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Kuemper Catholic wins Class 2A Boys Golf Sectional at Panorama

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May 10th, 2019 by admin

Kuemper Catholic won the Class 2A Boys Golf Sectional at Panorama on Friday. The Knights shot 339 to win and Panorama was Runner-Up with 344. Van Meter also qualified for Districts with a 377.

Individually Corbin Borelli of Kuemper Catholic was Medalist with a 78. Kolby Shackelford of Panorama was Runner-Up with an 80.

Team Scores

  1. Kuemper Catholic 339
  2. Panorama 344
  3. Van Meter 377
  4. Ogden
  5. AC/GC
  6. AHSTW
  7. West Central Valley
  8. Nodaway Valley

Individual Scores and District Qualifiers

  1. Corbin Borelli, Kuemper Catholic 78
  2. Kolby Shackelford, Panorama 80
  3. Ryan Klinge, Panorama 81
  4. Ethan Pietig, Kuemper Catholic 82
  5. Grant Caltrider, West Central Valley 88
  6. Dawson McDermott, Kuemper Catholic 88
  7. Parker Fryar, Van Meter 90
  8. Dylan Sherlock, Van Meter 90
  9. Lucas Leiferman, Panorama 91
  10. Jack Tiefenthaler, Kuemper Catholic 91
  11. Ryan Nichols, Ogden 92

Qualifiers move on to play at the District Tournament at Carroll Country Club next Friday May 17th at 10:00am.

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Tri-Center wins 2A Sectional at Shenandoah

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May 10th, 2019 by admin

The Tri-Center Trojans shot 341 to win the 2A Boys Sectional Golf Tournament at Shenandoah on Friday. Clarinda was Runner-Up with a 341.

Parker Rock of Clarinda was the Individual Medalist with a 77. Coby Fink of Underwood was Runner-Up, also with a 77. Rock and Fink battled out through 6 playoff holes to determine the winner. Sam Hatcher of Missouri Valley will also advance to District play after shooting an 81.

Team Scores

  1. Tri-Center 341
  2. Clarinda 341
  3. Mount Ayr 352
  4. Treynor 363
  5. Shenandoah 366
  6. Red Oak 366
  7. Missouri Valley 366
  8. Underwood 368

Team and Individual District Qualifiers will play again next Friday at Carroll Country Club at 10:00am.

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Riverside wins at Class 1A Boys Sectional Golf at Lenox

Sports

May 10th, 2019 by admin

It’s all Bulldogs moving on to District play from the Class 1A Boys Golf Sectional at Lenox on Friday. Riverside and Bedford went 1st and 2nd, both shooting 365. Riverside won on the 5th score tiebreaker.

Individual Medalist was Zayne Osborn of Sidney with an 80. The rest of the Individual Qualifiers for District were Brennan Sefrit, Bedford 85 and Brock Wallace, Griswold 87.

All qualifiers advance to the District Tournament next Friday at Crestwood Hills Golf Course.

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House passes flood relief bill

News

May 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The U-S House passed a bill that would provide billion of dollars for rebuilding and recovery for Americans impacted by natural disasters. Iowa Congresswoman, Cindy Axne, A Democrat from West Des Moines, spoke on the House floor. “Entire towns were under water, homes were destroyed, family farms were devastated, and small businesses are facing irreparable damage. Many local schools may be forced to permanently close their doors,” Axne says.

She says many Iowans have been impacted by the flooding. “I’ve been down to the flood zones multiple times to speak with farmers, homeowners and business owners who have lost everything,” Axne says. “Their resilience is inspiring — but the damage is heartbreaking.” Axne says it is important to get the aid to those in need.

“Experts believe that it could take years to repair all the damage — Iowans don’t have that time to wait. The National Weather Service shows Iowa will remain vulnerable to flooding all summer, and rivers are expected to stay high,”according to Axne. Democrats who control the House are pushing this bill forward. There were several attempts to add amendments to the bill during the debate.

The legislation includes three billion dollars to address recent flooding in the Midwest and other disasters, plus six-hundred million in nutrition assistance to Puerto Rico. Negotiations continue among Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on a disaster aid package.

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State tax gain through past 10 months? $351 million

News

May 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — As of last Friday, May 3rd, state tax collections were running 350-MILLION dollars ahead of the previous year. That’s a more than six percent increase in tax payments to the state over the past 10 months. It’s ALSO one-and-a-half percent ABOVE the prediction a panel of experts made in March. Jeff Robinson of the Legislative Services Agency says his analysis intentionally included the first few days in May.

“Twenty-five to 30 percent of the month’s gross revenue deposits occur over the first three processing days of May,” Robinson says. That’s mostly because April 30th is the deadline for quarterly income tax withholding payments to the state, as well as quarterly payments of sales taxes. April 30th is also the final day for submitting individual income tax returns to the state. Based on last year’s data, Robinson expects most income tax REFUNDS to be paid out by the end of May.

“This is a significant unknown when evaluating how solid the 6.2% revenue growth really is,” Robinson says. There are two other major factors at work in the final seven weeks of the state fiscal year. The state income tax CUTS the Republican lawmakers approved in 2018 didn’t go into effect until January of THIS YEAR, so there’s likely a reduction in state income tax withholding payments. At the same time, it appears there’s been an uptick in SALES tax payments to the state. That’s because G-O-P lawmakers voted to apply the sales tax to more online transactions, like Netflix subscriptions and Uber rides.

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Reynolds appoints campaign contributor to judge commission

News

May 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has named a corporate attorney who has contributed money to her campaign to a state commission that nominates candidates for positions on the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals. Reynolds on Friday named Dan Huitink (HOY-tink) to the state judicial nominating commission. Huitink is a lawyer for Vermeer Corp. in Pella and is a former assistant U.S. attorney.

His appointment was made possible by a bill Reynolds signed Wednesday that gave her the authority to appoint nine members of the 17-member state commission. Lawyers will elect eight. Previously the governor and attorneys each selected eight commission members and the senior justice on the Iowa Supreme Court was the 17th member. The law removes the justice, which means Justice David Wiggins, a Democratic appointee, is taken off the commission.

Democrats have criticized the change, saying Republicans want to stack the courts in their favor after losing recent cases on abortion and same-sex marriage. State campaign finance records show Huitink contributed to Reynolds’ campaign for governor and has given to the Republican Party.

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Atlantic has strong day at District Boys Tennis

Sports

May 10th, 2019 by admin

Trojan LogoThe Atlantic Trojans boys tennis team had a successful day at the District Meet they hosted on Friday. The Trojans advanced to a preliminary sub-state on the team side after finishing Runner-Up on a tie break with Clarinda. Individually Nile Petersen and Grant Sturm both advanced to State by making it to the District final.

Nile Petersen defeated Korey Rogers of Clarinda 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals and Grant Sturm defeated Clarinda’s JD Hitt 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 to advance to the Final. Both advance to the State Tournament.

In Doubles Play AJ Clarkwitt/Drew Hall of Norwalk won the final over Brady Williams/Alex Best of Clarinda 6-3, 6-3. Both duos will move on to State.

Team Scores

  1. Clarinda 21
  2. Atlantic 20
  3. Norwalk 18

Atlantic will play host to Norwalk tomorrow in a Preliminary Sub-State team match. The winner there will move on to face Clarinda in the Sub-State match.

The State Individual and Doubles Tournament will be held on May 24th and 25th at Byrnes Park in Waterloo and the State Team Tournament on May 28th at Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines.

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Cordell Pemsl hardship waiver petition approved

Sports

May 10th, 2019 by admin

Cordell Pemsl, Men’s Basketball Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior forward Cordell Pemsl’s hardship waiver petition has been approved by the Big Ten Conference.

Pemsl (6-foot-8, 230 pounds) will have two years of men’s basketball eligibility remaining after playing a total of 29 minutes in two nonconference games last season (UMKC, Iowa State). The native of Dubuque, Iowa, underwent season-ending surgery on Dec. 18, 2018, to remove hardware near his knee from a previous surgery when he was in high school. Pemsl has played in 68 career games, averaging 7.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest.

Pemsl is the second Hawkeye in as many years to receive a hardship waiver (Connor McCaffery in 2018).

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1A Sectional Boys Golf at Moville

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May 10th, 2019 by admin

Woodbury Central, IKM-Manning, and Coon Rapids-Bayard all advanced on to Districts at the Class 1A Boys Golf Tournament at Moville on Friday.

Team Scores

  1. Woodbury Central 349 (Qualifier)
  2. IKM-Manning 362 (Qualifier)
  3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 367 (Qualifier)
  4. Boyer Valley 378
  5. Audubon 399
  6. Glidden-Ralston 468

Individual Scores

  1. Jarod Henkelman, IKM-Manning 80 (Qualifier)
  2. Grant Kenkel, Boyer Valley 82 (Qualifier)
  3. Seth Even, Woodbury Central 82
  4. Alex Clark, Woodbury Central 83
  5. Kyler Rasmussen, IKM-Manning 84
  6. Preston McAlister, Coon Rapids-Bayard 85
  7. Trenton Golay, Coon Rapids-Bayard 88
  8. Rick Schlepp, Coon Rapids-Bayard 90
  9. Seth Stamm, Woodbury Central 92
  10. Conlan Petersen, Boyer Valley 93 (Qualifier)

Full results here: Boys Golf Sectional- Moville 2019

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5th farmer pleads guilty in massive organic grain fraud case

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A fifth farmer has pleaded guilty to his role in an organic grain fraud scheme that involved at least $140 million in sales of grain.
John Burton, of Clarksdale, Missouri, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Burton, 52, admitted that grain grown on his non-organic fields was marketed and sold as organic and that unapproved substances were used on fields certified as organic. Federal prosecutors are seeking to require that he forfeit $2.2 million that was traced to the scheme.

Burton’s plea comes months after one of his associates, 61-year-old Randy Constant of Chillicothe, Missouri, pleaded guilty to charges alleging he masterminded the scheme.

Constant made many of the fraudulent sales through an Iowa grain brokerage that he owned. Three other Nebraska farmers have also pleaded guilty in the case.

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