his second overtime win over Spratley.
Ayala will face Wisconsin’s 10th-seeded Eric Barnett in tonight’s semifinals in a rematch of the 2024 Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (Ayala won via decision 8-1).
The win gives Caliendo his second career All-America honor and moves his record to 27-4 this season. Caliendo will face Penn State’s second-seeded Mitchell Messenbrink (Messenbrink and Caliendo have met twice this season with Messenbrink winning both meetings.)
No. 3 seed Real Woods and No. 10 seed Jared Franek both fell to the Round of 12 with quarterfinal losses.
Woods matched up with Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina and the two had a tight match at 141. McNeil broke a 1-1 tie with a third-period takedown and three near fall points before the buzzer to win, 7-1.
Franek dropped a 5-2 decision to second-seeded Jacori Teemer of Arizona State. Teemer got a reversal to tie things at 2-2 and then a takedown with 31 seconds remaining to advance to the semifinals.
No. 15 seed Brody Teske stayed alive with a 2-0 session. In his first match, Teske won via major decision over Maryland’s Braxton Brown before following with an 3-1 victory in tiebreakers over Army’s No. 25 seed Braden Basile. He had a reversal in the first tiebreaker period to advance to the round of 12.
No. 12 seed Patrick Kennedy advanced with a 2-0 performance in the morning session. He defeated No. 11 seed Austin Murphy of Campbell, 5-3, before defeating Central Michigan’s No. 19 seed Alex Cramer, 5-2.
Caleb Rathjen (149), Zach Glazier (197), and Bradley Hill (285) had their tournament runs come to an end during Session III.
Rathjen fell 7-2 to Ohio State’s No. 14 seed Dylan D’Emilio at 149, Glazier lost in sudden victory to No. 9 seeded Stephen Little of Little Rock, 4-1, and Hill lost via major decision to Virginia Tech’s Hunter Catka, 11-2.
Rathjen finished the year 20-7, Glazier went 25-4, and Hill went 21-9.
QUARTERFINALS RESULTS
125 | #3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. #6 Troy Spratley (OK State), 4-1 SV1
141 | #6 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec. #3 Real Woods (Iowa), 7-1
157 | #2 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec. #10 Jared Franek (Iowa), 5-2
165 | #6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec #3 Julian Ramierez (Cornell), 9-4
CONSOLATION RESULTS
133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) major dec. #17 Braxton Brown (Maryland), 14-6
149 | #14 Dylan D’Emillio (Ohio State) dec. # 13 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa), 7-2
174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) dec. #11 Austin Murphy (Campbell), 5-3
197 | #9 Stephen Little (Little Rock) dec. #7 Zach Glazier (Iowa), 4-1 SV1
285 | #26 Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) major dec. #25 Bradley Hill (Iowa), 11-2
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133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) dec. #25 Braden Basile (Army), 3-1 TB1
174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) dec. #19 Alex Cramer (Central Michigan), 5-2
SEMIFINALS MATCHUPS
125 | #3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) vs. #10 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
165 | #6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) vs. #2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State)
CONSOLATION MATCHUPS
133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) vs. #4 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers)
141 | #3 Real Woods (Iowa) vs. #7 Cael Happel (UNI)
157 | #10 Jared Franek (Iowa) vs. #5 Ryder Downey (UNI)
174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) vs. #1 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
UP NEXT
Session IV of the 2024 NCAA Championships will begin at 7 p.m. (CT) and it will be televised live on ESPN.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Another candidate for the Cass County Board of Supervisors, District 5, has filed nomination papers with the Cass County Auditor’s Office, in advance of the June Primary Election. Republican J Ford Lillard, of Wiota. filed his papers with the Auditor’s Office today (Friday). Lillard will run against incumbent 5th District Supervisor Bernard Pettinger on the Republican ticket.
Phyllis Stakey, of Massena, is the only Democrat running in the Primary. She is also a candidate for 5th District Supervisor.
The filing period for persons wishing to run for County Offices ends at 5-p.m. TODAY (Friday, March 22nd).
As previously mentioned, the following Republicans have also filed their nomination papers (Name/Office/date filed):
Kathy Somers, of Atlantic – County Auditor (March 4th) – Incumbent
John Westering, of Atlantic – County Sheriff (March 4th)
Bernard Pettinger, of Anita – Supervisor/District 5 (March 6th) – Incumbent
Stephen S. Green, of Atlantic – Supervisor/District 1 (March 13th) – Incumbent
Steve Baier, of Griswold – Supervisor/District 4 (March 19th) – Incumbent
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved tax incentives today (Friday), for a proposed Google data center in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids leaders say this is the largest economic development project in the history of the city with a total investment estimated at 576 million dollars. Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell tells K-C-R-G T-V that Google plans to build six buildings on the site.
She says there will be a minimum of 31 jobs in each building. O’Donnell says there were be other benefits as well. “What we also have to look at with a project like this is just the mere presence of Google, you think about not just the jobs inside the building, but the jobs to build the building. We’re talking hundreds, thousands of jobs over the term of this,” she says.
O’Donnell says there will be suppliers, distributors and contractors that will a part of the construction and ongoing operation of the facility. The I-E-D-A board granted Cedar Rapids property tax exemptions for the project. City officials say they’re expecting to see dirt being moved on the site in the next 90 days.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court says the use of a rap video didn’t prejudice the jury in a Sioux City man’s murder trial. Lawrence Canady was charged with murder, but found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for his role in the shooting death of Martez Harrison outside Uncle Dave’s bar in 2021.
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled a 30 second rap video featuring Canaday introduced at the trial prejudiced the jury and ordered a new trial.
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed that ruling, saying the tendency to infer that someone committed a particular act of violence because that person rapped about acts of violence is less of a concern when the acts of violence and who committed them are undisputed.
The ruling says the surveillance video clearly showed Canady beating Harrison outside the bar when another man shot Harrison.
(Radio Iowa) – With childcare industry shortages statewide, one northeast Iowa school district is repurposing an outdated elementary school building to become a dedicated early education and preschool center. Ed Klamfoth is superintendent of the Waverly-Shell Rock School District and says the transformation makes perfect sense, as growth over the past decade has meant more updated buildings, bigger classes, and more kids.
“Now, because of this vacancy created, we’ve got an opportunity to expand preschool offerings in Waverly for those that need it,” Klamfoth says, “so that’s what we’re looking at doing.” Plus, he says renovating the building means no expensive demolition or construction projects. Klamfoth says it’s part of the district’s responsibility to consider how best to use old buildings.
“We exist to serve the community,” he says, “and if this is a way for us to be able to offer that support that’s needed, then I think it’s worth taking a look at.” About 50 kids are expected in this coming fall’s preschool program in the district, more than double last year’s enrollment.
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