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1 juvenile killed, 4 others & 1 adult injured in an eastern Iowa crash Tue. night

News

September 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

RAYMOND, Iowa (KCRG) – The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office says a juvenile is dead and five more people are injured after a crash east of Raymond Tuesday night. According to a press release, sheriff’s deputies were called to the intersection of Dubuque Road and South Canfield Road for a report of a two vehicle crash at 9:45 p.m.

At the scene, investigators determined a Nissan Pathfinder SUV had been traveling south on South Canfield and ran a stop sign at Dubuque Road before colliding with a Buick Rendezvous SUV in the intersection. A juvenile in the Nissan was killed in the crash. Four other juveniles in the Nissan were all assessed or transported to the hospital for injuries. All four are expected to survive.

An adult woman in the Buick was airlifted to University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City for what the sheriff’s office describes as a “possible serious injury.”

The crash is under investigation by the Black Hawk County Sherriff’s Office.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Wed., Sept. 11, 2024

Weather

September 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning: 54. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 77, and the Low was 43. The All-time Record High in Atlantic for Sept. 11th, was 96 in 1895 & 1936. The Record Low was 31, in 1955. Sunrise today: 6:56-a.m.; Sunset: 7:37-p.m.

Nighttime road closures of westbound I-80 in Polk County scheduled for Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17

News

September 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

GRIMES, Iowa – Sept. 6, 2024 – Nighttime construction work on the pavement of westbound Interstate 80 will require closing the road to traffic beginning at 10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, and from 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 until 5 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes Construction office.

On Wednesday, Sept.18, traffic will use the new ramp from westbound I-80 to northbound I-35.

While the road is closed you will follow a marked detour route using the U.S. 65 bypass, Hubbell Avenue, Euclid Avenue, and I-235 (see map).

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.

Justices ask pointed questions as Libertarians make case to be on ballot

News

September 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Ipwa) – The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to rule today (Wednesday) on an appeal from Libertarian congressional candidates seeking to have their names printed on General Election ballots. Two weeks ago, the State Objection Panel kicked Libertarians running in the first, third and fourth congressional districts off the ballot after Republicans pointed out the Libertarian Party failed to follow state law and held its caucuses and county conventions on the same day.

Yesterday (Tuesday), during a hearing in Des Moines, the justices on the Iowa Supreme Court asked pointed questions of attorneys for both sides in the case. Chief Justice Susan Christensen called it a “kind of ticky tack” violation, but she asked an attorney for the Libertarians why the law shouldn’t be enforced.  “I don’t think it’s as obtrusive to require strict compliance before an election,” she said. “Get your ducks in a row.” Justice Dana Oxley asked a follow up.

“If everyone in the party agrees that, ‘We’re just going to ignore all the rules in the statute,’ then no one can challenge that?” she asked. Justice Christopher McDonald outlined his biggest concern with the Libertarians’ position.  “You could have under your argument, I think, complete non-compliance,” McDonald said. “I mean if the party didn’t have a precinct caucus or a county convention and they didn’t have delegates and they didn’t file any paperwork with the county auditors and they just said they had a state convention — maybe they did, maybe they didn’t…that would be OK.”

Later, as other attorneys were arguing the Libertarians didn’t qualify for the ballot, Justice McDonald noted the issue wouldn’t be before the court if Libertarians had waited 181 minutes and started their county conventions after midnight. “Why should we care if there’s no contest as to who the actual delegates are and there’s no contest that they would have had legal authority…to vote…if they had waited a sufficient amount of time?” McDonald said. “It seems like the case law is pretty clear that we’re not going to allow these kind of collateral challenges.”

Justice Oxley asked a similar question of an attorney asking the court to uphold the decision to keep the Libertarians’ names off the ballot. “Why is the remedy for the fact that they held the county convention three hours early nullification of everything that happened?” Oxley asked. At the end of the hearing, Justice Edward Mansfield said the Republicans who objected to having Libertarians run in three Iowa congressional districts did so for a reason. “They view having the candidacies on the ballot as an injury to the candidates they’ve nominated,” Waterman said.

The Libertarian candidates say they will run write-in campaigns if their names are not printed on ballots in the first, third and fourth congressional districts.

Update: ISP releases names of 2 people who died in a northern IA head-on crash

News

September 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Authorities have identified the two people killed in a head-on collision in northern Iowa.

According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, a Ford Edge driven by 31-year-old Tevin Williams, of Paris, Texas, was traveling northbound on a Hardin County road Monday afternoon when it collided head-on with a southbound Isuzu NQR truck driven by 74-year-old Steven Kramer, of Waterloo. The drivers of both vehicles were pronounced dead.

According to the ISP, Williams was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The crash remains under investigation.

According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 221 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That number is 42 fewer than at the same point in 2023. Over the last five years, an average of 350 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.

Clarinda Invite XC Results

Sports

September 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Team Results Girls:

  1. Atlantic (47 Points)
  2. Clarinda (49 Points)
  3. Riverside (82 Points)
  4. East Atchinson (97 Points)
  5. Nebraska City (118 Points)

(Individual Results)

  1. Norah Watkins (Rockport)
  2. Riley King (Clarinda)

3. Katrina Williams (Atlantic)

5. Hailey Egbert (Shenandoah)

8. Iviana Schechinger (Riverside)

9. Lily Mather (Shenandoah)

11. Hailey White (Atlantic)

14. Elynor Brummer (Atlantic)

Team Results Boys:

  1. Riverside (35 Points)
  2. Red Oak (52 Points)
  3. Shenandoah (90 Points)
  4. Clarinda (123 Points)
  5. Atlantic (127 Points)

(Individual Results)

  1. Kyle Wagoner (Clarinda)
  2. Dawson Henderson (Riverside)
  3. Brody Henderson (Riverside)
  4. Emmanuel Grass (Red Oak)
  5. Hayden Heitbrink (Red Oak)
  6. Jonathan Avalos (Nebraska City)
  7. Owen Fenner (Riverside)
  8. Eli Hudnall (Riverside)
  9. Osiel Pedersen (Red Oak)
  10. Luke Daoust (Shenandoah)

Tuesday High School Volleyball Scores

Sports

September 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Atlantic Triangular

#5 Lewis Central 3, Atlantic 0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-11)

#5 Lewis Central 3, Creston 0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-18)

Harlan Triangular

Shenandoah 3, Harlan 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-19)

IKM Manning Triangular

Exira EHK 2, Ar-We-Va 1 (19-25, 25-20, 15-10)

IKM Manning 2, Exira EHK 1 (26-24, 20-25, 15-10)

IKM Manning 2, Ar-We-Va 0 (25-15, 25-18)

Lenox Triangular

Lenox 2, Nodaway Valley 0 (25-16, 25-17)

Lenox 2, Wayne 0 (25-16, 25-14)

Hamburg Triangular

East Mills 3, Griswold 1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 25-21)

East Mills 3, Hamburg 0 (25-4, 25-9, 25-3)

Madrid Triangular

Audubon 2, Madrid 0 (21-5, 21-13)

Audubon 2, Glidden Ralston 1 (23-21, 19-21, 15-8)

Treynor Invite XC Results

Sports

September 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Boys Scores:

  1. Tri-Center
  2. St. Albert
  3. Woodbine
  4. Missouri Valley
  5. Boyer Valley
  6. Sidney
  7. Exira-EHK
  8. East Mills

Girls Scores:

  1. Treynor
  2. Logan Magnolia
  3. Boyer Valley
  4. St. Albert
  5. Tri-Center
  6. Exira-EHK
1. Lili Denton, St. Albert, CB, 18:54.44
2. Chloe Broer, W Monona, 20:58.10
3. Anne Miller, Treynor, 21:01.78
4. Allysen Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia, 21:13.49
5. Adyson Lapel, Woodbine, 21:15.54
6. Madison Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia, 21:41.94
7. Hailey Cue, Boyer Valley, 21:45.01
8. Grace Steinmetz, Heartland Christ, 22:21.74
9. Haedyn Hall, Logan-Magnolia, 22:25.26
10. Lilly Yochum, Treynor, 22:28.06

Lemars Invitational Cross Country Results

Sports

September 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Girls Scores:

  1. Harlan (72 Points)
  2. Lewis Central (77 Points)
  3. Sioux Center High School (77 Points)
  4. MOC-Flyod Valley (106 Points)
  5. Unity Christian High School (114 Points)

(Harlan)

1)Lindsey Sonderman, 19:23.90

11) Ashlyn Rau, 21:31.35

20) Brylee Schechinger, 22:29.34

21) Allie Anderson, 23:00.68

22) Aspen Bieker, 23:02.22

48) Ava Freund, 25:08.87

63) Lily Schechinger, 26:17.23

(Lewis Central)

2) Ava Bussey 20:25.62

4) Delayna Reese 20:52.85

9) Madelyn Hoss 21:11.66

30) Mallory Bach 23:33.28

34) Kate Strohmeier 23:51.63

35) Tyler Tingley 23:52.64

Boys Scores:

  1. Lewis Central (38 Points)
  2. Sioux City North (85 Points)
  3. Sioux Center High School (95 Points)
  4. MOC-Floyd Valley (106 Points)
  5. Unity Christian High School (143 Points)

11. Harlan (323 Points)

(Harlan)

32) Jeffrey Gross, 19:20.66

65) Elijah Cox, 20:59.06

74) Nathan Sandquist, 21:49.36

76) Logan Breyfogle, 22:11.32

81) Kobe Kimmen, 22:38.35

90) Jeb Sonderman, 23:49.98

(Lewis Central)

2) Evan Lillie 17:03.40

3) Marshall Arkfeld 17:04.39

4) Kevin Coots 17:32.61

8) Jackson Cox 18:10.69

21) Richard Selken 18:43.44

58) Beran Stroup 20:41.31

BETTY MAE JOHNSON, 92, of Griswold (Mass of Christian Burial 9/13/24)

Obituaries

September 10th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

BETTY MAE JOHNSON, 92, of Griswold, died September 7, 2024, in Guthrie Center.  A Mass of Christian Burial for BETTY MAE JOHNSON will be held 11-a.m. Friday, September 13, 2024, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Griswold. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.

Visitation with the family will take place at the church one hour prior to the Funeral Mass.

Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis, IA.

Memorials in her name may be directed to Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Griswold, for a stained-glass window.

BETTY JOHNSON is survived by her grandson Markus; two great-grandchildren; and other relatives.