LaVon Eblen visits with Alexis Fleener.
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In an update to our previous reports, Clarinda Police Cheif Keith Brothers said today (Tuesday), that shorty after 1:50-p.m. Monday, January 20th, the Clarinda Academy reported to authorities that two male students had absconded from the facility on foot. At 2:35-p.m., Doug Higgins reported that his red, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu had been stolen from Higgins’s driveway at 317 West Chestnut. At 2:37-p.m., Clarinda Police saw the stolen vehicle in the area of Cardinal Drive & State Street, with the driver and passenger matching the description of the Clarinda Academy Students.
Officers attempted to stop the car, but it proceeded westbound on State Highway 2. A pursuit ensued, with speeds in excess of 130 miles per hour. The driver of the vehicle – later identified by the State Patrol as 16-year old Isaiah Mikah Fontana, of Clarinda – lost control in the area of Sate Highway 2 and F Avenue. The car rolled several times before coming to rest. Fontana, and his passenger, 16-year old Chris Nathaniel Sullivan, also of Clarinda, exited the car and fled on foot into an adjacent field. After a short pursuit, the two Clarinda Academy students were apprehended by officers and deputies of the Shenandoah Police Department, Page County Sheriff’s Department and Clarinda Police Department. The teens suffered only minor injuries from the vehicle roll over, and were transported to the Clarinda Regional Health Center by Clarinda Emergency Medical Services.
Both teens face charges that include Felony – motor vehicle theft. Fontana was also charged with felony eluding of a law enforcement vehicle, reckless driving, failure to obey a stop sign and speed of 130 mph in a 55-mph zone and operating a vehicle without a driver’s license. Both students were returned to the custody of the Clarinda Academy where they are court ordered to reside from the State of Tennessee.
Higgins’ vehicle was a total loss, with an estimated value of $22,000. All reports will be forwarded to the office of Page County Attorney Carl Sonksen and Juvenile Court Services for review and decisions regarding the filing of formal charges.
The Griswold School Board, Monday evening, approved a Retirement Compensation Package for Nancy Taylor, Board Secretary and Superintendent Secretary. Superintendent Dave Henrichs explained to KJAN News the details of the package. He said in year one, they will let Taylor be compensated for her unused vacation days, up to $6,000. And then in years two and three, when they’re combined with year one, will total $18,000. That’s somewhat parallel, he says, to how the certified staff retirements are handled.
The Griswold School Board also approved several resignations effective at the end of the school year. They include: Eric Baker, High School Business teacher; Donnie Weed, MS/HS Special Education teacher; Laura Carlton, Football/Cheerleading sponsor; Chad Rodgers, MS Football Coach, and Lexi Rielly, MS/HS para educator, who resigned at the end of December.
The Board Monday then entered a closed session to discuss negotiations strategy with a Certified Bargaining Unit.
IRVING, Texas – Iowa State sophomore Ashley Joens claimed her third Big 12 Player of the Week honor of her career, the league announced Monday.
Ashley Joens had a banner week, averaging 24.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game/ Joens started the week off with a monster performance at home against TCU. She netted 31 points and hauled in 15 rebounds to lead the Cyclones.
Joens did not let up as she helped ISU to its second Big 12 road win of the season with another double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Joens‘ final board of the game with 20 seconds remaining helped seal the win for the Cyclones. Joens is currently first in the Big 12 in scoring, with 23.1 points and fifth nationally.
Joens and the Cyclones are back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. when they take on Kansas State on Cyclones.tv.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A | |||
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Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Waukee (10) | 9-0 | 116 | 1 |
2. Waterloo, West (1) | 8-1 | 101 | 2 |
3. Iowa City, West | 7-1 | 90 | 3 |
4. Cedar Falls (1) | 7-1 | 87 | 4 |
5. Dubuque, Hempstead | 9-1 | 54 | 6 |
6. Ankeny Centennial | 10-1 | 52 | 5 |
7. North Scott, Eldridge | 10-1 | 48 | 9 |
8. Dubuque, Senior | 6-1 | 44 | 10 |
9. Ankeny | 9-1 | 30 | NR |
10. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines | 8-2 | 20 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 15. Sioux City, East 2. Davenport, North 1.
Class 3A | |||
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Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Norwalk (3) | 8-2 | 92 | 8 |
2. Marion (1) | 9-1 | 90 | 10 |
3. Assumption, Davenport (4) | 8-2 | 85 | 6 |
4. Carroll (1) | 7-1 | 73 | 1 |
5. Pella (1) | 8-2 | 57 | NR |
6. Winterset | 7-2 | 54 | 4 |
7. Mount Vernon | 9-2 | 43 | 2 |
8. MOC-Floyd Valley | 10-2 | 28 | 7 |
9. Glenwood | 9-3 | 26 | NR |
10. Ballard | 7-4 | 24 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Clear Lake 20. Dallas Center-Grimes 20. Keokuk 10. Le Mars 8. Central Clinton, De Witt 7. Gilbert 6. Harlan 6. Algona 4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2. Washington 1. Denison-Schleswig 1.
Class 2A | ||||
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Record | Pts | Prv | ||
1. West Sioux, Hawarden | (7) | 12-0 | 113 | 1 |
2. Camanche (5) | 9-0 | 107 | 2 | |
3. Treynor | 11-1 | 90 | 3 | |
4. North Linn, Troy Mills | 10-0 | 83 | 4 | |
5. Boyden-Hull | 10-1 | 74 | 8 | |
6. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville | 9-2 | 53 | 5 | |
7. Van Meter | 10-0 | 46 | 9 | |
8. Western Christian, Hull | 8-2 | 16 | NR | |
9. Regina, Iowa City | 8-2 | 14 | 7 | |
(tie) West Branch | 10-1 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Dike-New Hartford 8. Osage 7. Albia 6. Des Moines Christian 5. Aplington-Parkersburg 4. Woodward-Granger 4. Pella Christian 3. AHSTW 3. Unity Christian, Orange City 2. Southeast Valley-Gowrie 2. Rock Valley 1. Monticello 1.
Class 1A | ||||
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Record | Pts | Prv | ||
1. Easton Valley (5) | 11-0 | 109 | 3 | |
2. Bishop Garrigan, Algona (4) | 11-1 | 106 | 4 | |
3. WACO, Wayland | (1) | 12-0 | 75 | 5 |
4. Montezuma | 8-1 | 68 | 1 | |
5. West Fork, Sheffield (1) | 11-1 | 65 | 6 | |
6. Lake Mills | 11-1 | 58 | 7 | |
7. St. Mary’s, Remsen | 9-2 | 55 | 2 | |
8. South O’Brien, Paullina | 10-2 | 46 | 10 | |
9. Mount Ayr (1) | 10-0 | 38 | 10 | |
10. Martensdale-St. Marys | 9-1 | 8 | NR | |
(tie) Highland, Riverside | 12-1 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Don Bosco, Gilbertville 7. New London 5. Siouxland Community Christian 4. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4. Newell-Fonda 3. Madrid 1.
Tournament at Mid Buchanan, MO
Bedford-Lenox tied for 5th place in the team race with 99.5 points. Drew Ventiecher was a champion at 170 pounds. Terrence Sheley was the runner-up at 132 pounds.
Tournament at Ankeny
Lewis Central finished in 6th place with 105 points. Tanner Higgins was runner-up at 145 pounds and Hunter Deyo was runner-up at 285 pounds.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP)- Officials say British-based BAE Systems will maintain a presence in the Cedar Rapids area after it completes a deal to acquire Collins Aerospace’s military GPS business. BAE announced Monday that United Technologies Corp. had agreed to sell the GPS business for $1.925 billion. The Gazette reported that a BAE spokeswoman says plans are for the GPS business’s 675 employees to stay in their Collins facilities until the deal closes. Those workers then would become employees of BAE Systems and transition to a new facility in the Cedar Rapids area. The spokeswoman says it’s not clear where and when that would occur.
The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests over the past week. On Jan. 13th, 29-year old Alex Ryan Hollingsworth, of Cedar Falls, was arrested on a Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault w/injury or mental illness/1st offense. He was released later that same day on his Own Recognizance/Signature bond. 44-year old Matthew Dwaine Seymour, of Omaha, was arrested Jan. 16th after he turned himself-in to the Adair County Jail. Seymour was wanted on Adair County warrants for OWI/1st offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. He being held in the Adair County Jail on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.
And, on Jan. 16th, 28-year old E-Clifton Ezell, of Wyoming, MI., was arrested by Adair Police at the eastbound I-80 rest area, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Carrying a concealed Weapon (A large machete, over 5-inches in length), and a felony Forgery charge. His arrest followed a call to authorities from the manager of the Casey’s Store in Adair, with regard to a counterfeit $50 bill she had just received, allegedly from Ezell. He was filling up his vehicle but left by the time police arrived at the store. The Adair Police Officer caught up with Ezell’s 2010 Ford F-150 pickup at the rest area.
A passenger in the vehicle was detained at the scene. Both subjects reportedly had a large amount of currency on them, which was checked for being counterfeit. Clifton Ezell also claimed possession of a substance identified as marijuana. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $4,000 cash or surety bond.
Jim Field visits with newly-appointed Executive Director of the Museum of Danish America Tova Brandt.
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More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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