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Young’s 27 points sends Iowa St. past Oklahoma St. 89-82

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by admin

Solomon Young scored a career-high 27 points off the bench, Rasir Bolton added 21 points and nine rebounds and Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 89-82. Young, a 6-foot-8 senior who started the first 14 games of the season, gave the Cyclones a much-needed energy boost and also grabbed nine rebounds as the Cowboys remained winless in conference play. The Cyclones, who made of 11 of 24 3-point attempts, led 75-60 with five minutes left and held off a late Cowboys’ charge by hitting four straight free throws in the closing moments. Lindy Waters led Oklahoma State with 14 points.

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High School Wrestling Scoreboard 01/21/2020

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by admin

Quad @ Audubon
Woodbine 30, Audubon 27
Woodbine 39, West Harrison 24
Woodbine 36, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Audubon 30, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Audubon 36, West Harrison 18

Quad @ Bishop Heelan, Sioux City
West Sioux 59, Bishop Heelan 12
West Sioux 46, Logan-Magnolia 24
West Sioux 42, Woodbury Central 20
Logan-Magnolia 53, Woodbury Central 25
Logan-Magnolia 44, Bishop Heelan 30
Woodbury Central 50, Bishop Heelan 21

Quad @ Clarinda
Missouri Valley 57, Tri-Center 21
Missouri Valley 57, Clarinda 21
Missouri Valley 59, Southwest Iowa 21
Clarinda 45, Tri-Center 30
Clarinda 58, Southwest Iowa 24
Tri-Center 50, Southwest Iowa 24

Quad @ East Mills
Bedford/Lenox 48, East Mills 33
Bedford/Lenox 63, Clarinda Academy 6
Bedford/Lenox 60, East Union 6
East Mills 54, Clarinda Academy 12
East Mills 60, East Union 6
East Union 30, Clarinda Academy 18

Duals @ Lewis Central (Council Bluffs Duals) 
Lewis Central 74, Thomas Jefferson 6
Lewis Central 57, Abraham Lincoln 24
Lewis Central 72, St. Albert 12
Abraham Lincoln 52, Thomas Jefferson 24
Abraham Lincoln 59, St. Albert 19
St. Albert 48, Thomas Jefferson 30

Quad @ Roland-Story
North Polk 46, Greene County 33
Greene County 51, West Central Valley 18
Greene County 52, Roland-Story 28
North Polk 64, West Central Valley 18
North Polk 59, Roland-Story 27
Roland-Story 48, West Central Valley 36

Quad @ South Central Calhoun
Woodward-Granger 45, South Central Calhoun 36
Woodward-Granger 77, Baxter 0
Woodward-Granger 54, ACGC 27
South Central Calhoun 53, ACGC 29
South Central Calhoun 69, Baxter 0
ACGC 60, Baxter 6

Quad @ Van Meter
Winterset 36, Van Meter/Earlham 25
Winterset 52, Mount Ayr 23
Winterset 78, SW Valley 6
Van Meter/Earlham 57, Mount Ayr 21
Van Meter/Earlham 76, SW Valley 6
Mount Ayr 45, SW Valley 30

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High School Basketball Scoreboard 01/21/2020

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by admin

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 64, Red Oak 52
Ballard 78, Harlan 54
Creston 74, Shenandoah 33
Glenwood 67, St. Albert 52

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 58, IKM-Manning 55
Logan-Magnolia 48, Missouri Valley 38
Treynor 94, Audubon 33
Underwood 51, Riverside 28

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 44, Paton-Churdan 35
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, CAM 44
Woodbine 38, Glidden-Ralston 29

Corner Conference
East Mills 60, Griswold 23
Stanton 90, Clarinda Academy 41

Pride of Iowa Conference
Martensdale-St. Marys 90, East Union 33
Nodaway Valley 60, Southwest Valley 25

West Central Activities Conference
AC/GC 68, Ogden 50
Panorama 74, Madrid 61
Van Meter 66, Woodward Academy 37

Other Scores
Carroll 79, Storm Lake 39
CB Abraham Lincoln 67, Sioux City North 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Red Oak 56, Atlantic 41
Ballard 58, Harlan 20
Creston 57, Shenandoah 14
Lewis Central 59, Denison-Schleswig 42

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 50, IKM-Manning 48
Logan-Magnolia 64, Missouri Valley 18
Treynor 36, Audubon 33

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 70, Coon Rapids-Bayard 44
Exira-EHK 58, Paton-Churdan 36

Corner Conference
Stanton 71, Essex 22

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 49, Bedford 14
Martensdale-St Marys 59, East Union 22
Mount Ayr 59, Lenox 30
Nodaway Valley 67, Southwest Valley 29
Southeast Warren 58, Wayne 43

West Central Activities Conference
AC/GC 60, Ogden 31
Earlham 52, Pleasantville 36
Woodward-Granger 47, West Central Valley 41

Non-Conference
ADM 67, Dallas Center-Grimes 63
Carroll 69, Storm Lake 34
CB Abraham Lincoln 67, Sioux City North 41

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Atlantic fights through sloppy night to pick up win over Red Oak

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic boys basketball team fought through a bit of a sloppy night to pick up a 64-52 win over Red Oak on Tuesday night. Both teams struggled to find consistent offense for much of the game until Atlantic found a late groove to pull away.

A three pointer from Kaden Johnson before the buzzer to end the first quarter gave Red Oak a 13-12 lead after one period. The Tigers wouldn’t let go of that lead until the last point of the third quarter. A free throw from Skyler Handlos put Atlantic up 37-36 at the end of the third and the Trojans edged away from there. Handlos had a big 2nd half, dropping 22 of his 29 points for the game. Grant Sturm and Nile Petersen both finished with 9 on the night. The Trojans improved to 5-6 on the season and will travel to Saydel on Friday night.

Red Oak was led by 12 points from Kobe Johnson and 10 from Baylor Bergren. The Tigers are now 3-11 on the year and they take on St. Albert on Friday.

The win for the Trojans may have come at a bit of a cost as well. Tyler Moen, who just recently returned from a knee injury, got banged up in the first quarter and did not return. Atlantic Head Coach Jeff Ebling said he will get further checked out on Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury.

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Turnovers pile up for Atlantic girls in loss to Red Oak

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic girls basketball team struggled taking care of the basketball and were never really in the game against Red Oak in a 56-41 loss on Tuesday night. The Trojans had 24 turnovers on the night and many of those giveaways turned into Tiger buckets on the other end. Red Oak jumped out to a 15-2 lead by the end of the first quarter, 27-11 by half, and built the lead to 49-23 at the end of 3.

Sophie Walker led the Tigers with 17 points. Two other Tigers finished in double figures as Lexi Johnson dropped 13 and Ellie Rengstorf finished with 10. The Tigers improve to 13-2 and will next try to avenge one of those losses on Friday in a meeting with St. Albert.

The Trojans had three players in double figures as well. Both McKenzie Waters and Taylor McCreedy finished with 11 points and Haley Rasmussen finished with 10. The Trojans fall to 6-7 on the season and will next travel to face Des Moines North on Thursday.

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ROBERTA RAASCH, 89, of Bridgewater (Svcs. 1/25/20)

Obituaries

January 21st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

ROBERTA RAASCH, 89, of Bridgewater, died Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Greenfield. Funeral services for ROBERTA RAASCH will be held 10-a.m. Saturday, January 25th, at the Bridgewater United Methodist Church. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle is in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home in Friday, Jan. 24th, from 2-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial is in the Massena Center Cemetery, north of Massena.  A luncheon will be held at the church following the committal services at the cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Roberta Raasch memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

ROBERTA RAASCH is survived by:

Her sons – Dallas (Lisa) Raasch, of Maryville, MO; Daryl (Shawn) Raasch, of Adair; Dale (Marcie) Raasch, Dean (Esta) Raasch, and Don Raasch, all of Bridgewater.

Her daughters – Janice (Doug) Evans, of Council Bluffs; Joyce (Gregg) Morgan, of Beatrice, NE; and Joann (Jim) Duncan, of Fort Calhoun, NE.

27 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren; her sister in-law, Marilyn Woltmann; other relatives and friends.

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Steyer stops in Atlantic: Discusses term limits, education assistance and more

News

January 21st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Democrat presidential candidate Tom Steyer, from California, stopped in Council Bluffs and Atlantic, Tuesday. In Atlantic, Steyer spoke to about 20-people about his upbringing, education, and how be became a self-made billionaire. He also spoke about term limits, education assistance and what it will take to challenge and defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November, 2020.

Dem. Tom Steyer speaks to a small crowd in Atlantic (1/21/20) – Ric Hanson/photo

Steyer, in talking about his roots, made a veiled reference to Americans who support Trump as being akin to Germans in World War 2, who were blinded by the fiery rhetoric and power of Adolph Hitler. He said his father, who as an attorney, prosecuted the Nazis, said “The Germans had something wrong at the heart of their society, and they did nothing about it. They thought it would go away, they thought they could control it, they thought it would be okay, and it just went to a place that no one ever intended or could have imagined.”

That’s why he says he said started the “Need to Impeach” movement. “Eight and a half million people signed the petition,” he said. “They called their [representatives]…saying ‘do the right thing. Stand up for the country. I think those 8.5 million people dragged Washington, D.C into impeaching this President.”

Steyer said his simple thesis with regard to why he’s running for President is: “The government is broken.” He said “I think it’s been bought by corporations. I don’t think it’s trying to serve the people [In the audience], and I don’t think it’s gonna try to serve [those in the audience] until we take it back.” Steyer called for 12-year term limits for Congress people and Senators, as part of a Washington “restructuring,”  saying “If you want real change, we’re gonna have to put different new and different people in charge.”

When asked about the “Perceived benefits of the new tax law,” Steyer said he considers it “The worst piece of economic legislation in American history. They gave the biggest tax break in history to rich people and corporations…and blew up the budget (instead of reducing the budget).” Steyer said there has been 40-years of “Trickle down” economics (where the assumption is tax breaks for the rich will flow down and benefit others in society) which he says “Has never worked, not one time.” He says the current “regressive tax rate…where working people pay higher rates of taxes than really rich people..and where the top 400 corporations pay an average tax rate of 11-percent. That is outrageous and wrong,” according to Steyer.

Steyer said with regard to continuing education, he proposes a plan to make college affordable that includes two years of free community college. Loans would have an interest rate of one percent, so you pay back the money you owe. If you go into some type of profession that is a community service or country service (such as a doctor, or military), teaching social work, nursing (etc.), at the end of 10-years, you get what everyone in the military receives: Your loan is forgiven.

Steyer also touched on his recurrent theme of green energy and the importance of climate change.

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Farm Bill meeting in Red Oak for 1/22 is postponed Jan. 29th

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 21st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Montgomery County Extension Service say a Farm Bill meeting set for Wednesday evening (Jan. 22nd) in Red Oak, has been delayed by one week. The meeting, to take place at the Gold Fair Building (1809 N. 4th St.), will be held instead on Jan. 29th, from 6:30-until 9-p.m.  The meeting is open to the public, and there is no registration fee, but pre-registration is requested. Call the Montgomery County Extension Office at 712-623-2592 no later than 48-hours in advance of the meeting to save your seat.

During the Jan. 29th meeting, farm operators and landowners can learn about the program election and enrollment process regarding the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and/or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) commodity crop programs. Also on hand will be ISU Extension Family Life Specialists to share strategies for farm stress management. Participation is welcome for farm operators and landowners regardless of their county of operation.

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Atlantic hosts Red Oak in hoops tonight on KJAN

Sports

January 21st, 2020 by Jim Field

The Atlantic Trojans welcome in the Red Oak Tigers for a Hawkeye Ten basketball doubleheader tonight and we’ll have coverage on KJAN. Pregame will start at about 5:50pm before the girls game at 6:00 p.m. and the boys will follow at about 7:30 p.m. Chris Parks will have the call on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com. You can also watch the live video feed tonight on KJANTV.

A Rolling Valley doubleheader will be aired on the Spartan Media channel as well tonight. Exira-EHK hosts Paton-Churdan and you can catch the live video from the students on Spartan Media in the KJAN Video Network starting at 5:40pm.

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Des Moines man arrested on Theft & firearm charges in Harlan

News

January 21st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Harlan Police Department reports a man from Des Moines was arrested Sunday. 29-year old Cameron Stuart Cunningham, was on charges of Theft in the 5th Degree, and for being a Felon in possession of a firearm. Cunningham was being held in the Shelby County Jail.

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